Mombasa is a coastal town that lays very close to the equator in Eastern Africa. This location means many things when it comes to weather, but mostly, Mombasa is HOT & HUMID. There are small variations in the diurnal and annual temperatures. And those temperatures only have an average monthly range of about 4.5⁰C. The Mombasa area has a very stable climate due to its maritime environment, where the ocean stabilizes its temperature. How does it do this? The shortwave radiation comes into the area and all the energy that comes with it is put into the latent heat flux of changing the water forms (also keeping people from being able to cool themselves with evaporation).
There is a rainy season, which starts in April and lasts for two months. June is when the sun “returns” and May is by far the rainiest month. Receiving about 45.7” of precipitation annually; June and July are cool months (relatively) because the average temperature for June is 80⁰F(27⁰ C). The Mombasa cool is cool because of a second wet season!!! October and November receive great heavy rains that happen during afternoons. Could this be because of convection storms just like Denver?
So what happens when it starts to snow in Denver? That is when Mombasa, Kenya starts to become the place to be. The “sun” season starts in December, and continues to shine until April (when the rains return.) But during their sunny season the temperatures reach 88⁰F(31⁰ C) with a humidity of ~70+%
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