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

Model run at 1500, Wed 26 Aug 2026. All times UTC.

	0000	0300	0600	0900	1200	1500	1800	2100
Wed 26 Aug 2026						26.8°C ±1.6 0% : SE 9 / 20mph	23.5°C ±1.6 0% : ESE 7 / 16mph	21.3°C ±0.6 0% : E 7 / 15mph
Thu 27 Aug 2026	21.4°C ±1.3 0% ★ E 6 / 16mph	20.6°C ±1.4 0% : E 7 / 18mph	17.8°C ±1.4 0% : E 7 / 21mph	19.9°C ±2.5 0% : E 7 / 23mph	23.8°C ±1.4 0% : E 6 / 20mph	24.3°C ±0.9 0% : ESE 8 / 19mph	21.9°C ±1.5 0% : E 7 / 16mph	19.8°C ±0.7 0% : ENE 9 / 20mph
Fri 28 Aug 2026	19.0°C ±1.0 0% ★ E 7 / 17mph	18.4°C ±0.9 0% : E 7 / 18mph	16.3°C ±1.1 0% : E 7 / 21mph	18.1°C ±2.3 0% : E 6 / 21mph	21.8°C ±1.4 1% : ESE 6 / 19mph	22.7°C ±0.5 0% : ESE 6 / 17mph	21.1°C ±1.1 0% : ESE 6 / 14mph	19.5°C ±0.5 0% : E 6 / 14mph
Sat 29 Aug 2026	19.3°C ±0.8 0% ★ E 6 / 15mph	18.7°C ±0.9 0% : E 7 / 17mph	16.5°C ±1.2 1% : E 7 / 20mph	18.4°C ±2.4 1% : E 6 / 20mph	22.0°C ±1.2 7% : ENE 5 / 17mph	22.9°C ±0.2 4% : E 5 / 14mph	21.9°C ±0.7 0% : ESE 5 / 13mph	20.6°C ±0.7 0% : ESE 5 / 12mph
Sun 30 Aug 2026	20.0°C ±0.5 0% ★ E 6 / 13mph	19.4°C ±0.7 0% : E 6 / 15mph	18.0°C ±0.7 0% : E 5 / 17mph	20.6°C ±2.9 0% : ENE 6 / 19mph	24.7°C ±1.3 1% : ENE 4 / 16mph	25.6°C ±0.4 4% : E 5 / 13mph	24.2°C ±0.9 0% : ESE 5 / 13mph	22.7°C ±0.6 0% : ESE 5 / 11mph
Mon 31 Aug 2026	21.8°C ±0.3 0% ★ E 5 / 12mph	21.0°C ±0.8 0% : E 6 / 15mph	19.6°C ±0.5 0% : E 5 / 17mph	22.3°C ±2.8 0% : ENE 5 / 18mph	26.3°C ±1.3 1% : E 4 / 15mph	26.9°C ±0.7 4% : ESE 5 / 15mph	25.6°C ±0.7 0% : ESE 5 / 13mph	24.2°C ±0.7 0% : E 5 / 12mph
Tue 1 Sep 2026	23.4°C ±0.4 0% ★ E 5 / 12mph	22.3°C ±0.8 0% : E 6 / 14mph	20.8°C ±0.8 0% : E 5 / 17mph	23.0°C ±2.6 0% : E 5 / 18mph	26.9°C ±1.3 1% : E 5 / 17mph	27.3°C ±0.9 1% : E 5 / 15mph	25.8°C ±0.6 0% : ESE 5 / 13mph	24.6°C ±0.6 0% : E 5 / 12mph

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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