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7-DAY Forecast: Thursday storms with hail for KZN, 40°C in Richards Bay

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A Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, damaging winds, hail and localised flooding is in place over most of KwaZulu-Natal, except the north, while damaging winds are expected over parts of the Karoo. Richards Bay is the hottest place at 40°C, with Pietermaritzburg and Musina at 36°C.

Friday stays hot, with Pietermaritzburg reaching 38°C and Upington 37°C, before showers and thundershowers spread across the interior over the weekend and rain reaches the Eastern Cape coast on Sunday and Monday. Tuesday is cooler for much of the country, and Cape Town faces rain showers on Wednesday.

Moon tomorrow night

Waxing Crescent

24% lit

The moon tomorrow night is a waxing crescent, about 24% lit, and the next full moon is on Monday 26 October.

Weather warnings for Thursday 15 October

No weather warnings are in force for Thursday or the days after it. SAWS’ advisories are below.

SAWS advisory

Impact-Based Warnings

What

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Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe Thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, damaging winds, hail and lightning, resulting in localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements, are expected over most parts of KwaZulu-Natal, except in the north.
Yellow Level 1 Warning: Damaging Interior Winds leading to localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes and localised damage to temporary structures are expected over Karoo Hoogland local municipality in the Northern Cape and the Central Karoo district municipality in the Western Cape.

SAWS advisory

Fire Danger Warnings

What

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Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central parts of Northern Cape, north-eastern parts of the western cape, north-western parts of the Eastern Cape, as well as the northern parts of Limpopo.

SAWS advisory

Advisories

What

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A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in the north-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal, until Thursday (15/10/2026).

7-Day weather forecast by province

Each province lists its main towns with the forecast for Thursday 15 October 2026 to Wednesday 21 October 2026, tomorrow first. Tide times are inside Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.

Every province is closed to start with; tap a province to open it. Tomorrow Johannesburg peaks at 31°C.

Gauteng

Johannesburg, Pretoria, Soweto, Vereeniging

Partly cloudy and dry on Thursday, with Pretoria at 33°C and Johannesburg at 31°C. Thundershowers are possible on Friday and Monday, before a cooler Tuesday brings 26°C and light drizzle to Johannesburg.

Johannesburg · 7 days

Thu15 Oct

31°19°0%

Fri16 Oct

32°19°30%

Sat17 Oct

32°20°0%

Sun18 Oct

31°20°0%

Mon19 Oct

31°20°30%

Tue20 Oct

26°15°10%

Wed21 Oct

28°15°5%

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Johannesburg

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Partly cloudy	19°	31°	0%	NNE 5
Fri16 Oct	Rain, storms	19°	32°	30%	N 5
Sat17 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	32°	0%	N 5
Sun18 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	31°	0%	NNE 10
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	20°	31°	30%	N 5
Tue20 Oct	Light drizzle	15°	26°	10%	N 17
Wed21 Oct	Cloudy	15°	28°	5%	NW 14

Pretoria

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	33°	0%	ENE 5
Fri16 Oct	Rain, storms	20°	34°	30%	NE 5
Sat17 Oct	Partly cloudy	22°	34°	0%	NE 5
Sun18 Oct	Partly cloudy	22°	34°	0%	NE 10
Mon19 Oct	Partly cloudy	22°	34°	0%	NNE 10
Tue20 Oct	No forecast yet	–	–	–	–
Wed21 Oct	No forecast yet	–	–	–	–

Soweto

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Partly cloudy	19°	31°	0%	NNE 5
Fri16 Oct	Rain, storms	19°	32°	30%	N 5
Sat17 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	32°	0%	N 5
Sun18 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	31°	0%	NNE 10
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	20°	31°	30%	N 5
Tue20 Oct	Light drizzle	13°	27°	8%	N 20
Wed21 Oct	Cloudy	15°	29°	4%	NNW 21

Vereeniging

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Partly cloudy	17°	31°	0%	N 5
Fri16 Oct	Rain, storms	18°	32°	30%	N 5
Sat17 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	32°	0%	NNW 5
Sun18 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	31°	0%	N 10
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	20°	31°	30%	NNW 5
Tue20 Oct	Partly cloudy	13°	30°	4%	NNW 22
Wed21 Oct	Cloudy	18°	32°	4%	NW 24

Western Cape

Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, George · tides

Damaging winds are expected over the Central Karoo under a Yellow Level 1 warning. Cape Town stays dry at 20°C and Paarl reaches 25°C, with slight rain on Saturday and rain showers on Wednesday.

Cape Town · 7 days

Thu15 Oct

20°12°0%

Fri16 Oct

20°12°0%

Sat17 Oct

15°12°30%

Sun18 Oct

16°11°0%

Mon19 Oct

18°10°0%

Tue20 Oct

17°12°11%

Wed21 Oct

15°14°67%

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Cape Town

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	High cloud	12°	20°	0%	NW 15
Fri16 Oct	High cloud	12°	20°	0%	N 10
Sat17 Oct	Slight rain	12°	15°	30%	SSE 15
Sun18 Oct	Partly cloudy	11°	16°	0%	SSE 15
Mon19 Oct	High cloud	10°	18°	0%	WSW 5
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	12°	17°	11%	W 18
Wed21 Oct	Rain showers	14°	15°	67%	NW 36

Stellenbosch

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	High cloud	8°	23°	0%	N 10
Fri16 Oct	High cloud	8°	23°	0%	NNW 10
Sat17 Oct	Rain showers	9°	14°	30%	SE 10
Sun18 Oct	Partly cloudy	6°	16°	0%	SE 10
Mon19 Oct	High cloud	6°	18°	0%	W 5
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	8°	22°	5%	NW 13
Wed21 Oct	Rain showers	12°	15°	63%	NNW 25

Paarl

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	High cloud	7°	25°	0%	NW 10
Fri16 Oct	High cloud	7°	26°	0%	NNW 5
Sat17 Oct	Rain showers	11°	18°	30%	SSW 5
Sun18 Oct	Partly cloudy	8°	20°	0%	SE 5
Mon19 Oct	High cloud	7°	21°	0%	WSW 5
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	8°	22°	5%	W 14
Wed21 Oct	Rain showers	12°	15°	69%	N 24

George

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	High cloud	11°	22°	0%	SE 10
Fri16 Oct	High cloud	11°	26°	0%	SW 0
Sat17 Oct	Rain showers	11°	15°	30%	SSW 5
Sun18 Oct	Slight rain	10°	13°	30%	SE 5
Mon19 Oct	High cloud	9°	17°	0%	WNW 5
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	8°	22°	1%	N 5
Wed21 Oct	Light drizzle	11°	22°	39%	SW 18

Tides: Cape Town

Day	Low tide	High tide
Thu 15 Oct	11:19, 23:40	05:27, 17:32
Fri 16 Oct	11:55	06:02, 18:05
Sat 17 Oct	00:18, 12:45	06:49, 18:53
Sun 18 Oct	01:15, 14:30	08:04, 20:27
Mon 19 Oct	03:07, 16:48	10:02, 22:43
Tue 20 Oct	04:55, 17:54	11:26, 23:56
Wed 21 Oct	05:54, 18:35	12:14

Mpumalanga and Limpopo next tomorrow: Mbombela reaches 35°C and Polokwane reaches 31°C.

Mpumalanga

Mbombela, eMalahleni, Ermelo

Thundershowers are possible in Ermelo on Thursday with a high of 33°C, while Mbombela reaches 35°C under partly cloudy skies. Mbombela stays hot until Saturday, then drops to 19°C on a cloudy Tuesday.

Mbombela · 7 days

Thu15 Oct

35°16°0%

Fri16 Oct

35°18°0%

Sat17 Oct

35°19°0%

Sun18 Oct

32°17°0%

Mon19 Oct

32°17°30%

Tue20 Oct

19°15°20%

Wed21 Oct

33°13°4%

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Mbombela

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Partly cloudy	16°	35°	0%	SW 0
Fri16 Oct	Mostly clear	18°	35°	0%	SW 0
Sat17 Oct	Partly cloudy	19°	35°	0%	SW 0
Sun18 Oct	Partly cloudy	17°	32°	0%	NE 5
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	17°	32°	30%	NE 5
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	15°	19°	20%	ENE 15
Wed21 Oct	Partly cloudy	13°	33°	4%	NNE 16

eMalahleni

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Partly cloudy	17°	30°	0%	N 5
Fri16 Oct	Rain, storms	17°	31°	30%	N 5
Sat17 Oct	Partly cloudy	19°	31°	0%	NNW 5
Sun18 Oct	Partly cloudy	18°	31°	0%	N 10
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	18°	31°	30%	N 10
Tue20 Oct	Light drizzle	15°	26°	12%	N 25
Wed21 Oct	Partly cloudy	14°	30°	6%	NW 25

Ermelo

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Rain, storms	13°	33°	30%	WNW 5
Fri16 Oct	Rain, storms	14°	34°	30%	NW 5
Sat17 Oct	Partly cloudy	16°	34°	0%	WNW 5
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	14°	31°	30%	N 5
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	14°	31°	30%	NNE 5
Tue20 Oct	Light drizzle	11°	22°	12%	NNE 27
Wed21 Oct	Light drizzle	15°	29°	5%	NW 32

Limpopo

Polokwane, Tzaneen, Thohoyandou, Musina

Extremely high fire danger is expected over the north, where Musina reaches 36°C and Thohoyandou 35°C. Polokwane could see thundershowers on Thursday, then the week stays dry and hot until a cloudier Tuesday.

Polokwane · 7 days

Thu15 Oct

31°18°30%

Fri16 Oct

31°19°0%

Sat17 Oct

32°20°0%

Sun18 Oct

30°19°0%

Mon19 Oct

30°19°0%

Tue20 Oct

23°14°8%

Wed21 Oct

33°15°6%

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Polokwane

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Rain, storms	18°	31°	30%	NE 10
Fri16 Oct	Mostly clear	19°	31°	0%	NE 10
Sat17 Oct	Mostly clear	20°	32°	0%	NE 10
Sun18 Oct	Mostly clear	19°	30°	0%	ENE 10
Mon19 Oct	Partly cloudy	19°	30°	0%	NE 10
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	14°	23°	8%	NE 24
Wed21 Oct	Mostly clear	15°	33°	6%	NNW 17

Tzaneen

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Partly cloudy	17°	33°	0%	E 5
Fri16 Oct	Clear	19°	33°	0%	E 5
Sat17 Oct	Mostly clear	19°	33°	0%	E 5
Sun18 Oct	Mostly clear	18°	31°	0%	E 5
Mon19 Oct	Partly cloudy	18°	31°	0%	E 5
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	16°	21°	19%	ESE 15
Wed21 Oct	Mostly clear	15°	32°	2%	NNW 8

Thohoyandou

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Mostly clear	19°	35°	0%	E 5
Fri16 Oct	Clear	20°	35°	0%	NE 5
Sat17 Oct	Clear	21°	35°	0%	ENE 5
Sun18 Oct	Clear	20°	34°	0%	ESE 5
Mon19 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	34°	0%	SW 0
Tue20 Oct	Light drizzle	17°	25°	20%	SE 18
Wed21 Oct	Partly cloudy	18°	34°	1%	NNW 12

Musina

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Mostly clear	21°	36°	0%	E 10
Fri16 Oct	Clear	22°	36°	0%	E 10
Sat17 Oct	Clear	22°	36°	0%	E 10
Sun18 Oct	Clear	21°	35°	0%	E 10
Mon19 Oct	Partly cloudy	21°	35°	0%	ESE 10
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	21°	30°	2%	ESE 29
Wed21 Oct	Cloudy	22°	37°	1%	E 12

North West and Free State follow tomorrow: Mahikeng reaches 33°C and Bloemfontein reaches 33°C.

North West

Mahikeng, Rustenburg, Potchefstroom, Klerksdorp

Mostly clear and hot on Thursday, with Rustenburg at 34°C and Mahikeng at 33°C. Thundershowers are possible on Sunday and Monday, and Klerksdorp drops to a low of 11°C on Tuesday.

Mahikeng · 7 days

Thu15 Oct

33°19°0%

Fri16 Oct

35°20°0%

Sat17 Oct

35°21°0%

Sun18 Oct

34°21°30%

Mon19 Oct

32°18°30%

Tue20 Oct

31°14°8%

Wed21 Oct

34°20°3%

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Mahikeng

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Mostly clear	19°	33°	0%	NNE 10
Fri16 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	35°	0%	NNE 10
Sat17 Oct	Partly cloudy	21°	35°	0%	NNE 10
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	21°	34°	30%	NNE 15
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	18°	32°	30%	ENE 5
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	14°	31°	8%	NNE 24
Wed21 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	34°	3%	NNW 24

Rustenburg

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	34°	0%	N 5
Fri16 Oct	Rain, storms	20°	34°	30%	SW 0
Sat17 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	35°	0%	N 5
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	20°	34°	30%	NE 5
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	19°	33°	30%	NNE 5
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	17°	31°	10%	NNE 21
Wed21 Oct	Light drizzle	18°	33°	4%	NNW 20

Potchefstroom

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Partly cloudy	17°	32°	0%	N 10
Fri16 Oct	Rain, storms	19°	33°	30%	N 10
Sat17 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	33°	0%	NNW 15
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	20°	32°	30%	N 15
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	16°	30°	30%	NNW 5
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	12°	31°	4%	NNW 24
Wed21 Oct	Cloudy	19°	32°	2%	NNW 25

Klerksdorp

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Mostly clear	18°	33°	0%	N 10
Fri16 Oct	Mostly clear	19°	34°	0%	NNW 5
Sat17 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	35°	0%	NNW 10
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	20°	33°	30%	N 15
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	16°	30°	30%	WNW 5
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	11°	31°	4%	WNW 26
Wed21 Oct	Partly cloudy	19°	33°	1%	NW 27

Free State

Bloemfontein, Bethlehem, Kroonstad

Bloemfontein reaches 33°C under mostly clear skies on Thursday, while Bethlehem has a chance of thundershowers. Storms are possible across the province from Saturday to Monday, with Bloemfontein cooling to 26°C.

Bloemfontein · 7 days

Thu15 Oct

33°16°0%

Fri16 Oct

34°17°0%

Sat17 Oct

34°18°30%

Sun18 Oct

31°18°30%

Mon19 Oct

26°13°30%

Tue20 Oct

26°11°2%

Wed21 Oct

30°18°0%

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Bloemfontein

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Mostly clear	16°	33°	0%	WNW 10
Fri16 Oct	Mostly clear	17°	34°	0%	NE 5
Sat17 Oct	Rain, storms	18°	34°	30%	NNW 10
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	18°	31°	30%	NNE 10
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	13°	26°	30%	W 5
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	11°	26°	2%	NNE 16
Wed21 Oct	Cloudy	18°	30°	0%	WNW 25

Bethlehem

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Rain, storms	13°	30°	30%	N 5
Fri16 Oct	Rain, storms	14°	32°	30%	N 5
Sat17 Oct	Rain, storms	15°	32°	30%	NNW 5
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	14°	30°	30%	NE 10
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	13°	26°	30%	WNW 5
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	10°	25°	4%	NE 24
Wed21 Oct	Partly cloudy	15°	28°	1%	WNW 28

Kroonstad

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Partly cloudy	18°	33°	0%	N 5
Fri16 Oct	Partly cloudy	18°	35°	0%	N 5
Sat17 Oct	Rain, storms	20°	35°	30%	NNW 10
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	20°	33°	30%	N 10
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	16°	29°	30%	W 5
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	12°	28°	2%	NNE 22
Wed21 Oct	Partly cloudy	18°	32°	1%	NW 29

Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal close the list tomorrow: Kimberley reaches 34°C, Gqeberha reaches 19°C and Durban reaches 26°C.

Northern Cape

Kimberley, Upington, Springbok, De Aar · tides

A Yellow Level 1 warning for damaging winds is in place over the Karoo Hoogland, with extremely high fire danger in the central parts. Kimberley reaches 34°C on Thursday and Upington 37°C on Friday.

Kimberley · 7 days

Thu15 Oct

34°18°0%

Fri16 Oct

35°20°0%

Sat17 Oct

34°20°30%

Sun18 Oct

31°19°30%

Mon19 Oct

26°14°30%

Tue20 Oct

29°15°0%

Wed21 Oct

32°18°0%

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Kimberley

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Mostly clear	18°	34°	0%	NW 10
Fri16 Oct	Mostly clear	20°	35°	0%	NE 5
Sat17 Oct	Rain, storms	20°	34°	30%	WNW 10
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	19°	31°	30%	SW 10
Mon19 Oct	Slight rain	14°	26°	30%	SW 10
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	15°	29°	0%	NW 18
Wed21 Oct	Mostly clear	18°	32°	0%	W 21

Upington

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Mostly clear	20°	33°	0%	W 10
Fri16 Oct	Mostly clear	20°	37°	0%	NE 5
Sat17 Oct	Partly cloudy	19°	30°	0%	SSW 10
Sun18 Oct	Cloudy	17°	28°	0%	SW 15
Mon19 Oct	Mostly clear	12°	26°	0%	SSE 10
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	14°	33°	0%	WNW 19
Wed21 Oct	Cloudy	18°	31°	0%	WSW 21

Springbok

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Clear	10°	28°	0%	WNW 5
Fri16 Oct	Partly cloudy	10°	30°	0%	SW 10
Sat17 Oct	High cloud	12°	23°	0%	S 10
Sun18 Oct	Cloudy	8°	19°	0%	SSW 10
Mon19 Oct	High cloud	6°	23°	0%	ESE 5
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	11°	26°	0%	NNW 24
Wed21 Oct	Light drizzle	10°	21°	3%	WNW 23

De Aar

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Mostly clear	17°	31°	0%	WNW 15
Fri16 Oct	Mostly clear	18°	34°	0%	W 10
Sat17 Oct	Partly cloudy	18°	29°	0%	WSW 10
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	15°	25°	30%	SW 10
Mon19 Oct	Partly cloudy	11°	22°	0%	SSE 5
Tue20 Oct	Partly cloudy	10°	28°	0%	WNW 28
Wed21 Oct	Cloudy	16°	29°	0%	WNW 35

Tides: Port Nolloth (modelled)

Day	Low tide	High tide
Thu 15 Oct	10:40, 23:05	04:50, 16:58
Fri 16 Oct	11:23	05:35, 17:39
Sat 17 Oct	00:00, 12:13	06:15, 18:30
Sun 18 Oct	01:00, 14:00	07:21, 19:50
Mon 19 Oct	02:45, 16:10	09:30, 21:50
Tue 20 Oct	04:30, 17:20	10:50
Wed 21 Oct	–	–

Eastern Cape

Gqeberha, East London, Mthatha, Queenstown · tides

Extremely high fire danger is expected in the north-west, where Queenstown reaches 34°C on Thursday. Gqeberha and East London stay dry until rain showers on Sunday and Monday, with a 60% chance on both days.

Gqeberha · 7 days

Thu15 Oct

19°15°0%

Fri16 Oct

24°15°0%

Sat17 Oct

18°14°30%

Sun18 Oct

16°14°60%

Mon19 Oct

17°12°60%

Tue20 Oct

20°12°3%

Wed21 Oct

22°16°11%

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Gqeberha

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Clear	15°	19°	0%	WSW 10
Fri16 Oct	Partly cloudy	15°	24°	0%	WSW 10
Sat17 Oct	Slight rain	14°	18°	30%	SW 15
Sun18 Oct	Rain showers	14°	16°	60%	S 10
Mon19 Oct	Rain showers	12°	17°	60%	WSW 10
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	12°	20°	3%	NE 18
Wed21 Oct	Light drizzle	16°	22°	11%	WSW 31

East London

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Clear	18°	21°	0%	SW 10
Fri16 Oct	Partly cloudy	17°	24°	0%	NE 5
Sat17 Oct	Slight rain	15°	20°	30%	SW 15
Sun18 Oct	Rain showers	16°	18°	60%	E 5
Mon19 Oct	Rain showers	13°	18°	60%	SW 10
Tue20 Oct	Partly cloudy	14°	21°	9%	NE 34
Wed21 Oct	Cloudy	16°	22°	7%	SW 18

Mthatha

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Cloudy	15°	33°	0%	SSE 5
Fri16 Oct	Cloudy	15°	36°	0%	NNW 5
Sat17 Oct	Slight rain	14°	24°	30%	S 5
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	12°	17°	60%	E 5
Mon19 Oct	Rain showers	8°	18°	60%	SSW 5
Tue20 Oct	High cloud	n/a°	n/a°	0%	n/a n/a
Wed21 Oct	Cloudy	14°	28°	4%	SE 17

Queenstown

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Cloudy	13°	34°	0%	WNW 15
Fri16 Oct	Partly cloudy	15°	35°	0%	NW 5
Sat17 Oct	Cloudy	12°	26°	0%	ESE 10
Sun18 Oct	Rain showers	11°	17°	60%	ESE 5
Mon19 Oct	Rain showers	7°	19°	30%	SSW 5
Tue20 Oct	High cloud	n/a°	n/a°	0%	n/a n/a
Wed21 Oct	Cloudy	20°	31°	3%	WNW 32

Tides: Gqeberha

Day	Low tide	High tide
Thu 15 Oct	11:29, 23:51	05:35, 17:43
Fri 16 Oct	12:00	06:07, 18:11
Sat 17 Oct	00:23, 12:38	06:47, 18:46
Sun 18 Oct	01:07, 13:44	07:57, 20:05
Mon 19 Oct	02:36, 17:17	10:24, 23:00
Tue 20 Oct	05:22, 18:37	12:01
Wed 21 Oct	06:29, 19:13	00:22, 12:48

Tides: East London

Day	Low tide	High tide
Thu 15 Oct	11:31, 23:53	05:31, 17:38
Fri 16 Oct	12:01	06:01, 18:03
Sat 17 Oct	00:25, 12:38	06:37, 18:35
Sun 18 Oct	01:08, 13:43	07:38, 19:37
Mon 19 Oct	02:44, 17:13	10:31, 23:09
Tue 20 Oct	05:28, 18:38	12:14
Wed 21 Oct	06:34, 19:15	00:32, 12:57

KwaZulu-Natal

Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Richards Bay, Newcastle · tides

A Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with hail, damaging winds and localised flooding covers most areas except the north. The heat wave in the north-west lasts until Thursday, with Newcastle at 35°C and Richards Bay at 40°C.

Durban · 7 days

Thu15 Oct

26°21°0%

Fri16 Oct

27°21°0%

Sat17 Oct

25°20°30%

Sun18 Oct

22°20°30%

Mon19 Oct

22°19°60%

Tue20 Oct

23°18°23%

Wed21 Oct

29°20°0%

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Durban

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Partly cloudy	21°	26°	0%	S 15
Fri16 Oct	Partly cloudy	21°	27°	0%	NE 5
Sat17 Oct	Slight rain	20°	25°	30%	SSW 15
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	20°	22°	30%	ESE 5
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	19°	22°	60%	SSW 10
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	18°	23°	23%	NE 36
Wed21 Oct	Partly cloudy	20°	29°	0%	SSE 21

Pietermaritzburg

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Partly cloudy	16°	36°	0%	NW 5
Fri16 Oct	Partly cloudy	18°	38°	0%	NNW 5
Sat17 Oct	Slight rain	17°	32°	30%	NW 5
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	14°	25°	30%	ENE 5
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	14°	21°	60%	ESE 5
Tue20 Oct	Overcast	10°	24°	0%	SW 0
Wed21 Oct	Partly cloudy	13°	36°	2%	NW 16

Richards Bay

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Partly cloudy	19°	40°	0%	NE 10
Fri16 Oct	Partly cloudy	19°	40°	0%	NE 10
Sat17 Oct	Partly cloudy	19°	39°	0%	SSE 10
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	18°	32°	30%	SSE 10
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	18°	31°	60%	S 15
Tue20 Oct	Cloudy	16°	27°	0%	S 5
Wed21 Oct	Mostly clear	20°	37°	2%	NNE 21

Newcastle

Day	Weather	Lo	Hi	Rain	Wind km/h
Thu15 Oct	Rain, storms	16°	35°	30%	W 10
Fri16 Oct	Partly cloudy	17°	37°	0%	NNW 5
Sat17 Oct	Slight rain	17°	38°	30%	WNW 10
Sun18 Oct	Rain, storms	15°	32°	30%	ENE 5
Mon19 Oct	Rain, storms	15°	28°	30%	ESE 15
Tue20 Oct	Overcast	11°	29°	0%	ENE 5
Wed21 Oct	Cloudy	19°	33°	1%	WNW 24

Tides: Durban

Day	Low tide	High tide
Thu 15 Oct	11:32, 23:53	05:31, 17:40
Fri 16 Oct	11:58	05:59, 18:06
Sat 17 Oct	00:21, 12:30	06:32, 18:36
Sun 18 Oct	00:58, 13:24	07:22, 19:27
Mon 19 Oct	02:21, 17:09	10:03, 23:03
Tue 20 Oct	05:28, 18:44	12:17
Wed 21 Oct	06:36, 19:20	00:35, 13:01

Forecast data: the South African Weather Service and other third-party sources and providers, brought together with the latest AI tools. We take great care to get every figure right, but mistakes are possible.

More weather news, warnings and forecasts are on The South African’s weather page.

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