News24 | Wednesday’s weather: Thunderstorms, heavy rain persist in most provinces

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The weather service has warned of severe thunderstorms and heavy rains in most parts of the country.

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Wet conditions contitue to dominate with a warning of thunderstorms and heavy rain, hail and excessive lightning issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS) for at least five provinces.

Impact-based warnings

Yellow level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms leading to flooding of susceptible roads, settlements and low-lying bridges/areas, excessive lightning and large amounts of small hail and/or large hail are expected in places over Gauteng, eastern parts of the Free State and North West, Highveld and Escarpment areas of Mpumalanga, as well as Limpopo excluding the Lowveld.

Weather forecast for today & tomorrow, 09- 10 December 2025.
Partly cloudy & warm to cool conditions are expected, with isolated to scattered showers & thundershowers over the central and eastern parts of the country. Otherwise, fine & hot. #saws #weatheroutlook pic.twitter.com/bM0YIbPpa4

— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) December 9, 2025

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: Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thunderstorms.

Pretoria: 16°C—28°C

Johannesburg: 14°C—26°C

Vereeniging: 13°C—27°C

Mpumalanga: Cloudy in the east with morning fog patches along the escarpment, turning partly cloudy and cool to warm later. Scattered showers and storms are expected from the afternoon.

Mbombela: 18°C—23°C

Ermelo: 14°C—21°C

Emalahleni: 16°C—26°C

Standerton: 13°C—25°C

Skukuza: 19°C—27°C

Limpopo: Cloudy in the east with morning fog patches along the escarpment. It will become partly cloudy and warm to hot, with scattered showers and storms.

Isolated showers are expected in the extreme north.

Polokwane: 17°C—29°C

Phalaborwa: 20°C—29°C

Tzaneen: 19°C—29°C

Musina: 22°C—35°C

Lephalale: 20°C—34°C

Mokopane: 17°C—31°C

North West: Partly cloudy and warm to hot. Scattered thunderstorms predicted, with isolated storms in the extreme south.

Klerksdorp: 17°C—32°C

Potchefstroom: 17°C—31°C

Mahikeng: 19°C—32°C

Rustenburg: 18°C—32°C

Vryburg: 19°C—34°C

Free State: Partly cloudy skies with isolated showers and thunderstorms in central regions. Thunderstorms will be scattered in the east.

Bloemfontein: 15°C—33°C

Welkom: 17°C—31°C

Bethlehem: 14°C—27°C

Northern Cape: Fine and warm to hot conditions, with partly cloudy skies in northern areas. Coastal regions will experience moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly winds.

Upington: 18°C—38°C

Kimberley: 18°C—34°C

De Aar: 14°C—32°C

Alexander Bay: 16°C—24°C

Springbok: 16°C—34°C

Calvinia: 14°C—34°C

Sutherland: 11°C—29°C

Western Cape: Light showers expected in the south-eastern coastal area during the early morning.

Otherwise, conditions will range from cool to warm, with very hot zones in the western regions. Coastal winds will be fresh to strong.

Cape Town: 17°C—31°C

Vredendal: 14°C—36°C

Riversdale: 15°C—27°C

George: 15°C—22°C

Worcester: 15°C—32°C

Beaufort West: 16°C—29°C

Oudtshoorn: 15°C—30°C

Eastern Cape: The western region will start partly cloudy, while the eastern region sees morning fog patches followed by cloudy skies and isolated to scattered rain, particularly in the northeast.

Coastal winds will be moderate, shifting direction in the afternoon.

Gqeberha: 17°C—23°C

Makhanda: 13°C—21°C

Cradock: 14°C—26°C

Graaff-Reinet: 15°C—27°C

East London: 17°C—22°C

Port St Johns: 19°C—22°C

Mthatha: 13°C—18°C

Komani: 11°C—19°C

Qonce: 14°C—19°C

KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog patches over the interior followed by cloudy and cool conditions. Scattered thunderstorms are expected.

Durban: 19°C—22°C