Kenya Meteorological Department has given an analysis of the weather situation a day after President William Ruto ruled out the possibility of the country experiencing El Nino rains.
In a breakdown of the weather patterns across the country, the Met Department has projected that the country will experience more rainfall.
"The outlook for the period of 24 to 30 October 2023 suggests rainfall is expected to continue in various parts of the country, with isolated storms likely in the Central Highlands and North-eastern Kenya," Kenya Met said in a statement on its X platform.
Kenya Met has also predicted high average daytime temperatures of >30°C in regions including the Coast, North-eastern, and North-western Kenya.
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Few areas in the Central Highlands, South-eastern lowlands, Rift Valley, and Western Kenya will have low average night-time temps of <10°C.
In an apparent response to its earlier prediction of having El Nino rains, the Kenya Met said more rains were experienced after October 15 as earlier predicted.
"When we compare the amount of rain from October 9 to 15, 2023, to the rain from October 16 to 22, 2023, we can see that there was more rain in the later period," the Met department stated.
During the 24-hour period on October 18, 2023, Kenya Met says Meru Meteorological Station in Kenya recorded the highest amount of rainfall, reaching 102.4mm.
"It was a remarkable meteorological event, and many other stations also reported substantial rainfall, as shown in the table," it stated.
According to MET, from October 16 to 22, rain was observed in many parts of the country as earlier predicted.
In some areas, there were isolated thunderstorms. This includes counties like Meru, Kitui, Kirinyaga, Murang’a, Marsabit, Meru, Kwale, Wajir, Tharaka Nithi, West Pokot, Embu, Trans Nzoia, Kiambu, & Isiolo
