News24 | Wednesday’s weather: Cold, wet and windy conditions in Western, Northern and Eastern Cape

Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected in at least three provinces.

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Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected in parts of the Western Cape, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

Advisories

Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected over southern Namakwa (Northern Cape) as well as Cape Winelands, Central Karoo and Little Karoo (Western Cape) districts from Wednesday until Friday.

The weather in your province

Gauteng: Partly cloudy and warm.

Pretoria: 13°C – 29°C

Johannesburg: 11°C – 27°C

Vereeniging: 11°C – 28°C

Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy and warm but hot in the Lowveld.

Mbombela: 14°C – 29°C

Weather forecast for today and tomorrow, 15-16 September 2026:
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated to scattered showers and rain but widespread in the south tomorrow. It will be cold to very cold in places in the Western and Northern Cape.#saws #weatheroutlook #Warning pic.twitter.com/tTi18TcHo0

— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) September 15, 2026

Limpopo: Partly cloudy and warm to hot.

Polokwane: 14°C – 31°C

North West: Fine, windy and warm becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.

Mahikeng: 11°C – 30°C

Vryburg: 8°C – 28°C

Free State: Fine and warm becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. It will be windy in the northeast.

Bloemfontein: 6°C – 23°C

Northern Cape: Fine and warm in the north, otherwise cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to cold with isolated showers and rain over the southern parts.

The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly.

Kimberley: 9°C – 24°C

Upington: 10°C – 23°C

Western Cape: Cloudy and cool to cold but very cold over the central mountainous areas, with isolated showers and rain, but scattered along the south-west and south coast. Clearing in the west from the afternoon.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, reaching strong along the west and south-west coast from the afternoon.

Cape Town: 13°C – 17°C

George: 11°C – 14°C

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cold with widespread showers and rain, but scattered to isolated in the north-east.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy and cool, but cold in the south-west, becoming cloudy with scattered showers and rain south of the escarpment, otherwise isolated but widespread in the south-west from afternoon. No rain is expected over Walter Sisulu and Senqu local municipalities (extreme north-western parts).

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly in the west, becoming light south-easterly in the evening. Strong south-westerly in the east, becoming light southerly by evening.

Gqeberha: 13°C – 16°C

KuGompo City: 14°C – 19°C

KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and cool to warm but hot in places in the north-east. It will become cloudy in the evening with isolated showers and rain except in the extreme north-west.

The wind along the coast will be moderate northerly in the extreme north at first, otherwise light to moderate southerly to south-westerly, reaching fresh to strong in places from the afternoon.

Durban: 18°C – 27°C

Richards Bay: 17°C – 30°C

Pietermaritzburg: 12°C – 29°C

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