Meteology.

Busogo Meteological Station

The Busogo station is located at Musanze District in the North Province. The geographical coordinates are as followed : 1°33’ S of latitude and 29°33’E of longitude, his altitude is 7,257.22 ft (2200m).

In this region the climate is moderate and the fluctuation of temperature is relatively significant from dry season worm season to the wet season The rainfall is high in wet season and it can reach a total of 1400 mm per year. The fluctuation of temperature depending to the the content of relative humidity is also change according to the variation of season variation.

The temperature at Busogo station are changing according to the relief which is in volcanoes region. The minimum temperatures is observed during the January in general and the maximum temperatures in August. During the period of three years the fluctuation of minimum.

The extreme events came with the global climate change like El Niño-oscillation and la Nina phenomena and happen at different time after a given time. In El Niño offer the heavy rainfall in our region and la Nina give us a drought in many case.