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Cloudy and warm conditions with thunderstorms, damaging winds, and hail are expected in most provinces.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of cloudy and warm conditions with thunderstorms, damaging winds, and hail in parts of Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, the North West, Free State and Eastern Cape.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow Level 4 warning: Severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail resulting in flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected over the OR Tambo and Amathole districts in the Eastern Cape.
Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours resulting in localised flooding, damaging winds and large amounts of small hail are expected over Gauteng, the southern parts of Limpopo, the escarpment and the Highveld of Mpumalanga, southern parts of the North West, and eastern parts of the Free State, as well as the north-eastern parts of the Eastern Cape.
Weather forecast for tonight & tomorrow, 30 - 31 December 2025.
Partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions over the central & eastern parts of the country, with isolated to scattered showers & thundershowers anticipated from the afternoon, but fine & hot to very hot in the west. pic.twitter.com/jN7bihl1jX
In the SAWS’ colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation.
The SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and Level 4 is low.
Advisories
Very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the Khai-Ma Municipality in the Northern Cape.
The weather in your area
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria: 17°C - 28°C
Johannesburg: 16°C - 26°C
Vereeniging: 16°C - 27°C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy and warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated over the Lowveld.
Mbombela: 17°C - 25°C
Ermelo: 13°C - 25°C
Emalahleni: 16°C - 27°C
Standerton: 14°C - 27°C
Skukuza: 20°C - 30°C
Limpopo: Cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central and southern parts, but scattered over the south-central.
Hot in places over the western Bushveld.
Polokwane: 15°C - 26°C
Phalaborwa: 20°C - 30°C
Tzaneen: 18°C - 29°C
Musina: 20°C - 32°C
Lephalale: 21°C - 32°C
Mokopane: 20°C - 30°C
North West: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west.
Klerksdorp: 17°C - 30°C
Potchefstroom: 17°C - 30°C
Mahikeng: 17°C - 28°C
Rustenburg: 17°C - 28°C
Vryburg: 20°C - 33°C
Free State: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west.
Bloemfontein: 18°C - 31°C
Welkom: 18°C - 30°C
Bethlehem: 16°C - 26°C
Northern Cape: Cloudy over the north-western parts in the morning and evening, otherwise fine and hot to very hot. Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east and central regions.
Coastal wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-easterly, reaching fresh at times.
Upington: 24°C - 38°C
Kimberley: 21°C - 34°C
De Aar: 20°C - 33°C
Alexander Bay: 18°C - 26°C
Springbok: 18°C - 32°C
Calvinia: 12°C - 32°C
Sutherland: 11°C - 30°C
Western Cape: Morning fog patches over the south-west coast and adjacent interior (cool in places), otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot. Rain is possible along the south coast. Fine over the central and northern parts.
Coastal wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-easterly, reaching fresh to strong along the west and south-west coasts at times.
Cape Town: 19°C - 30°C
Vredendal: 17°C - 32°C
Riversdale: 19°C - 30°C
George: 17°C - 26°C
Worcester: 18°C - 34°C
Beaufort West: 19°C - 34°C
Oudtshoorn: 19°C - 31°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Fine at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon thunderstorms. Coastal wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with scattered thundershowers, but widespread in the north-east. Coastal wind: Fresh north-easterly.
Gqeberha: 19°C - 25°C
Makhanda: 17°C - 28°C
Cradock: 17°C - 34°C
Graaff-Reinet: 19°C - 33°C
East London: 20°C - 26°C
Port St Johns: 17°C - 28°C
Mthatha: 15°C - 31°C
Komani: 14°C - 33°C
Qonce: 17°C - 30°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the central and western interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the west.
Coastal wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, reaching fresh in places in the afternoon.
Durban: 21°C - 29°C
Richards Bay: 21°C - 31°C
Pietermaritzburg: 17°C - 30°C
Ladysmith: 17°C - 32°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
