South Africa weather today: Here’s the forecast for Wednesday, 26 February 2025

South Africa weather forecast for 26 February 2025: Severe thunderstorms, disruptive rain, and damaging winds expected.

Here’s a comprehensive outlook on the South Africa weather forecast for Wednesday, 26 February 2025.

Weather warnings and advisories for Wednesday, 26 February 2025

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued the following weather warnings and advisories for Wednesday, 26 February 2025:

  • Yellow level 1 Warning: Damaging winds leading to difficulty in navigation at sea are expected between Table Bay and Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape, as well as along the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal.
  • Yellow level 2 Warning: Disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of susceptible formal and informal settlements, roads, and bridges, along with localised damage to infrastructure, is expected along the KwaZulu-Natal coast and adjacent interior.
  • Yellow level 2 Warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning, and hail, leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads and settlements, as well as localised damage to infrastructure, are expected over the extreme western parts of the North West province and the northeastern parts of the Northern Cape.

Cape Town, Durban and JHB weather forecast: Wednesday, 26 February 2025

Cape Town

Temperature (°C)ConditionPrecipitation (%)Wind Speed (km/h)
27 / 17Sunny019

Durban

Temperature (°C)ConditionPrecipitation (%)Wind Speed (km/h)
24 / 21Light Rain3523

Johannesburg

Temperature (°C)ConditionPrecipitation (%)Wind Speed (km/h)
26 /16Partly Cloudy1514

What’s the weather in South Africa today? – Here’s a provincial forecast

  • Gauteng: Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
    • Pretoria: Min 18°C, Max 29°C
    • Johannesburg: Min 16°C, Max 26°C
    • Vereeniging: Min 17°C, Max 27°C
  • Mpumalanga: Cloudy at first, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers.
    • Mbombela: Min 20°C, Max 30°C
  • Limpopo: Cloudy at first with morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
    • Polokwane: Min 18°C, Max 28°C
  • North West: Fine, becoming partly cloudy with isolated evening thundershowers.
    • Mahikeng: Min 19°C, Max 30°C
    • Vryburg: Min 18°C, Max 33°C
  • Free State: Fine, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
    • Bloemfontein: Min 18°C, Max 32°C
  • Northern Cape: Fine, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
    • Kimberley: Min 19°C, Max 34°C
    • Upington: Min 23°C, Max 37°C
  • Western Cape: Fine.
    • Cape Town: Min 17°C, Max 26°C
      • Wind: Light and variable in the morning, becoming moderate southerly from the afternoon.
    • George: Min 17°C, Max 22°C
      • Wind: Moderate south-easterly to easterly, becoming light and variable by the evening.
  • Eastern Cape: Cloudy with isolated showers and rain, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
    • Gqeberha: Min 19°C, Max 21°C
      • Wind: Moderate to fresh south-easterly.
    • East London: Min 20°C, Max 21°C
      • Wind: Moderate to fresh easterly.
  • KwaZulu-Natal: Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
    • Durban: Min 22°C, Max 26°C
      • Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly, becoming south-easterly by evening.
    • Richards Bay: Min 24°C, Max 28°C
      • Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
    • Pietermaritzburg: Min 18°C, Max 21°C

We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for the latest weather news and advisories.