Cold temperatures expected to persist throughout the week

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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) says the cold temperatures are expected to persist throughout the week.

Gauteng residents woke to a cold weather and light snowfalls yesterday morning. But the weather service says there isn’t any further snowfall predicted for the province for the rest of the week.

Johannesburg snowfall explained:

SAWS Forecaster, Kholofelo Mahlangu, says, “We do see some clearance, but the minimum temperatures will remain quite cold, below 0 in some places and about 3 degrees in Pretoria north, Wonderboom, and the rest of the Pretoria areas, Hamanskraal and so on.”

SAWS has warned the public as well as small scale farmers that the icy cold and wet weather conditions, may pose a risk to vulnerable crops and animals.

SA Weather forecast l 10 July 2023:

Meteorologist from the South African Weather Service, Lehlohonolo Thobela, says although uncommon, snow does fall in South Africa.

“It’s not rare, it really does happen, but it’s uncommon for it to happen continuously like any other area in the northern hemisphere. We were expecting very cold, frigid conditions, especially over Gauteng, and the northern-eastern parts of the country. Most of the week is expected to be cold. Some farmers need to be taking caution about how they take care of their livestock. Mainly another thing would be, people should make sure that they’re in warm conditions.”

As different parts of KwaZulu-Natal continue to experience icy weather conditions, snow continues to fall in the province’s midlands and parts of the Drakensburg.

KZN Midlands motorists cautioned to be extra vigilant due to snowfall:

A call to assist the homeless as temperatures plummet: