Climate

A. Climate Types:


i)   Most of the time, when we think of African climates, we think of desert, and grassland. Zimbabwe, however, is quite different than the quintessential stereotype of African climate. Zimbabwe is actually possesses tropical climate that varies by altitude. One of the biggest traits of a tropical climate is rain, and Zimbabwe's rainy season is from November-March. This is evident through the lush greenery and rainforest.


ii)  It seems that Zimbabwe has a very temperate climate. The central high plateau that runs through Zimbabwe only reaches a high of 82 degrees Farenheit. Lower lying plateaus tend to be warmer throughout the year but still usually only reach a high of 88 degrees Farenheit. The even lower areas of the Mana Pools, and Matusadona get the hottest at 95 degrees Farenheit. This is contrasted by the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, which drop to very low temperatures and seem to get much more rain than all of the other regions.

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B. Seasonality: 

i) As stated before, Zimbabwe has a very temperate climate. In the capital city of Harare, the average temperature is a cool 64.3 degrees Farenheit. This is because of its high altitude and Southeasterly wind. Daily temperature averages around 57.4 degrees Farenheit in July, which actually happens to be the coldest month and about 71.1 degrees Farenheit in the hottest month, October, which makes the average range 13.7 degrees Farenheit. As for average precipitation, the driest month only bears about 2.3mm of rain while the wettest month bears 190.8mm of rain, making the average range 188.5mm of rainfall.
     Another city of Zimbabwe is Hwange, which seems to be a bit hotter on average because of its lower elevation. The average temperature in the hottest month of October is 83.7 degrees Farenheit, while the average temperature of the coldest month of July is 64.8 degrees Farenheit. This makes the average range 18.9 degrees Farenheit. These temperatures also correlate to the less rainfall that they get. The driest month on average bears 0mm of rain and the wettest month has about 154mm of rain, which makes the average range 154mm, which is much lower than the city of Harare.

ii) Much like Zimbabwe, we have a tropical climate, yet there are still some differences in our climates mostly because of our elevation differences. The average high temperature in the summer is about 85 degrees Farenheit, while the average low temperature is about 70 during the winter months. This makes the range fairly close to Harare's 13.7 degree range. As for precipitation, during driest month, we get about 13mm of rainfall a month and during the wettest month, we get about 82mm of rainfall. This makes the range only about 69mm. From this, we can see that Honolulu is much hotter than Harare with our average low being around the same temperature as Harare's average high. As for precipitation, we get much less rain than Harare, and average of about half throughout the year. 

iii) The capital city of Harare is much like Honolulu in that, it has very mild seasonality. The winters are relatively warm and summers relatively cool. Our temperature range is about 15 degrees Farenheit from the hottest to coldest temperatures, and Harare enjoys a similar range of 13.7 degrees Farenheit. Harare, however, does have a wetter wet season than us, and over the course of the year, receives about double the rain that we do. Overall, Harare has very mild seasons with the largest distinction being the amount precipitation they receive.