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Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are expected in most parts of the country.
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of severe thunderstorms and heavy rain in most parts of the country – this will be accompanied by hail and damaging winds in KwaZulu-Natal.
Impact-based warnings
Orange level 5 warning: Severe thunderstorms, causing potential flooding of roads, bridges, and low-lying areas, as well as damage to infrastructure and loss of livestock, are expected in the Western parts of North West, extreme north-eastern Northern Cape, and most parts of Free State, except the north and south.
Yellow level 4 warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, lightning, damaging winds, and hail, leading to potential danger to life, disruption of travel, and loss of property, are forecasted in central and western parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
Yellow level 2 warning: Severe, localised thunderstorms with flooding risks are expected in the northern and southern Free State, eastern North West, north-eastern Northern Cape, Gauteng, southern Mpumalanga, extreme north-eastern Eastern Cape, and coastal areas of KwaZulu-Natal.
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.
Weather forecast for today and tomorrow, 14-15 November 2025:
Scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers over the central interior, and eastern parts expected tomorrow.
⚠️Orange level 5 for severe thunderstorms.
⚠️Yellow level 4/2 for severe thunderstorms.#SAWS pic.twitter.com/vX9PgvuHR8
SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and level 4 is low.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and cool to warm, becoming cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
Pretoria: 16°C — 26°C
Johannesburg: 15°C — 24°C
Vereeniging: 15°C — 25°C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy and mild to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. The Lowveld will remain hot.
Mbombela: 15°C — 31°C
Ermelo: 13°C — 24°C
Emalahleni: 14°C — 25°C
Standerton: 14°C — 24°C
Skukuza: 19°C — 35°C
Limpopo: Cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the Lowveld and Limpopo Valley.
Polokwane: 14°C — 28°C
Phalaborwa: 18°C — 33°C
Tzaneen: 14°C — 33°C
Musina: 19°C — 33°C
Lephalale: 18°C — 29°C
Mokopane: 15°C — 28°C
North West: Cloudy and cool to warm with widespread rain, except scattered showers in the far east.
Klerksdorp: 17°C — 23°C
Potchefstroom: 16°C — 24°C
Mahikeng: 18°C — 22°C
Rustenburg: 17°C — 24°C
Vryburg: 18°C — 20°C
Free State: Cloudy and mild to warm with widespread rainfall, but scattered showers in the south.
Bloemfontein: 17°C — 21°C
Welkom: 17°C — 23°C
Bethlehem: 14°C — 19°C
Northern Cape: Mostly fine and hot in the extreme west. Cloudy, cool to warm conditions with isolated showers and scattered thunderstorms in the northeast.
Coastal winds will be strong and southerly to southeast.
Upington: 19°C — 26°C
Kimberley: 18°C — 20°C
De Aar: 19°C — 24°C
Alexander Bay: 15°C — 21°C
Springbok: 19°C — 31°C
Calvinia: 14°C — 30°C
Sutherland: 07°C — 25°C
Western Cape: Clear skies in the west, cloudy elsewhere with light rain in southern areas. Warm to hot temperatures inland, cooler along the southern coast.
Coastal winds will be fresh to strong southerly to southeast.
Cape Town: 16°C — 25°C
Vredendal: 15°C — 32°C
Riversdale: 17°C — 23°C
George: 14°C — 21°C
Worcester: 13°C — 27°C
Beaufort West: 13°C — 28°C
Oudtshoorn: 14°C — 24°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm in some areas but generally cloudy and cool. Expect light rain in the south and isolated showers in northern areas.
Coastal winds will be moderate to fresh and south-westerly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thunderstorms, widespread in the north and east.
Coastal winds will be fresh from the southwest.
Gqeberha: 16°C — 22°C
Makhanda: 11°C — 20°C
Cradock: 10°C — 23°C
Graaff-Reinet: 11°C — 24°C
East London: 16°C — 23°C
Port St Johns: 17°C — 23°C
Mthatha: 13°C — 21°C
Komani: 11°C — 23°C
Qonce: 12°C — 23°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Expect foggy conditions in the northern interiors in the morning. The day will be partly cloudy and mild to warm, hot in some northeast regions. Widespread showers and thunderstorms will build up by the afternoon.
Coastal winds will vary, starting as northerly to northeasterly before shifting southwesterly and becoming strong in some regions.
Durban: 19°C — 26°C
Richard’s Bay: 20°C — 26°C
Pietermaritzburg: 14°C — 26°C
Ladysmith: 15°C — 29°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
