News24 | Friday’s weather: Thunderstorms and hail for Northern and Western Cape

Thunderstorms and hail are expected in parts of the country on Friday.

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Friday’s weather across South Africa includes severe thunderstorms in some regions. The Northern Cape and Western Cape are under a yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms, which may bring excessive lightning, hail and gusty winds, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS). Morning fog patches and varying coastal winds are also anticipated.

Impact-based warnings

Yellow Level 2: Severe thunderstorms with excessive lightning, hail and gusty winds are expected over the western and southern parts of the Namakwa district in the Northern Cape, as well as the Central Karoo and West Coast districts of the Western Cape.

In the SAWS colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that a higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation.

The SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, Level 5 is medium, and levels 4 and 8 are low.

Weather forecast for today & tomorrow: 24 - 25 September 2026.
Partly cloudy & warm to cool conditions are expected, with isolated to scattered showers & thunderstorms possible over the western & eastern parts of the RSA, but widespread over the western interior tomorrow. #saws pic.twitter.com/BjbsW3rULQ

— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) September 24, 2026

The weather in your province

Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm.

Pretoria: 14°C — 28°C

Johannesburg: 13°C — 27°C

Vereeniging: 11°C — 26°C

Mpumalanga: Morning fog patches along the escarpment, partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers, except in the extreme south-west.

Mbombela: 16°C — 27°C

Ermelo: 13°C — 24°C

Emalahleni: 15°C — 25°C

Standerton: 12°C — 26°C

Skukuza: 17°C — 31°C

Limpopo: Cloudy in the east initially, partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the east and south-west.

Polokwane: 13°C — 26°C

Phalaborwa: 16°C — 30°C

Tzaneen: 15°C — 27°C

Musina: 18°C — 30°C

Lephalale: 17°C — 31°C

Mokopane: 17°C — 29°C

North West: Fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east.

Klerksdorp: 13°C — 28°C

Potchefstroom: 12°C — 29°C

Mahikeng: 14°C — 28°C

Rustenburg: 16°C — 30°C

Vryburg: 12°C — 29°C

Free State: Fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.

Bloemfontein: 10°C — 27°C

Welkom: 12°C — 28°C

Bethlehem: 8°C — 26°C

Northern Cape: Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers over the south-eastern and central parts, widespread in the western parts and southern high ground.

Upington: 17°C — 33°C

Kimberley: 11°C — 29°C

De Aar: 14°C — 28°C

Alexander Bay: 12°C — 25°C

Springbok: 18°C — 26°C

Calvinia: 16°C — 23°C

Sutherland: 7°C — 22°C

Western Cape: Partly cloudy over the Little and Central Karoo in the morning, widespread showers and thundershowers by the afternoon, otherwise cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Cape Town: 15°C — 24°C

Vredendal: 13°C — 26°C

Riversdale: 17°C — 23°C

George: 16°C — 22°C

Worcester: 17°C — 26°C

Beaufort West: 20°C — 29°C

Oudtshoorn: 18°C — 28°C

Eastern Cape: Morning fog in places in the south, fine and cool to warm, becoming cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers, isolated along the coast.

Gqeberha: 18°C — 25°C

Makhanda: 17°C — 31°C

Nxuba: 14°C — 32°C

Robert Sobukwe Town: 13°C — 32°C

KuGompo City: 19°C — 27°C

Port St Johns: 18°C — 28°C

Mthatha: 15°C — 32°C

Komani: 14°C — 31°C

Qonce: 17°C — 32°C

KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme south-west and north-east.

Durban: 20°C — 27°C

Richards Bay: 19°C — 30°C

Pietermaritzburg: 15°C — 29°C

Ladysmith: 14°C — 29°C

*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.