TANZANIA METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY

ZANZIBAR OFFICE
Mean monthly temperatures (oC) for Zanzibar as observed at Zanzibar Meteorological station between January 2010 and
December 2012
JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

Maximum

32.0

32.3

33.3

31.0

30.6

29.9

29.9

30.0

30.4

31.6

31.1

32.1

Minimum

24.1

24.4

25.1

24.9

24.6

23.9

22.5

22.0

21.4

21.8

23.1

23.8

Maximum

33.1

33.9

33.2

31.1

30.2

29.8

29.8

29.9

31.6

31.1

30.6

32.4

Minimum

24.3

24.6

24.4

24.6

23.9

23.2

22.7

21.8

22.5

22.8

23.5

24.5

Maximum

33.0

33.2

32.1

30.9

29.7

29.5

29.7

30.1

30.7

31.5

31.7

32.2

Minimum

25.0

24.2

24.3

24.7

23.0

22.9

22.4

21.6

21.3

22.7

23.6

24.5

2010

2011

2012

Monthly rainfall (mm) for Zanzibar as observed for Zanzibar Meteorological station between January 2010 and December
2012.
JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

2010

46.6

21.1

223.3

252.7

193.8

48.1

0.3

20.0

43.4

86.6

169.1

102.4

2011

48.8

1.7

51.9

463.4

262.8

38.3

0.7

30.2

147.4

218.0

393.2

92.1

2012

22.3

29.0

150.5

178.4

121.0

15.2

2.3

28.5

68.1

8.6

269.4

137.0

Mean Monthly Relative Humidity (%) for Zanzibar as observed at Zanzibar Meteorological station between January 2010 and
December 2012.
JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

2010

80

80

82

88

85

86

77

76

77

78

83

81

2011

78

76

79

86

86

84

76

77

79

81

87

85

2012

77

76

82

83

86

81

78

78

78

79

84

83

Monthly averages of Wind direction and speed for Zanzibar as observed at Zanzibar Meteorological station between January 2010 and
December 2012
JANUARY

2010
2011
2012

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

JUNE

MAY

09 00 am

03 00 pm

09 00 am

03 00 pm

09 00 am

03 00 pm

09 00 am

03 00 pm

Spd Dir Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

360

09

030

09

350

06

210

10

210

07

120

10

210

08

140

11

200

08

140

13

10

360

07

330

10

180

06

130

07

210

06

150

09

210

07

150

11

180

07

120

12

14

360

11

030

11

360

07

270

07

210

09

180

11

210

07

180

12

210

08

150

14

09 00 am

03 00 pm

09 00 am

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

360

10

20

12

360

08

030

360

13

030

JULY

03 00 pm

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

09 00 am

03 00 pm

09 00 am

03 00 pm

09 00 am

03 00 pm

09 00 am

03 00 pm

09 00 am

03 00 pm

09 00 am

03 00 pm

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

Dir

Spd

2010

200

08

130

15

210

10

120

15

180

08

120

14

210

07

120

10

090

06

090

07

360

07

060

09

2011

180

09

120

14

210

08

130

15

180

09

150

14

150

08

150

11

090

10

150

11

030

08

060

09

2012

240

08

120

16

210

07

120

14

240

07

120

13

150

08

150

12

090

06

130

08

010

06

090

07

NOTE

(a) All times quoted are local times

(b) Wind direction in degrees from True North and speeds quoted in knots (kt).
(c) I knot = 1.86 kilometer per hour.
(d)

Dir means direction and Spd means Speed