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class="month">Month</td> <td colspan="2" align="center" class="degree">Mean Temperature oC</td> <td rowspan="2" width="135" class="climat_header">Mean Total Rainfall (mm) </td> <td rowspan="2" width="135" class="climat_header">Mean Number of Rain Days </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="80" class="min">Daily<br>Minimum</td> <td align="center" width="80" class="max">Daily<br>Maximum</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="70" class="month">Jan</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#0000FF">11.5</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#FF0000">24.5</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#009900">64.1</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b>4</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="70" class="month">Feb</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#0000FF">11.6</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#FF0000">25.6</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#009900">56.5</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b>5</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="70" class="month">Mar</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#0000FF">13.1</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#FF0000">25.6</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#009900">92.8</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b>9</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="70" class="month">Apr</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#0000FF">14.0</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#FF0000">24.1</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#009900">219.4</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b>16</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="70" class="month">May</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#0000FF">13.2</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#FF0000">22.6</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#009900">176.6</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b>13</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="70" class="month">Jun</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#0000FF">11.0</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#FF0000">21.5</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#009900">35.0</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b>5</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="70" class="month">Jul</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#0000FF">10.1</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#FF0000">20.6</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#009900">17.5</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b>3</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="70" class="month">Aug</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#0000FF">10.2</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#FF0000">21.4</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#009900">23.5</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b>4</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="70" class="month">Sep</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#0000FF">10.5</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#FF0000">23.7</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#009900">28.3</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b>4</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="70" class="month">Oct</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#0000FF">12.5</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#FF0000">24.7</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#009900">55.3</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b>7</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="70" class="month">Nov</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#0000FF">13.1</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#FF0000">23.1</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b><font color="#009900">154.2</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FBFFE6"><b>15</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="70" class="month">Dec</td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#0000FF">12.6</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#FF0000">23.4</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b><font color="#009900">101.0</font></b></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ECF1FF"><b>8</b></td> <!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> </tr> </table> <!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> <br><br> The climate of Kenya varies by location it is vary cold within Kenya: from mostly cool every day, to always warm/hot. <br><br> The climate along the coast is tropical. This means rainfall and temperatures are higher throughout the year. <br><br> At the coastal city Mombasa, the air heats from cool to hot, almost every day (see chart below). <br><br> The further inside Kenya, the more arid the climate becomes. <br><br> An arid climate is nearly devoid of rainfall, and temperature swings widely according to the general time of the day/night. <br><br> For many areas of Kenya, the daytime temperature rises about 12 °C (53.6 °F), almost every day. <br><br> Elevation is the major factor in temperature levels, with the higher areas, on average, as 11°C (20°F) cooler, day or night. <br><br> The many mile-high cities have temperature swings from roughly 50 79 °F (10 26.1 °C). <br><br> Nairobi, at 1,798 m (5,899 ft) or 1.798 km (1.12 mi), ranges from 49 80 °F (9.4 26.7 °C),[2] and Kitale, at 1,825 m (5,988 ft) or 1.825 km (1.13 mi), ranges from 51 82 °F (10.6 27.8 °C). <br><br> The overnight lows are not like the "Garden of Eden" because, at night, heavy clothes or blankets are needed, in the highlands, when the temperature drops to about 50 54 °F (10 12.2 °C) every night. <br><br> At lower altitudes, the increased temperature is like day and night, literally: like starting the morning at the highland daytime high, and then adding the heat of the day, again. <br><br> Hence, the overnight low temperatures near sealevel are nearly the same as the high temperatures of the elevated Kenyan highlands. <br><br> However, locations along the Indian Ocean have more moderate temperatures, as a few degrees cooler in the daytime, such as at Mombasa (see chart below). <br><br> There are slight seasonal variations in temperature, of 4 °C or 7.20 °F,cooler in the winter months. <br><br> Although Kenya is centered at the equator, it shares the seasons of the southern hemisphere: with the warmest summer months in February-March and the coolest winter months in July-August, although only a few degrees cooler. <br><br> On the higher mountains, such as Mount Kenya, Mount Elgon and Kilimanjaro, the weather can become bitter cold for most of the year. <br><br> Some snowfall has occurred on the highest mountains. <br><br> <!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </font> <p> <p> <BR> <P> <font size = "-2"><B> NOTE: The information regarding Kenya on this page is re-published from Wikipedia and World Meteorological Organization. </B></font> </P> <br> <hr> <a href="#" onClick="AddToFaves_hp()"><img src="http://www.theodora.com/images/bookmark_banner.gif" align="left" width="176" height="52" border="0"></a><font color=brown> - 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