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Climate
Temperatures, rainfalls
Mount Cameroon region fits into the “A” – tropical rainy, category of Koopen' s climate classification, which is characterized by a coolest month with a temperature above 18C. Air temperature is more or less constant throughout the year with small diurnal temperature variations. The differences are greater in the dry season, when the nights are quite cool in comparison to hot days. In rainy season the temperatures during day and night are almost constant but not very high.
The rainy season begins in April / May but earlier rainfalls are not rare. The moisture laden winds from the Atlantic Ocean bring the rains delivered from cloudbursts, accompanied by intense electrical storms and high winds. By June or July rain falls almost continuously but less intense.
Dry season usually begins in October / November and the rains become scarce. Between November and April, commonly known as Harmattan, the northeasterly Sahara air blow across West Africa making air in Mt. Cameroon Region dry and dusty and reducing visibility sometimes to only 1 km.
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Seasons
In general Mt. Cameroon region has a tropical seasonal climate with one wet and one dry season.
Apart from it different locations according to the ocean and the mountain cause local changes from the general climatic pattern. There are 3 different tropical climatic regimes around the mountain
- Equatorial, with rain all year (e.g. Debundscha, Idenau)
- Seasonal, with wet and dry periods and precipitation under 60 mm in the driest month,
- Monsoon, with great contrast between seasons.
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