Department of Climate Change and Meteorologial Services (DCCMS)

Observation and Forecasting Services

Contnous Weather monitoring and predicting how it will be like in near future. This is done by examining the state of atmosphere of the earth and analylising its future state and conditions.....

Engineering and Communication Services

Responsible for Equipment and Instrument Specification development in accordance to World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) standards and practices, production of procurement adversaries, provision of training in equipment.......

Climate Services

Malawi has a sub-tropical climate, which is relatively dry and strongly seasonal. The warm-wet season stretches from November to April, during which 95% of the annual precipitation takes place...

Agrometeorological Services

The use of weather and climate information to enhance or expand agricultural crops and/or to increase crop production. It is an interdiscipline field mainly involving the interaction of meteorologal factors and agriculture.

Aviation Weather Services

Weather is one of the greatest hazards to aviation. Correct and timely weather information provided by the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services (DCCMS) is very crucial in serving life safety.

Malawi Weather Summary

Most areas over centre and south to remain dry while rain and thunderstorms to continue over more areas up north due to an influx of moist easterly air mass into Malawi.

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Todays Malawi Weather Map	Forecasting Zones
Northern_Areas Thundery Showers Min 17 Max 24 Central_Areas Thundery Showers Min 17 Max 28 Lakeshore_Areas Thundery Showers Min 22 Max 32 Southern_Areas Partly Cloudy Min 18 Max 30 Shire___Valley Sunny Min 24 Max 36	Northern Areas : All areas north of Mzimba except the Lakeshore
	Central Areas : Lilongwe, Mchinji, Dowa, Ntchisi, Kasungu and part of Mzimba District
	Lakeshore Areas : Areas along Lake Malawi
	Southern Highlands : Shire highlands, Kirk Range up to Dedza
	Shire Valley : Areas along Shire river, Lakes Chilwa and Chiuta Valleys

Latest News, Updates, Bulletins and Publications

Weather Warnings and Advisory

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National Meteorological Policy

The National Meteorological Policy is developed to contribute towards enhanced meteorological services to support socio-economic development of Malawi. The policy prioritizes seven issues: monitoring and prediction of weather and climate; management of meteorological data and information; meteorological engineering and Information Technology (IT) development; meteorological research services; financing the climate change and meteorological sector; capacity building and awareness; and cross-cutting issues........

Weekly weather Statement

As from Sunday 22 March to Sunday 29 March 2020, most of the areas in the south of the country are likely to experience cool to warm and dry weather conditions with sunny intervals with occasional rain showers, particularly over highlands. However.................

Seasonal forecast for 2019-2020

Generally, normal rainfall amounts are expected over most parts of Malawi during the 2019/2020 rainfall season...

Malawi 10-day Weather and Agrometeorological Bulletin

Bulletin Highlights

· Moderate to heavy rainfall experienced mainly over northern areas while the south remained largely dry…

· Maize crop between maturity and drying stages…

· Moderate to heavy rainfall amount anticipated mainly over central and northern Malawi during 21-31 March 2020…