Namibia warned of drier, hotter 2026/27 rainfall season

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2026-09-07

KEETMANSHOOP, 1 November 2014 – The heat in Keetmanshoop was broken with a downpour of showers on Saturday. According to weather forecaster Richard Nashikaku, the town received 7mm of rain. Rain was widespread in the region with Aroab, a village 130km east of Keetmans receiving the highest rainfall with 21.5mm. (Photo by: Patience Smith) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 07 SEP (NAMPA) – The Namibia Meteorological Service has warned that Namibia will experience a drier-than-normal and hotter-than-normal 2026/27 rainfall season as El Niño conditions rapidly intensify over the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.
The Chief of Climate and Data Bank, Simon Dirkse said in a statement on Monday that sea surface temperature anomalies reached 0.5°C between April and June 2026, marking the onset of an a...

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