Met Office 7-day forecast for Lusaka (Mount Makulu)

Model run at 2300, Sat 18 Apr 2026. All times UTC.

	0000	0300	0600	0900	1200	1500	1800	2100
Sat 18 Apr 2026								22.8°C ±0.4 1% : ENE 6 / 12mph
Sun 19 Apr 2026	22.0°C ±0.4 0% ★ ENE 6 / 12mph	21.2°C ±0.4 0% : ENE 6 / 12mph	21.6°C ±0.8 1% : ENE 6 / 15mph	24.4°C ±1.9 1% : NE 6 / 17mph	27.5°C ±1.2 8% : ENE 4 / 14mph	27.8°C ±0.9 9% : E 5 / 11mph	25.9°C ±1.0 3% : E 5 / 10mph	24.4°C ±0.6 0% : ENE 5 / 10mph
Mon 20 Apr 2026	23.4°C ±0.5 0% ★ ENE 5 / 11mph	22.6°C ±0.3 0% : ENE 5 / 11mph	22.6°C ±0.4 0% : ENE 6 / 16mph	24.8°C ±1.8 0% : NE 6 / 18mph	27.9°C ±1.3 4% : ENE 5 / 15mph	28.1°C ±1.0 3% : E 5 / 13mph	26.4°C ±0.8 2% : ESE 5 / 11mph	25.2°C ±0.6 0% : E 5 / 11mph
Tue 21 Apr 2026	24.0°C ±0.6 0% ★ E 5 / 11mph	23.2°C ±0.3 0% : E 6 / 14mph	22.7°C ±0.2 0% : ENE 6 / 16mph	24.6°C ±1.8 2% : ENE 6 / 19mph	27.7°C ±1.3 13% ★ ENE 6 / 17mph	27.9°C ±1.1 3% : ENE 5 / 13mph	26.1°C ±0.7 0% : E 5 / 11mph	24.9°C ±0.7 0% : E 5 / 11mph
Wed 22 Apr 2026	23.8°C ±0.4 0% ★ E 6 / 13mph	22.9°C ±0.5 0% : E 6 / 14mph	22.1°C ±0.3 0% : ENE 6 / 16mph	24.1°C ±2.0 2% : ENE 5 / 18mph	27.5°C ±1.4 6% : E 5 / 15mph	27.6°C ±1.2 3% : ESE 5 / 13mph	26.0°C ±0.8 0% : ESE 5 / 12mph	24.9°C ±0.7 0% : E 5 / 12mph
Thu 23 Apr 2026	23.8°C ±0.4 0% ★ E 6 / 12mph	22.9°C ±0.4 0% : E 6 / 15mph	21.9°C ±0.6 0% : E 7 / 19mph	23.5°C ±1.8 5% : E 7 / 21mph	26.5°C ±1.3 7% : E 6 / 20mph	26.2°C ±1.5 3% : ESE 6 / 17mph	25.1°C ±1.2 2% : E 6 / 15mph	24.3°C ±0.6 0% : E 7 / 17mph
Fri 24 Apr 2026	23.2°C ±0.6 1% ★ E 7 / 18mph	22.0°C ±0.7 1% : E 7 / 18mph	20.2°C ±1.1 2% : E 9 / 23mph	21.3°C ±1.7 5% : E 7 / 22mph	24.5°C ±1.5 6% : E 6 / 20mph	24.3°C ±1.6 4% : E 5 / 16mph	22.8°C ±0.7 1% : E 5 / 13mph	23.0°C ±0.5 0% : E 6 / 13mph

Locations: Leeds, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Lusaka

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Notes

This forecast originally used publicly available information from the Met Office's DataPoint service. This is being discontinued in late 2025 (and was increasing unreliable running up to that date), and is replaced by the DataHub service. Which is being used for the above forecast.

DataHub is more complex to process, but provides more information and better global coverage. Each table cell above contains, in order:

• The predicted temperature, in degrees Celsius. DataHub provides a maximum and a minimum, and I've averaged these and given the possible variation (the ± figure).
  Maxima over 25°C and 30°C are highlighted thusly.
  Similarly, minima below 5°C and 0°C are highlighted.
• The next line contains the probablity of any precipitation (rain, mostly), followed by...
• ...the wind direction.
• The final text line gives the predicted average wind, followed by the maximum gust. DataHub uses m/sec, but I've converted these to mph.
  Calm weather (≤5mph wind), strong gusts (≥25mph) and storm-force gusts (≥40mph) are highlighted.
• Finally, there's an icon representing the prevailing weather type.

A ★ in the cell means there's extra information present -- hover over the cell to see it. For example, all midnight cells contain this symbol, and the pop-up shows the visibility. This is ground-level only, and doesn't mean clear skies! Other extra information may include significant -- over 10% probability -- rain/snow (as light/heavy probability, and total amount) and hail and lightning probability.

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