Tuesday 3 November 2026 · Updated 14:13
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Free State weather

Today's forecasts for Free State, with SAWS warnings for the province.

A brown dust storm reducing visibility over buildings and trees in Bloemfontein
File photo: a dust storm over Bloemfontein (2014). Not a photo of today's weather. Photo: Neolexus / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 14:13, Tue 3 Nov

SAWS warnings

CHECKEDLast checked against the SAWS public warnings feed: 3 Nov 2026, 14:13. Showing warnings published in the last 36 hours.

Severe Thunderstorms: Free State

Warning issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS) at 07:51 on Tue 3 Nov

Possible impacts, as listed by SAWS:

  • Localised damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), properties, vehicles and livelihood
  • Localised flooding of susceptible roads and bridges.
  • Falling trees blocking minor roads.
  • Localised and short term disruption to municipal services and voting activities/processes.

Source: South African Weather Service (SAWS) public warnings feed; impact text quoted from SAWS. The feed does not give the warning level, validity period or affected municipalities, so we do not show them. Official source: weathersa.co.za. Nation Watch SA does not issue warnings.

Forecast data: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). How our forecast pages work. Nation Watch SA does not issue forecasts or warnings.