Weather Pattern in Namibia

Namibia’s climate falls into the continental tropical category though there is in fact little of the steamy lushness that on associates with this word. Namibia is a hot country and for the most part very dry.

The rains fall during the summer months which is from November to February in all areas except the extreme southwest which sometimes enjoys a few, rather insignificant winter shower and remarkably the very occasional snowfall. Mean annual precipitation is about 250 millimeters through the arid Lower Orange and Namib regions enjoy less then 100 millimeters a year and frequently a lot less. The dune of the Namian desert are subject to abrupt periods o =d heavy downpours and sudden flood, but these are few and far between in terms of both rime and space and some areas received no rain at all for years.

The central and northern parts of Namibia receive about 660 millimeters of rain during a good year. In general, Namibia's rainfalls are extremely unreliable. Some of the drier parts of Namibia receive their annual average rainfall during a single cloudburst and sometime they get rather more. The climate in the desert coastal belt of Namibia is largely determined by interaction between the upwelling of the cold Benguela Current offshore and the South Atlantic high pressure system, and the mean annual temperature along the often chilly and fogbound western seaboard hovers around a modest 16 degree Celsius. Inland,across the central highlands where the temperature ranges between 19 -22 degree celsius.