Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Thursday, 6 February 2025.
Weather warnings and advisories for Thursday, 6 February 2025
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued the following weather warnings and advisories for Thursday, 6 February 2025:
Impact-Based Warnings:
- Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, hail, excessive lightning, and strong to damaging winds are expected over:
- Gauteng
- Central and eastern parts of the Free State
- Eastern parts of the North West
- Western and south-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal
- These conditions may lead to localised flooding of susceptible areas and roads, as well as localized damage to infrastructure.
- Yellow Level 2 Warning: Disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of susceptible settlements and roads is expected over the eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Yellow Level 1 Warning: Damaging winds and waves, leading to difficulty in navigation at sea, are expected between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas, spreading to Plettenberg Bay on Friday.
Fire Danger Warnings:
- Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the extreme north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape and the western parts of the North West.
Cape Town, Durban and JHB weather forecast: Thursday, 6 February 2025
Cape Town
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | UV Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 / 16 | Sunny | 0 | Very High |
Durban
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | UV Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 / 23 | Cloudy | 31 | Very High |
Johannesburg
| Temperature (°C) | Condition | Precipitation (%) | UV Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 / 16 | Mostly sunny | 38 | Extreme |
What’s the weather in South Africa today? – Here’s a provincial forecast
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- Gauteng: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers from the afternoon.
- Pretoria: Min 20°C / Max 30°C
- Johannesburg: Min 18°C / Max 28°C
- Vereeniging: Min 18°C / Max 29°C
- Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
- Mbombela: Min 21°C / Max 29°C
- Limpopo: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers from the afternoon.
- Polokwane: Min 19°C / Max 28°C
- North West: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
- Mahikeng: Min 20°C / Max 33°C
- Vryburg: Min 21°C / Max 35°C
- Free State: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
- Bloemfontein: Min 20°C / Max 25°C
- Northern Cape: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
- Kimberley: Min 20°C / Max 29°C
- Upington: Min 22°C / Max 30°C
- Western Cape: Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise fine.
- Cape Town: Min 17°C / Max 24°C
- Wind: Moderate to fresh south-easterly, becoming strong in the afternoon.
- UVB Sunburn Index: Very High
- George: Min 15°C / Max 22°C
- Cloudy with isolated showers and rain from late morning.
- Wind: Light and variable in the early morning, becoming moderate south-easterly, but easterly from the evening.
- Cape Town: Min 17°C / Max 24°C
- Eastern Cape:
- Western Half: Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain, but scattered along the coast and over the eastern parts.
- Gqeberha: Min 18°C / Max 22°C
- Wind: Light south-easterly, becoming moderate easterly by the afternoon.
- Eastern Half: Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the east.
- East London: Min 19°C / Max 22°C
- Wind: Light to moderate south-easterly, becoming easterly by the evening.
- Western Half: Cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain, but scattered along the coast and over the eastern parts.
- KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy with widespread showers and thundershowers.
- Durban: Min 23°C / Max 26°C
- Wind: Moderate southerly to south-westerly, becoming south-easterly in the afternoon.
- UVB Sunburn Index: Very High
- Richards Bay: Min 24°C / Max 27°C
- Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
- Pietermaritzburg: Min 17°C / Max 22°C
- Durban: Min 23°C / Max 26°C
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.
