A wave of extremely cold weather has affected one of the world’s largest tea-producing regions.
Higher-elevated populated regions in Central Kenya hit in the last period unseasonably cold mornings.
In Nyandarua, minimum temperatures dropped to +3°C / 37°F, and ground frosts according to regional news destroyed harvest on tea crops /http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2021-07/07/c_1310046375.htm/.
These regions are situated in elevations around 2700 MASL, but the equatorial climate offers ideal conditions for life and plants.
Temperatures dropped below +10°C even in regions below 1500 MASL during the last days. Along the coast appeared localities with a maximum temperature of the only +27°C.
Ongoing La nina is bringing to some parts of Eastern Africa rainy and cold weather patterns, with heavy rainfall alternated by severe coldwaves.
Problems with serious frosts are reported from Zimbabwe, too (damaging tomatoes, peas, butternut, and potatoes) /https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9336859/several-zimbabwean-growers-hit-by-frosty-conditions// – South Africa reported in the last period 3 transitions of cold fronts /https://mkweather.com/south-africa-hit-3-cold-fronts-in-drakensberg-mountains-and-lesotho-will-be-snowing-cape-town-with-a-flood-risk//.
The cold temperature anomaly meantime has shifted from Kenya above South Sudan and neighboring countries.
Problems with frosts are however mainly a concern of mountainous parts of East Africa.
The 16-day forecast sees the next coldwave for South Africa and East Africa around 14. July 2021 and for South-African states around 22. July 2021.
Source: wxcharts.com
