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FORECAST KENYA
The long rains, the short rains, and the dipole
Conditions right now
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What the weather here is
Kenya's calendar is built on two seasons — the long rains from March to May and the short rains from October to December — and the short rains are unusually predictable, because they respond strongly to the Indian Ocean Dipole. A positive dipole means a warm western Indian Ocean and floods in Kenya; a negative one means drought, and that link is the basis of ICPAC's seasonal forecasts in Nairobi. Altitude does the rest: Nairobi at 1,795 m is 12 to 26 °C year-round on the equator, Mombasa at sea level is hot and humid, Mount Kenya carries glaciers that are nearly gone, and the Turkana corridor channels a low-level jet that makes the northwest both very dry and very windy — which is why Africa's largest wind farm is there.
Where the official forecast is
This site is not a warning service. The official forecast and every watch and warning for Kenya comes from Kenya Meteorological Department.
What is on this page is the raw observation — the METAR itself, from the aerodrome named above it — with nothing added and nothing forecast.
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