Ray Bande
Senior Reporter
TEMPERATURES significantly dropped in all parts of Manicaland Province after a week-long of searing heat.
Some areas in the province such as parts of Honde Valley received considerable rainfall since yesterday.
Meteorological Services Department (MSD) Manicaland Provincial Meteorological Officer, Mr Obedience Nhongo, confirmed that as of this afternoon, the maximum temperatures recorded were: Chipinge Met Station- 18.6°C, Chisumbanje Met – 25.7°C, Nyanga Met – 20.1°C
Rusape Met- 27.3°C and Mukandi Met -18.4 °C.
Buhera, Grand Reef Met and Chisengu Met stations are set to report by 8am tomorrow.
Mr Nhongo also confirmed that some hailstones less than 3cm in diameter were experienced yesterday at Mukandi Met Station and the storm yielded 17.6mm rainfall.
