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In the southern part of Ghana, there is a bi-modal rainy season: April through June and September through November. [5] Squalls occur in the northern part of Ghana during March and April, followed by occasional rain until August and September, when the rainfall reaches its peak. [5] Rainfall ranges from 78 to 216 centimeters (31 to 85 inches) a ...
Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) is a governmental agency under the Ministry of Communication mandated to offer weather and climate services, to analyze scientific research findings and provide guidance on climate change. [1] It is a certified ISO 9001: 2015 weather forecast institution with its headquarters in Accra. [2]
The average annual rainfall in the country ranges between 800 and 2400 millimeters, with rainfall decreasing and aridity increasing from south to north. Ghana's agricultural economy is heavily dependent on rainfall and is therefore highly affected by drought. The mainstay of Ghana's economy is agriculture, which is highly dependent on rainfall ...
Average monthly precipitation (in mm) for selected cities in Africa ; City Country Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ref. Debundscha: Cameroon: 598.3 81.4 72.7 55.0 58.4
While other landfalling tropical cyclones potentially had lower pressures, data is vague from areas other than the Atlantic basin, especially before the invention of weather satellites. [325] Most intense landfall (estimated): 884 hPa (26.10 inHg); Rakiraki District, Viti Levu, Fiji, during Cyclone Winston, 20 February 2016.
Climate change in Ghana is impacting the people in Ghana in several ways as the country sits at the intersection of three hydro-climatic zones. [1] Changes in rainfall, weather conditions and sea-level rise [2] will affect the salinity of coastal waters. This is expected to negatively affect both farming and fisheries. [3]
Kumasi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw), with two distinct rainy seasons, major and minor. The major season usually occurs from March to July whilst the minor season is from September to November. The annual rainfall clocks in at around 1,200 mm (3.9 ft) while the relative humidity ranges around 53% to 93%.
View history; General What links here; ... This is a list of countries by average annual precipitation. List. Per the World Bank ... Ghana: 1,187: Africa 77 ...