The winds also influence the country's rainy seasons, the longest of which lasts from April to June. There is a second, shorter rainy season in November and December. Of the intervening dry months, the December to March period is the hottest; while the July to October period is the coolest.
Generally, rainstorms in Kenya are intense but brief, with sunny weather in between. Nairobi and the Central Highlands. Nairobi is situated in Kenya's Central Highlands region and enjoys the pleasant weather for most of the year.
Average annual temperatures fluctuate between 52 and 79 degrees Fahrenheit 11 to 26 degrees Celsius , giving Nairobi a similar climate to California. Like most of the country, Nairobi has two rainy seasons, although they start a little earlier here than they do elsewhere. The long rainy season lasts from March to May, while the short rainy season lasts from October to November. The sunniest time of year is December to March, while June to September is cooler and often more overcast.
Mombasa and the Coast. Located on Kenya's south coast, the popular coastal city of Mombasa enjoys consistent temperatures that remain hot throughout the year. The difference in daily mean temperatures between the warmest month January and the coldest months July and August is only about five degrees Fahrenheit. While the humidity levels are high on the coast, ocean breezes prevent the heat from becoming uncomfortable.
The wettest months are April to May, while January and February see the least rain. Mombasa's climate is comparable with that of other coastal destinations, including Lamu , Kilifi, and Watamu. Northern Kenya. Northern Kenya is an arid region blessed with abundant year-round sunshine. Rainfall is limited, and this area may go for many months without any rain at all. When the rains do come, they often take the form of spectacular thunderstorms. April is the wettest month in Northern Kenya.
Average temperatures range from 72 to 97 degrees Fahrenheit 22 to 36 degrees Celsius. During this time, temperatures are cooler and more pleasant. Western Kenya is generally hot and humid with rain occurring throughout the year. Rain usually falls in the evenings and is interspersed with bright sunshine. The best time to visit is between July and October, after the long rains. At this time, the plains are covered with lush green grass, providing ample grazing for the wildebeest, zebra and other antelope of the annual Great Migration.
Predators are attracted by the abundance of food, making for some of the best game-viewing on the planet. It never falls under hot climates, especially around the equator. A thunderstorm is a type of weather characterized by lightning. There are produced by the largest and tallest clouds that can spawn, the cumulonimbus. Thunderstorms are also accompanied by strong gusts of wind, heavy rainfalls, and sometimes hail and tornadoes, which are the most destructive meteorological event.
A thunderstorm, regardless of its intensity, is always a dangerous phenomenon that should be taken seriously as lightning can cause great bodily harm, and sometimes even kill, anyone unfortunate enough to be hit with. Thunderstorms can happen everywhere but are extremely rare around the poles. In mild climates, they happen especially during late spring, summer, and early autumn.
They are very frequent in mountains during the whole year, as well as in tropical and equatorial climates. Tornadoes are rotating air columns spinning at a very high speed. They are born under supercell thunderstorms, which are a specific kind of cumulonimbus that is spinning on itself.
Tornadoes swallow dust and debris that make them visible the day and, depending on the materials swallowed, make them light grey, grey, or even brown. The night, tornadoes are normally invisible making them much more dangerous and threatening, but lightning can reveal their existence and position.
Tornadoes make also a lot of sounds, especially the strongest ones, which can help identify them with little to no visibility. Tornadoes are ranked by the Enhanced Fujita scale, which takes into consideration the damages caused by the tornado, to determine its speed. However, the El Reno tornado, which was the largest tornado that ever occurred with a diameter of 4. Both of these tornadoes destroyed everything in their paths, although the El Reno tornado, fortunately, didn't cross urbanized areas.
Since tornadoes are extremely dangerous, it is important to be on the lookout for one if supercells are predicted for your area. Tornadoes can occur pretty much everywhere in the world, but they mostly appear within mild climates. Thundersnows are extremely rare variants of thunderstorms, in which snow falls instead of rain or hail. Thundersnows tend to be very weak compared to common thunderstorms, and also last shorter, although lightning can still pose a deadly threat. Fog is literally a cloud at ground level, which raises ambient humidity to its maximum, and considerably decreases visibility.
The threshold of visibility at which we talk of fog is a kilometer 0. If visibility is greater than 1 km 0. Fogs can happen anywhere, even in deserts, but happen more frequently in cold, humid climates. Depending on the moment of the day, they sport various shades of grey, varying from light grey at solar noon, to dark grey at the sunset.
Fogs make biking and driving particularly dangerous, especially if the visibility is less than meters feet.
In some countries, speed limits are reduced when a fog happens. Regardless of the speed limits, many drivers choose to drive fast which can cause severe accidents, especially on highways. In some countries, meteorological warnings are emitted if a fog is predicted to take place. Climate - Kenya Average weather, temperature, rainfall, when to go, what to pack. Index The coast - Malindi The plateau - Nairobi , Masai Mara , Amboseli , Tsavo , Eldoret , Nakuru Arid zone - Lodwar Cyclones Best Time What to pack Kenya is an African country, bisected by the Equator, yet it has three types of climate : hot and humid along the coast zone 1 on the map , temperate in the west and south-west, where there are mountains and plateaus zone 2 on the map , and finally, hot and dry in the north and east zone 3 on the map.
In general, the warmest period in Kenya is from February to March, while the coolest is from July to August, although the seasonal variations in temperature are small. Both temperature and rainfall vary according to the prevailing winds, which produce two seasons : from October to March, the hot and originally dry winds coming from Arabia called kaskazi prevail, while from April to September, the prevailing winds called Kuzi are cooler and wetter and blow from the Indian Ocean.
At the beginning of the two periods, and in correspondence with the two zenith passages of the sun, there are the two rainy seasons : the "long rains" from March to May, and the less intense "short rains" from October to December, while in the western highlands, it rains a lot even between June and September.
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