Tanzania- Kilimo Thabiti Weather Service
On this web page, Weather Impact provides (agro-)weather and climate information for the DCAS service in Tanzania. While agricultural extension officers and farmers will receive this information primarily via SMSs, relevant stakeholders may use this website to gain a comprehensive overview of the weather situation and related farming advisories.
Below are presented:
- Location-specific SMS generated today
- 10-days weather forecast for different variables
- Overview of current weather situation
Agro-weather SMS service
Click on a cell to check today’s weather forecast SMS text.
Weather forecast SMS
Maize agro-weather SMS
Maize model - planted status
Maize model - service status
10-day Weather Forecast
Click on a district to visualize the daily forecast for that location.
Temperature (°C)
Rain amount (mm)
Rain chance (%)
Relative Humidty (%)
Wind speed (km/h)
Max. wind gust (km/h)
Current Weather Indicators
An overview of the current weather situation is shown below. The following variables are visualized:
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- T max: the maximum temperature in °C
- T min: the minimum temperature in °C
- P amount: the total precipitation amount over the period in mm
- P chance: the precipitation chance in % (only forecast)
- RH max: the maximum relative humidity in %
- RH min: the minimum relative humidity in %
- Wind speed: the average wind speed in m/s
- Wind gust: the maximum wind gust in m/s (only forecast)
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The maps show the variable’s average over the period indicated by the cursor bar. The only exceptions are “P amount” and “PET”, for which the total accumulated value is displayed.
TIP: the Current Weather maps can be useful to recognize the onset of the rainy season. Selecting the “P amount” panel and moving the bottom cursor from left to right, it is possible to have an overview of the rainfall observed in the previous month and expected in the next two weeks.
A progressive increase of the amount of rain is likely to indicate the start of the rainy season if observed in all time frames. However, if less rain is expected in the time frame “Next 15 days” or “Days 8-15“, this might suggest the occurrence of dry spells or of a false start of the rainy season. Lastly, high values of precipitation throughout all time frames indicates that the rainy season is currently happening, while the opposite indicates the presence of the dry season.
T max
T min
P amount
P chance
RH max
RH min
Wind speed
Wind gust
This data is developed by Weather Impact BV. The data is based on weather forecasts and do not necessarily reflect reality. No liability is accepted as a result of use of this data.
