Friday's weather: Snow, disruptive rain, strong winds as cold front sweeps across SA

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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of heavy rain, cold, damaging winds, and disruptive snow in parts of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
Impact-based warnings
- Yellow level 4 warning: Disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads and danger to life due to fast-flowing streams over low-lying bridges is expected over the extreme western parts of the Western Cape.
- Yellow level 2 warning: Damaging winds leading to difficulty in navigation at sea of small vessels and personal watercraft being at risk of taking in water and capsizing in locality is expected between Saldanha Bay and Cape Agulhas as well as between Plettenberg Bay and East London.
- Yellow level 2 warning: Damaging waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea between Plettenberg Bay and East London.
- Yellow level 1 warning: Disruptive snow leading to loss of livestock, passes being closed, and traffic disruptions due to snow and icy roads is expected in places over the north-eastern parts of the Eastern Cape.
Severe weather alert for tomorrow, 04 July 2025.
Disruptive rain is expected over the western parts of the Western Cape, with damaging winds along the south coast with possible disruptive snow along the Drakensberg mountains. #saws #weatheroutlook #southafricanweather pic.twitter.com/r1oRvxeeoG
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) July 3, 2025
In the SAWS' colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that 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.
Advisories
Brace for very cold, wet, and windy conditions over parts of the Western Cape, southern Namakwa (Northern Cape), and Eastern Cape. These conditions are expected to impact areas between Friday and extending to Saturday.
The weather in your province
Gauteng: Partly cloudy and cool to cold with morning isolated showers and thundershowers, especially in the south.
Pretoria: 8°C — 17°C
Johannesburg: 5°C — 16°C
Vereeniging: 5°C — 13°C
Mpumalanga: Cool to warm in the Lowveld while partly cloudy and cold with scattered morning showers and rain. The weather will improve towards sunset.
Mbombela: 9°C — 22°C
Ermelo: 4°C — 15°C
Emalahleni: 6°C — 16°C
Standerton: 4°C — 13°C
Skukuza: 12°C — 30°C
Limpopo: Partly cloudy and cool with isolated rain in the extreme south clearing by the afternoon. Warm temperatures persist in the Lowveld and Limpopo Valley.
Polokwane: 8°C — 21°C
Phalaborwa: 13°C — 29°C
Tzaneen: 9°C — 27°C
Musina: 14°C — 30°C
Lephalale: 11°C — 22°C
Mokopane: 9°C — 22°C
North West: Cold and partly cloudy in the morning with isolated showers in the east, clearing towards the afternoon.
Klerksdorp: 5°C — 13°C
Potchefstroom: 5°C — 13°C
Mahikeng: 6°C — 15°C
Rustenburg: 9°C — 17°C
Vryburg: 2°C — 14°C
Free State: A chilly day with partly cloudy skies and isolated to scattered showers, particularly in the south. Western areas will start clearing up by afternoon.
Bloemfontein: 3°C — 11°C
Welkom: 4°C — 12°C
Bethlehem: 4°C — 10°C
Northern Cape: Clear skies for most regions with cold to very cold temperatures. In the south-west, however, it will be partly cloudy. Winds will vary from north-westerly to westerly along the coast.
Upington: 3°C — 15°C
Kimberley: 3°C — 12°C
De Aar: 5°C — 10°C
Alexander Bay: 8°C — 18°C
Springbok: 4°C — 12°C
Calvinia: 3°C — 11°C
Sutherland: 0°C — 8°C
Western Cape: Cold and windy with increasing cloud cover. Evening rains will become widespread over the south-west. Winds along the coast are strong and may reach gale force in places.
Cape Town: 11°C — 15°C
Vredendal: 7°C — 18°C
Riversdale: 9°C — 18°C
George: 11°C — 18°C
Worcester: 7°C — 16°C
Beaufort West: 6°C — 14°C
Oudtshoorn: 7°C — 17°C
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cool and partly cloudy with occasional rain in some areas. Coastal winds are moderate to fresh, varying from westerly to south-westerly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Very cold in the north with possible isolated rain in the extreme north-east. Snowfall is expected over mountain peaks. Moderate to fresh winds will blow along the coastline.
Gqeberha: 12°C — 19°C
Makhanda: 9°C — 16°C
Cradock: 4°C — 16°C
Graaff-Reinet: 6°C — 16°C
East London: 13°C — 19°C
Port St Johns: 13°C — 21°C
Mthatha: 6°C — 18°C
Komani: 4°C — 15°C
Qonce: 8°C — 17°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Warm in the north-east but otherwise cool with scattered showers and rain in the afternoon, improving to clear skies by evening. Coastal winds will gradually shift from northerly to southerly directions.
Durban: 16°C — 20°C
Richard's Bay: 16°C — 22°C
Pietermaritzburg: 11°C — 20°C
Ladysmith: 9°C — 19°C