The working week in the Free State starts on a wet note, with Bloemfontein seeing moderate rain on Monday and slight rain on Tuesday, keeping temperatures cooler around 8 to 20 degrees. Things brighten up midweek, with Bloemfontein staying mostly clear on Wednesday and warming to about 23 degrees. By Thursday and Friday the heat picks up, reaching 25 degrees, but showers and thundershowers roll back in to close out the week.
Bethlehem follows a similar pattern, with showers and thundershowers early and a clearer, milder day around 22 degrees later on. Kroonstad warms nicely to 25 degrees, though it sees showers and thundershowers along with some slight rain before clearing. Keep a raincoat or umbrella handy through the week, especially with those Thursday and Friday thundershowers on the way.
Warnings and Advisories for Free State
Yellow Level 2 Warning for Damaging Winds resulting in damages to informal settlements, power and communication disruption are expected over the North West province, eastern parts of the Northern Cape, the central and the western parts of the Free State province, central and western parts of Limpopo and in places over the northern parts of the Eastern Cape.
A Cut-off low pressure system developing west of the country, is expected to affect the Western and Northern Cape provinces from Sunday into Monday (14/09/2026). The public and small stock farmers are advised that intermittent showers and thundershowers accompanied heavy downpours at times with possible large amounts of small hail and lightning, significant drop in temperatures over the high-lying areas, windy coastal and interior conditions as well as very rough seas (reaching 4.0 to 4.5 m south of Table Bay).
5 Day Weather Forecast: Bloemfontein
| Day | Conditions | High / Low | Rain | Wind | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 14 Sep | Moderate rain | 24° 8° | 60% | NW 20.0 km/h | |
| Tuesday 15 Sep | Slight rain | 20° 9° | 30% | W 10.0 km/h | |
| Wednesday 16 Sep | Mostly clear | 23° 9° | 0% | WSW 5.0 km/h | |
| Thursday 17 Sep | Showers and Thundershowers | 25° 10° | 30% | ENE 5.0 km/h | |
| Friday 18 Sep | Showers and Thundershowers | 22° 12° | 60% | ENE 5.0 km/h |
More weather forecasts for the Free State
Bethlehem
| Day | Conditions | High / Low | Rain | Wind | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 14 Sep | Showers and Thundershowers | 24° 6° | 60% | NNW 15.0 km/h | |
| Tuesday 15 Sep | Showers and Thundershowers | 18° 9° | 60% | W 10.0 km/h | |
| Wednesday 16 Sep | Mostly clear | 22° 8° | 0% | SW 0.1 km/h | |
| Thursday 17 Sep | Showers and Thundershowers | 23° 8° | 60% | ENE 5.0 km/h | |
| Friday 18 Sep | Showers and Thundershowers | 17° 10° | 60% | E 10.0 km/h |
Kroonstad
| Day | Conditions | High / Low | Rain | Wind | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 14 Sep | Showers and Thundershowers | 25° 12° | 60% | NNE 15.0 km/h | |
| Tuesday 15 Sep | Slight rain | 21° 11° | 30% | W 5.0 km/h | |
| Wednesday 16 Sep | Mostly clear | 25° 11° | 0% | E 5.0 km/h | |
| Thursday 17 Sep | Showers and Thundershowers | 27° 11° | 60% | NE 5.0 km/h | |
| Friday 18 Sep | Showers and Thundershowers | 24° 13° | 60% | NNE 10.0 km/h |
Forecast data: South African Weather Service (weathersa.co.za); tides: tide-forecast.com and Open-Meteo. The warnings section is refreshed during the week when SAWS issues a high-level alert for the province.