Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Thursday, 13 March 2025.
Weather warnings and advisories for Thursday, 13 March 2025
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued the following weather warnings and advisories for Thursday, 13 March 2025:
- Orange Level 6 Warning: Disruptive rain with heavy downpours leading to flooding, damage to infrastructure, and mudslides is expected over the southeastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Yellow Level 4 Warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, flooding, damaging winds, excessive lightning, and hail expected over most parts of KwaZulu-Natal (except the southeast and extreme northeast).
- Yellow Level 2 Warnings: Disruptive rain leading to localised flooding, damage to infrastructure, and mudslides over the southeastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, flooding, damaging winds, excessive lightning, and hail expected over:
- Southeastern parts of Northern Cape
- Southern Free State
- Lesotho borders
- Eastern parts of North West
- Gauteng
- Southern Limpopo
- Most of Mpumalanga (except the Lowveld)
- Yellow Level 4 Warning: Strong wind and waves leading to navigation difficulties at sea between Saldanha Bay and Plettenberg Bay.
- Yellow Level 2 Warning: Wind and waves leading to navigation difficulties between Plettenberg Bay and Mazeppa Bay.
- Fire Danger Warnings: Extremely high fire danger conditions expected over the western parts of the Northern Cape and northwestern Western Cape.
- Advisories: Nil.
Cape Town, Durban and JHB weather forecast: Thursday, 13 March 2025
Cape Town
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 / 21 | Partly Cloudy | 0 | 31 |
Durban
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 / 20 | Heavy Thunderstorms | 75 | 16 |
Johannesburg
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | Wind Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 / 15 | Rain | 75 | 6 |
What’s the weather in South Africa today? – Here’s a provincial forecast for Thursday, 13 March 2025
- Gauteng: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
- Pretoria: Min 17°C, Max 25°C
- Johannesburg: Min 15°C, Max 22°C
- Vereeniging: Min 15°C, Max 24°C
- Mpumalanga: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
- Mbombela: Min 17°C, Max 28°C
- Limpopo: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
- Polokwane: Min 16°C, Max 26°C
- North West: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
- Mahikeng: Min 16°C, Max 28°C
- Vryburg: Min 16°C, Max 29°C
- Free State: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
- Bloemfontein: Min 16°C, Max 30°C
- Northern Cape: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
- Kimberley: Min 18°C, Max 30°C
- Upington: Min 22°C, Max 35°C
- Western Cape: Fine.
- Cape Town: Min 21°C, Max 31°C
- Wind: Moderate south-easterly.
- The expected UVB Sunburn Index: Very High
- Cape Town: Min 21°C, Max 31°C
- Eastern Cape:
- George: Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
- Wind: Fresh to strong south-easterly.
- Min 16°C, Max 22°C
- Gqeberha: Cloudy with widespread showers and rain.
- Wind: Fresh to strong south-easterly.
- Min 18°C, Max 24°C
- East London: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
- Wind: Moderate to fresh south-easterly.
- Min 20°C, Max 26°C
- George: Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
- KwaZulu-Natal:
- Durban: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
- Wind: Moderate easterly to south-easterly.
- Min 20°C, Max 28°C
- The expected UVB Sunburn Index: High
- Richards Bay: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
- Wind: Moderate southerly to south-easterly.
- Min 20°C, Max 31°C
- Pietermaritzburg: Morning fog, otherwise cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
- Min 16°C, Max 27°C
- Durban: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.
