Above normal rainfall for Oct-December :: Mmegi Online

Botswana is among Southern African countries that are expected to have “an increased chance of above normal rainfall” in the October to December period and “an increased chance of normal to below-normal rainfall” in the January to March period according to an international weather report.

The Climate Prediction Center (CPC)-International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), says in its latest report this will be mainly due to the El Niño phenomenon that is expected to increase as the year progresses towards the end and into another, where parts of the Southern Africa region will have a 50 percent likelihood of below-average rainfall, which means planting for the main agricultural season might be affected.

However, luckily for Botswana it has in the past had above-normal rainfall during around four out of 10 El Niños, which means its impact may not be highly felt on rainfall totals at least for October to December.

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