Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Country Zambia Explore historical and projected climate data, climate data by sector, impacts, key vulnerabilities and what adaptation measures are being taken. Current Climate Climatology This page presents Zambia's climate context for the current climatology, , derived from observed, historical data. Click on map to change chart data from country aggregated to site-specific data. Climate Data Historical. Temperature Mean annual temperature has increased by 1.
The rate of increase is most rapid in the winter, at 0. Daily temperature observations show significantly increasing trends in the frequency hot days and nights in all seasons.
The South-Western region was the most severely affected with rainfall seasons becoming critically shorter. Rainfall records have shown that southern Zambia had experienced below average rainfall in the period — and above average rainfall between to During this reporting period, Zambia also experienced more frequent and intense droughts, dry spells and floods.
Philip is the Zambia expert for SafariBookings and author of more than 20 guidebooks to Africa. Zambia is right in the tropics and gets lots of rain in the Wet season November to April. At that time many camps in Kafue, Lower Zambezi and the more remote parks shut down. The Mfuwe section of South Luangwa can be visited at any time of year. The climate of the capital, Lusaka, is the same as that of the higher areas of central and southern Zambia, including Kafue NP.
Thirsty animals crowd around the waterholes and rivers to drink. Nighttime temperatures also start to drop and the rains are almost gone. Due to high rainfall and bad roads, the Wet season months from December to March are not ideal for visiting Zambia.
November — An unpredictable month, but usually with some afternoon rain. Invasions of cold air from the south-east bring cloudy to overcast conditions.
During the hot season maximum temperatures may range from 27 o C to 35 o C. The table below shows annual rainfall and representative maximum and minimum temperatures during the hottest and coldest months of the year respectively. It can be seen that annual temperature variation is greatest at Livingstone, the most southerly town, and the smallest at Mbala, the town nearest the equator. These woodlands contain only hardwoods. The trees are bare for a brief period only and the spring leaves appear before the start of the rains.
Grass fires spread rapidly in the dry season but new blades of grass soon push through the blackened earth. All kinds of vegetables can be grown, together with citrus fruit, bananas, pineapples, mangoes, avocados and even grapes. Lichis are also a high potential export crop. Tea and coffee are also grown successfully in fact the coffee produced is of a very high quality. Sugar cane is grown both by villagers and commercially.
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