Sunny conditions.The Kenya Meteorological Department has announced that Kenyans will this week experience sunny and dry conditions.
However, Met said that isolated rainfall is expected over parts of the southwestern region.
The weatherman further stated that Kenyans should expect daytime temperatures to be above 30°C in the Coast, North-Eastern, North-Western, South-Eastern Lowlands, and parts of the Highlands West of the Rift Valley.
The Department said that nighttime temperatures will be below 10°C in the Highlands East of the Rift Valley, Central Rift Valley, and South-Eastern Lowlands.
Last week, parts of the country experienced rainfall.
On January 29, the weatherman said Kenyans should expect near to above-average rainfall during the March-May long rains season.
The March to May (MAM) period is the major rainfall season (long rains) over most parts of Kenya and much of equatorial Eastern Africa.
The highest seasonal rainfall amounts (greater than 300mm) are normally experienced over the Lake Victoria Basin, the Highlands West of the Rift Valley, the Central and South Rift Valley, the Highlands East of the Rift Valley (including Nairobi County) and the Coastal Strip.
The Kenya Meteorological Department director David Gikungu said near-to-above-average rainfall is expected over the Lake Victoria Basin, South Rift Valley, most of the Highlands West of the Rift Valley, the southern parts of the Southeastern lowlands, and the extreme northern parts of northwestern Kenya.
He said near-to-below-average rainfall is expected over the Central Rift Valley, the Highlands East of the Rift Valley (including Nairobi County), most of Northwest, Coastal region, Southeastern lowlands and isolated areas over the Highlands West of the Rift Valley.
Gikungu said the rainfall is expected over northeastern Kenya as well as the north coast.
The MAM 2025 forecast indicates that near-to-above-average rainfall is expected over the Lake Victoria Basin, South Rift Valley, most of the Highlands West of the Rift Valley, the southern parts of the southeastern lowlands, and the extreme northern parts of northwestern Kenya.
Near-to-below-average rainfall is expected over Central Rift Valley, the Highlands East of the Rift Valley (including Nairobi County), most of Northwest, Coastal region, Southeastern lowlands and isolated areas over the Highlands West of the Rift Valley.
He added that below-average rainfall is expected over northeastern Kenya as well as the north coast.
