Could you ever find snow in Kenya Explain?

Answer 1

Yes, there is snow in Kenya. During the wet season, Mount Kenya, which is situated almost on the Equator, will have snow falling on it at its highest altitudes. Use the link below to check facts, discover more information, and see pictures.

Answer 2

Snow can fall anywhere the temperature is low enough and it is not extremely dry (as with Manchuria in winter or the Desert Andes). At the equator, where insolation is very high, this can occur only much higher altitudes than in cooler latitudes.

As one ascends a mountain the temperature falls by about 1ËšC every 150 metres. At the equator, temperatures average around 27ËšC or 80ËšF at sea level, so snow instead of rain typically falls above 4,500 to 4,600 metres (18,000 feet) above sea level. Between this latitude and around 3,000 metres or 9,800 feet, there is a pattern of nightly freezes followed by a strong daily thaw all year round due to the combination of thin chilled air and extremely high solar radiation. Even above the snow line, there is some thaw but it is more than balanced by freezing and with the high precipitation snow remains on the ground, as with Mount Kenya, the Rwenzoris and the Tropical Andes.

It must be noted that the snow line at the equator is by no means the highest in the world. Slightly longer days and stable air at the Tropics means that more snow can be melted and less will fall. Even in the humid Himalayas the snow line is around 5,500 to 5,600 metres and in the Desert Andes it is as high as 6,500 metres. As far from the equator as the Uinta Mountains in Utah at 43ËšN, the permanent snow line remains as high as at the equator due to low precipitation and long, hot summer days.

Answer 3

yes even though kenya is in the equator, it still has snow on mount kenya

Answer 4

Yes, you could find snow in Kenya, because there are mountains in Kenya. Wherever there are mountains, there must be snow.

Answer 5

yes you could because Kenya has mountains and the mountains could be snowcapped. so depending on the mountains height you can find snow in Kenya.

Answer 6

The Equator might get snow. This surprises many people, who think that it is too hot for the equator to get snow. The higher elevations near the equator can get snow.