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The weather service has issued a warning of severe thunderstorms, small hail, and strong winds in at least six provinces.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a warning of severe thunderstorms that may lead to localised flooding, small hail, and strong winds in parts of KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Free State, North West, and Gauteng.
Impact-based warnings
Yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms resulting in localised flooding of susceptible roads, low-lying areas and bridges, large amount of small hail, strong damaging winds as well as localised damage to settlements over an open area in the central parts of Limpopo (morning), western parts of North West, northern and central parts of Free State, southern parts of Gauteng and Mpumalanga as well as the north-western parts of KwaZulu Natal.
Weather forecast for today & tomorrow, 27 - 28 October 2025.
Partly cloudy conditions are expected over the central & eastern parts of the country, with possible isolated to scattered showers & thundershowers, otherwise, fine & warm to cool. #saws #weatheroutlook pic.twitter.com/GsOeXuF7Uq
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.
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: Expect partly cloudy and warm conditions with isolated showers and thundershowers. Scattered showers are expected in the south.
Pretoria — 18°C – 27°C
Johannesburg — 15°C – 26°C
Vereeniging — 18°C – 28°C
Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy weather in the Highveld, while the rest of the province will be mostly cloudy and cool.
Warm conditions are expected in the Lowveld with isolated showers and thundershowers, scattered in the extreme south-east.
Mbombela — 17°C – 21°C
Ermelo — 14°C – 19°C
Emalahleni — 17°C – 25°C
Standerton — 16°C – 19°C
Skukuza — 17°C – 22°C
Limpopo: Cloudy in the east, but partly cloudy and cool to warm in other areas. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected, becoming scattered in central parts during the morning.
Polokwane — 15°C – 20°C
Phalaborwa — 19°C – 25°C
Tzaneen — 17°C – 24°C
Musina — 19°C – 26°C
Lephalale — 18°C – 26°C
Mokopane — 19°C – 26°C
North West: Partly cloudy and warm to hot. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected, isolated in the east.
Klerksdorp — 16°C – 32°C
Potchefstroom — 17°C – 30°C
Mahikeng — 17°C – 31°C
Rustenburg — 18°C – 31°C
Vryburg — 13°C – 32°C
Free State: Partly cloudy and warm to hot conditions are forecast. Expect scattered showers and thundershowers, isolated in the west.
Bloemfontein — 13°C – 31°C
Welkom — 16°C – 33°C
Bethlehem — 12°C – 27°C
Northern Cape: Fine weather is expected in the west and southern parts, while the rest of the province will be partly cloudy, warm, and hot. Scattered showers and thundershowers are likely in the extreme northeast.
Coastal winds: Moderate to fresh south-easterly, becoming strong in the afternoon.
Upington — 15°C – 32°C
Kimberley — 12°C – 33°C
De Aar — 12°C – 29°C
Alexander Bay — 09°C – 24°C
Springbok — 09°C – 29°C
Calvinia — 07°C – 28°C
Sutherland — 04°C – 26°C
Western Cape: Partly cloudy conditions might occur over the south-west in the morning and along the south coast in the evening. Otherwise, fine and cool to warm weather will prevail.
Coastal winds: Moderate south-westerly along the south coast in the morning, becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, with strong winds along the west coast.
Cape Town — 13°C – 23°C
Vredendal — 09°C – 28°C
Riversdale — 10°C – 26°C
George — 10°C – 21°C
Worcester — 09°C – 28°C
Beaufort West — 09°C – 28°C
Oudtshoorn — 09°C – 29°C
Eastern Cape: Fine and warm conditions are expected in the western part of the province, although it will be cool along the coast. Partly cloudy and warm conditions are expected in the eastern parts, cool along the coast.
Cloudy conditions are expected along the Wild Coast and adjacent interior.
Coastal winds: Light and variable in the west, light to moderate westerly in the east.
Gqeberha — 11°C – 21°C
Makhanda — 08°C – 24°C
Cradock — 06°C – 30°C
Graaff-Reinet — 05°C – 29°C
East London — 14°C – 22°C
Port St Johns — 14°C – 23°C
Mthatha — 11°C – 26°C
Komani — 08°C – 27°C
Qonce — 09°C – 24°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy to partly cloudy conditions are expected. Cool to warm weather with isolated showers and thundershowers, scattered in the north-west.
Coastal winds: Light southerly to south-westerly in the north, becoming northerly to north-easterly in the afternoon.
Durban — 18°C – 23°C
Richards Bay — 19°C – 24°C
Pietermaritzburg — 12°C – 23°C
Ladysmith — 14°C – 24°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
