Angola should register drought and excessive rain in the next six months

According to the National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics of Angola (INAMET), in a statement released, these global climate phenomena influence the ocean-atmosphere conditions in the national territory and the forecast of the rainy season 2026-2027.

The ‘El Niño’ favors the occurrence of the phenomenon of meteorological drought, especially in the southern and southeastern regions of Angola, and the South Tropical Atlantic Index (TSA), in its positive phase, favors the occurrence of excessive rainfall on the coast of Angola, refers.

The rainy season in Angola officially began on August 15 and runs until May 15, 2027.

For October, November and December 2026, the indices related to the ‘El Niño’, explains the INAMET, points out the probability of occurrence of moderate intensity meteorological drought in the provinces of Cunene, Cuando Cubango and in the southern provinces of Moxico and Moxico East.

This climate phenomenon also predicts moderate and severe weather drought in the provinces of Lunda Sul, Moxico, Moxico Leste, Cuando, much of the provinces of Cunene and Cubango, east of Lunda Norte and extreme northeast of Bié in January, February and March 2027.

As for the TSA, this phenomenon will have greater influence at the end of the next quarter (October, November and December 2026) and throughout the first quarter of 2027.

The phenomenon should favor the probability of excessive rainfall in the coastal provinces (Cabinda, Zaire, Bengo, Luanda, Icolo and Bengo and Benguela), the West (Uíje, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul and Huila) as well as in the north and east of Namibe and in the far southwest of Huambo.

The pubic entity also calls on the population to confine itself to the weather and climate forecasts disclosed by this body, as an entity responsible for ensuring research and providing scientific service in the field of meteorological and climatology.