
Monday's weather: Snow my goodness! Cold, wet, windy day across country
Wintry conditions will sweep across South Africa, bringing disruptive rain, snow, and severe thunderstorms to parts of the country, according to the South African Weather Service. Localised flooding, road closures, and icy conditions are expected in some areas.
Impact-based warnings
- Yellow Level 6: Disruptive snowfall is expected in parts of the Eastern Cape, posing danger to life and causing road closures, and communities being cut off over Joe Gqabi, Enoch Mgijima (Molteno) and Matatiele.
- Orange Level 6 warning: Disruptive rain in the Eastern Cape, leading to flooding of settlements and roads, dangerous conditions, and some communities temporarily inaccessible in Amathole, OR Tambo, as well as, the Buffalo City metro.
- Orange Level 5 warning: Disruptive rain, causing danger to life, property damage, flooding, and mudslides in Alfred Nzo, Makana, Ndlambe, Sundays River Valley, Kouga, Koukamma and Nelson Mandela Bay metro in the Eastern Cape.
- Yellow Level 2 warning: Disruptive snow and icy roads are expected in Chris Hani, Dr Beyers Naude, Raymond Mhlaba, Amahlati and Umzimvubu in the Eastern Cape, causing local traffic disruptions and loss of livestock.
- Yellow Level 2 warning: Localised flooding due to disruptive rain in parts of the Eastern Cape.
- Yellow Level 2 warning: Damaging waves between Saldanha Bay and Plettenberg Bay, creating difficulties for navigation at sea.
- Yellow Level 2 warning: Severe thunderstorms is expected over parts of KwaZulu-Natal, including heavy downpours, localised flooding, and damaging winds.
- Yellow Level 4 warning For Tuesday: Disruptive snowfall is expected to close mountain passes and temporarily isolate communities in high-lying areas of KwaZulu-Natal.
WHAT IS AN IMPACT-BASED WEATHER WARNING?
How often do you come across news reports suggesting that the South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued an Impact-Based Weather Warning of a certain level and a particular colour-coding? What does it mean?
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— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) June 5, 2025
Advisories
- A cut-off low is moving over the south-central parts of the country.
This system is expected to bring cold, wet, and windy conditions, with snow over high-lying areas. Farmers and residents in the interior of the Western Cape, Northern Cape, Free State, Eastern Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal are urged to be prepared.
Weather update for today and tomorrow, 08-09 June 2025:
Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread in the south where snow is expected⚠️ Damaging waves, disruptive rain and snow, severe thunderstorms. #saws #saweatheroutlook pic.twitter.com/qKWqm0HryZ
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) June 8, 2025
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Cool in places in the north, otherwise partly cloudy and cold, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Pretoria: 7°C — 16°C
Johannesburg: 6°C — 15°C
Vereeniging: 8°C — 16°C
Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy and cool to cold, becoming cloudy on the Highveld later with isolated showers and rain. Scattered rain and thunderstorms are expected in the extreme south. Warm conditions persist on the Lowveld.
Mbombela: 10°C — 25°C
Ermelo: 3°C — 22°C
Emalahleni: 5°C — 18°C
Standerton: 2°C — 19°C
Skukuza: 5°C — 31°C
Limpopo: Fine but becoming partly cloudy. Cool to warm, with isolated showers and rain in the south-west regions.
Polokwane: 5°C — 21°C
Phalaborwa: 9°C — 29°C
Tzaneen: 11°C — 27°C
Musina: 10°C — 29°C
Lephalale: 5°C — 24°C
Mokopane: 5°C — 22°C
North West: Cloudy, windy, and cold to very cold. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected, except over the extreme north-east.
Klerksdorp: 8°C — 12°C
Potchefstroom: 9°C — 14°C
Mahikeng: 7°C — 12°C
Rustenburg: 9°C — 16°C
Vryburg: 4°C — 9°C
Free State: Cloudy, windy, very cold conditions are expected. Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers will occur, becoming widespread in the extreme south. Possible snowfall along the Lesotho border and extreme western areas.
Bloemfontein: 6°C — 9°C
Welkom: 8°C — 11°C
Bethlehem: 6°C — 12°C
Northern Cape: Partly cloudy in the western areas (cool in places), otherwise cloudy, windy, and cold to very cold. Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers expected, with widespread rain in the south-eastern parts. Snowfall is possible in the eastern regions.
Upington: 5°C — 12°C
Kimberley: 5°C — 9°C
De Aar: 4°C — 7°C
Alexander Bay: 10°C — 21°C
Springbok: 4°C — 11°C
Calvinia: 2°C — 11°C
Sutherland: 0°C — 8°C
Western Cape: Cloudy to partly cloudy and cool to cold. Isolated to scattered showers are likely in the south and east, while the west coast clears by evening. Light snow may fall in the north-eastern high ground.
Cape Town: 9°C — 15°C
Vredendal: 6°C — 18°C
Riversdale: 6°C — 15°C
George: 7°C — 15°C
Worcester: 6°C — 15°C
Beaufort West: 5°C — 11°C
Oudtshoorn: 6°C — 14°C
Eastern Cape: Cloudy, cold to very cold conditions with widespread showers and thundershowers. Snow is expected over northern high ground areas.
Gqeberha: 11°C — 16°C
Makhanda: 8°C — 12°C
Cradock: 5°C — 9°C
Graaff-Reinet: 5°C — 9°C
East London: 12°C — 17°C
Port St Johns: 14°C — 17°C
Umtata: 9°C — 12°C
Komani: 5°C — 9°C
Qonce: 8°C — 12°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Partly cloudy and warm in the north-east, with fog over central areas. Cloudy and cool but cold in the south-west. Widespread showers and thundershowers expected, with isolated to scattered showers in the north-east.
Durban: 18°C — 21°C
Richard's Bay: 17°C — 24°C
Pietermaritzburg: 12°C — 17°C
Ladysmith: 9°C — 17°C
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