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fiogf49gjkf0d ZAMBIA LARGELY COVERS A HIGH ALTITUDE PLATEAU. THIS ALTITUDE
INFLUENCES ITS SUBEQUATORIAL CLIMATE MAKING IT LESS
OPPRESSIVE. THERE ARE THREE DISTINCT SEASONS: HOT AND DRY
FROM AUGUST TO OCTOBER, WARM AND WET, NOVEMBER TO APRIL; AND
A DRY AND COOL PERIOD FROM MAY TO JULY. ONLY IN THE VALLEYS
OF THE MAJOR RIVERS IS THE CLIMATE TYPICALLY TROPICAL WITH
NO REAL COOL SEASON AND HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING THE RAINY
SEASON. FROST CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 1200M IN THE DRY SEASON.
CLOTHING: LIGHTWEIGHT ATTIRE YEAR-ROUND AND RAINWEAR. WARM
CLOTHING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
KASAMA ALT 1385M
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JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
TEMP MAX C 26 26 26 26 26 24 24 26 29 31 28 27
MIN C 16 17 17 16 13 11 10 11 14 17 17 17
RAIN MM 275 247 247 76 10 0 0 0 2 20 147 265
HUMIDITY AM 83 84 85 77 71 61 61 57 47 44 63 79
% PM 59 59 56 51 40 33 29 22 20 19 38 55
LUSAKA ALT 1277M
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JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
TEMP MAX C 25 25 25 25 23 21 22 24 28 29 28 25
MIN C 20 19 19 17 13 11 10 12 17 20 20 20
RAIN MM 231 191 142 18 3 0 0 0 0 10 91 150
HUMIDITY AM 91 93 91 89 85 84 80 73 64 63 73 88
% PM 68 68 66 55 46 42 37 31 28 32 43 65
NDOLA ALT 1269M
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JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
TEMP MAX C 26 26 26 27 26 24 25 27 30 32 29 27
MIN C 17 17 16 13 9 5 5 7 12 15 17 17
RAIN MM 286 245 180 37 5 0 0 0 2 24 132 277
HUMIDITY AM 87 88 87 78 71 65 62 50 43 45 66 81
% PM 63 61 51 43 32 29 24 21 17 20 42 61
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