Kenya: Kenya Meteorological Department Clarifies Nairobi’s Warm Weather Amid Heat Wave Concerns

Nairobi residents have been experiencing unusually high temperatures, prompting questions about whether the city could be experiencing a heat wave. The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has now come out to clarify the heat wave phenomenon, particularly in the Kenyan context. 

In a statement on Sunday, February 1, the weatherman defined a heat wave in Kenya as a period of three or more consecutive days of extremely high daytime temperatures which exceed locally determined thresholds….