Zimbabwe – DCAS for Smallholder Farmers

On this web page, Weather Impact provides (agro-)weather and climate information for the DCAS service for the current season in Zimbabwe. While agricultural extension officers and farmers will receive this information primarily via the Uliza-WI Chatbot, relevant stakeholders may use this website to gain a comprehensive overview of the weather situation and related farming advisories.
Below are presented:

10-days weather forecast for different variables
Overview of current weather situation

We suggest to check also the following information (clickable links):

- Climate anomalies
- Climate of current season

10-day Weather Forecast

Click on a district to visualize the daily forecast for that location.

Temperature (°C)

Rain amount (mm)

Rain chance (%)

Relative humidity (%)

Wind speed (km/h)

Max. wind gust (km/h)

Solar radiation (J/m2)

PET (mm)

Current Weather Indicators

An overview of the current weather situation is shown below. The following variables are visualized:

- - - - 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)
      - Solar radiation: the average daily downwards solar radiation in J/m²
      - PET: the total potential evapotranspiration over the period in mm

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

Solar radiation

PET

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.