Brrr! South Africa shivers as temperatures drop below -6°C
South Africa woke up to a deep freeze as temperatures plunged below -6°C in several cities, marking one of the coldest starts to July.
POLOKWANE – South Africans woke up to bone-chilling temperatures this morning, with a minimum of -6.8°C recorded in Shaleburn in the Eastern Cape (the lowest of all 146 monitored weather stations across the country).
According to data released this morning, Wepener (-6.4°C), Bloemfontein (-6.2°C), Fauresmith (-6.1°C), and Bloemhof (-6.1°C) rounded out the five coldest spots nationwide, confirming widespread frost and a freezing start to the week across the central interior.
This follows an intense cold front that landed in the Western Cape over the past weekend, bringing cold, wet and windy weather to the Cape and frosty mornings over the interior at the start of this week.
Other areas dropping well below freezing include Kimberley (-4.6°C), Noupoort (-4.7°C), and Queenstown (-4.0°C).
According to Vox Weather, temperatures are expected to remain cool across inland areas, while warmer afternoons are on the horizon along the eastern escarpment by Wednesday.
In Polokwane, conditions are expected to improve from tomorrow with an increase in daytime temperatures.
Highs of between 20°C and 23°C are expected between Wednesday and Friday, while Saturday will warm up to 25°C before dropping to 20°C on Sunday.
Hazy conditions will persist this week with sunny conditions likely from next week only.
