Temperatures set to drop to 9 degrees Celsius in Nairobi

 

Nairobi temperatures to drop to 9 degrees celsius

Rainfall is expected to prevail in most parts of the country for the next six days.

Kenya Met Department in its latest weather outlook has forecasted intermittent cool and cloudy conditions over some parts of the Highlands East and West of the Rift Valley, the South-eastern lowlands and the Rift Valley.

During the same period from 18th to 22nd July, showers will be experienced in high-ground areas with temperatures set to drop to as low as nine degrees Celsius.

In the Highlands East of the Rift Valley [including Nyandarua, Laikipia, Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Murang’a, Kiambu, Meru, Embu, Tharaka and Nairobi Counties) maximum temperatures range between 24-27 Celsius with lows of between 13 and 9 Celsius.

The Highlands West of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, and the Rift Valley namely Siaya, Kisumu, Homabay, Migori, Kisii, Nyamira, Trans Nzoia, Baringo, Uasin Gishu, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Nandi, Nakuru, Narok, Kericho, Bomet, Kakamega, Vihiga, Bungoma, Busia and West Pokot Counties will have rains over a few places in the morning given way to showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and at night.

The Coast region and North-western (Turkana and Samburu Counties) will be mostly dry with sunny intervals and partly cloudy at night.

By Margaret Kalekye