Weather and Climate in Liberia

WEATHER AND CLIMATE IN LIBERIA

Liberia has a tropical climate with average temperatures ranging from 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21 degrees Celsius). There are relatively small variations between day and night and between seasons, with temperatures never exceeding 1000 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius).

There are two seasons – the wet from May to October and the dry from November to April. It seldom rains during the dry season, though there are dry period during the rainy season, including a dry spell in July or August lasting about two weeks. The annual rainfall averages 170 inches (4.320 mm.) inland. The average humidity on the coastal belt is 78% during the wet season, but it is liable to drop to 30% from December to March when the Harmattan winds blow from the Sahara.

Rainfall in Liberia is of three types – very wet with torrential rains, thunderstorms and lightning, wet with heavy downpours; and rainy days interspersed by days of dry weather, with the moisture being supplied by the south-westerly winds in most cases. At the beginning of the rainy season, from April to June and from September to November, short thunderstorms with storms winds lasting from three to ten minutes, accompanied by thunder, intensive lightning and by a marked drop in temperature, bring heavy downpours of rain.

The only natural disaster in Liberia was a landslide that claimed hundreds of lives in the Mano River area. Apart from this, Liberia has not experienced an earthquake, a tidal wave, a hurricane or a tornado.

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