News24 | Monday’s weather: Cold, wet and windy in Western Cape, damaging winds in Eastern Cape

Cold, wet and windy weather is expected in parts of the country.

Cold, wet and windy weather is expected in parts of the country.

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It will be wet in most parts of the country on Monday as thundershowers are expected. Some provinces will experience warm weather while strong or damaging winds will hit the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

Impact-based warnings

Yellow Level 2 warning: Expect strong damaging winds between Cape Point and Port Edward, causing disruptions in small harbours, ports and travel services in the extreme south-western parts of the Eastern Cape.

Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging waves along the Eastern Cape coast may disrupt beach activities and pose navigation challenges for small vessels.

Yellow Level 1 warning: Strong winds along the KwaZulu-Natal coast may disrupt small harbours and ports.

Yellow Level 1 warning: Damaging waves between Cape Columbine and Plettenberg Bay, and along the KwaZulu-Natal coast, may affect small vessels and beach activities.

Advisories

Cold, wet and windy conditions are expected in the southern parts of the Namakwa region, and the Central Karoo, Cape Winelands, western Overberg, and the City of Cape Town districts in 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.

SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, and level 4 is low.

Weather forecast for today & tomorrow, 26 – 27 April 2026.
Partly cloudy & cool, but warm in the Lowveld of Limpopo & Mpumalanga, with isolated to scattered thundershowers possible over the central & western interior of RSA from the afternoon onward. #saws #weatheroutlook pic.twitter.com/COCma83k2S

— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) April 26, 2026

The weather in your province

Gauteng: Morning fog, partly cloudy, cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Pretoria: 12°C — 25°C

Johannesburg: 10°C — 24°C

Vereeniging: 10°C — 24°C

Mpumalanga: Morning fog in the western Highveld, fine and cool to warm, hot in the Lowveld, partly cloudy with isolated rain in the evening.

Mbombela: 13°C — 28°C

Ermelo: 8°C — 23°C

Emalahleni: 10°C — 25°C

Standerton: 8°C — 23°C

Skukuza: 18°C — 32°C

Limpopo: Morning fog in the south-west, fine and warm, hot in the Lowveld, partly cloudy with isolated showers in the extreme south-west.

Polokwane: 11°C — 28°C

Phalaborwa: 16°C — 32°C

Tzaneen: 15°C — 30°C

Musina: 17°C — 31°C

Lephalale: 13°C — 28°C

Mokopane: 13°C — 29°C

North West: Partly cloudy, cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Klerksdorp: 14°C — 22°C

Potchefstroom: 14°C — 24°C

Mahikeng: 13°C — 25°C

Rustenburg: 14°C — 25°C

Vryburg: 14°C — 23°C

Free State: Partly cloudy, cold to cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Bloemfontein: 12°C — 18°C

Welkom: 13°C — 18°C

Bethlehem: 9°C — 20°C

Northern Cape: Partly cloudy, cold to cool with isolated morning showers in the extreme north-east, otherwise fine.

Upington: 12°C — 19°C

Kimberley: 10°C — 18°C

De Aar: 7°C — 14°C

Alexander Bay: 13°C — 20°C

Springbok: 7°C — 15°C

Calvinia: 5°C — 13°C

Sutherland: 2°C — 9°C

Western Cape: Cloudy to partly cloudy, cold with showers and rain in the south-western and southern parts.

Cape Town: 12°C — 15°C

Vredendal: 9°C — 18°C

Riversdale: 9°C — 15°C

George: 10°C — 15°C

Worcester: 8°C — 13°C

Beaufort West: 9°C — 14°C

Oudtshoorn: 8°C — 15°C

Eastern Cape: Partly cloudy, cold to cool with isolated showers along the coast.

Gqeberha: 13°C — 18°C

Makhanda: 10°C — 17°C

Cradock: 7°C — 15°C

Graaff-Reinet: 5°C — 16°C

KuGompo City: 14°C — 21°C

Port St Johns: 14°C — 22°C

Mthatha: 11°C — 20°C

Komani: 8°C — 15°C

Qonce: 10°C — 18°C

KwaZulu-Natal: Evening fog in the western and central interior, partly cloudy, cool to warm with isolated showers and rain, cloudy along the coast.

Durban: 21°C — 25°C

Richards Bay: 20°C — 29°C

Pietermaritzburg: 14°C — 23°C

Ladysmith: 14°C — 29°C

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

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