The South African Weather Service (Saws) has warned that heavy rain, hail, damaging winds, and extreme fire danger conditions are expected as weather warnings intensify on Wednesday, New Year’s Eve. The weather service has released its latest weather forecast for 31 December 2025. Weather forecast for today & tomorrow, 30 – 31 December 2025.Partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions over the central & eastern parts of the country, with isolated to scattered showers & thundershowers anticipated from the afternoon, but fine & hot to very hot in the west.pic.twitter.com/0OyR6K4Arz Theweather servicehas issued a yellow level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning, and hail, resulting in flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements expected over the OR Tambo and Amathole Districts of the Eastern Cape.
Saws issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours resulting in localised flooding, damaging winds and large amounts of small hail expected over Gauteng, the southern parts of Limpopo, the escarpment and the Highveld of Mpumalanga, the southern parts of the North West, the eastern parts of the Free State and the north-eastern parts of the Eastern Cape. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the Northern Cape and the south-western parts of the Free State, as well as the Beaufort West municipality of the Western Cape. Very hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over the Khai-Ma municipality of the Northern Cape.
Here’s what to expect in your province on Wednesday, 31 December 2025: Residents of Gauteng can expect partly cloudy and warm weather with scattered showers and thundershowers. Residents should take the necessary precautions against prolonged sun exposure.
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