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Malaba farming weather

Soil, irrigation, spray-window and crop-stress guidance for Busia County, Kenya.

Field summary

Soil temperatures today read surface 19.5 °C, 6 cm 23 °C, 18 cm 25 °C, 54 cm 24.2 °C. Soil moisture sits at 0-1 cm at 0.14 m³/m³, 3-9 cm at 0.13 m³/m³, 27-81 cm at 0.2 m³/m³. For wheat, the root-zone reading is below the ideal 0.2-0.35 m³/m³ band. ET0 of 30 mm modestly outpaces the 16 mm of forecast rain; light supplemental irrigation may help. A suitable spraying window opens around 07:00 on 2026-06-22, with winds at or below 15 km/h and no rain expected. Projected growing degree days over the next week: wheat 127, maize 88.

Farming weather

Soil temperatures today read surface 19.5 °C, 6 cm 23 °C, 18 cm 25 °C, 54 cm 24.2 °C. Soil moisture sits at 0-1 cm at 0.14 m³/m³, 3-9 cm at 0.13 m³/m³, 27-81 cm at 0.2 m³/m³. For wheat, the root-zone reading is below the ideal 0.2-0.35 m³/m³ band. ET0 of 30 mm modestly outpaces the 16 mm of forecast rain; light supplemental irrigation may help. A suitable spraying window opens around 07:00 on 2026-06-22, with winds at or below 15 km/h and no rain expected. Projected growing degree days over the next week: wheat 127, maize 88.

Topsoil moisture
0.108 m³/m³
Soil temp
19°C
ET₀ today
4.23 mm
Spray window
~5:00
Rain (next 7d)
15.7 mm
Wind
4 km/h
Humidity
89%

Full farming outlook for Malaba

Next 3 days

Expect dense drizzle today, between 18 °C and 28 °C. Rain chance peaks at 100% with around 3.3 mm possible. Tomorrow brings slight rain showers with a high of 26 °C and a low of 17 °C. Rain chance peaks at 97% with around 4.6 mm possible. Wednesday brings light drizzle with a high of 28 °C and a low of 17 °C. Rain chance peaks at 47% with around 0.9 mm possible.

Today

Mon, Jun 22

Dense drizzle

28°18°

Rain chance
100%
Precip
3.3 mm
Max wind
15 km/h

Tomorrow

Tue, Jun 23

Slight rain showers

26°17°

Rain chance
97%
Precip
4.6 mm
Max wind
11 km/h

Wednesday

Wed, Jun 24

Light drizzle

28°17°

Rain chance
47%
Precip
0.9 mm
Max wind
11 km/h

Next 48 hours

  1. 12 AM20°0%6 km/h
  2. 1 AM19°7%6 km/h
  3. 2 AM19°18%8 km/h
  4. 3 AM19°24%4 km/h
  5. 4 AM19°22%4 km/h
  6. 5 AM18°15%4 km/h
  7. 6 AM18°10%5 km/h
  8. 7 AM18°7%5 km/h
  9. 8 AM20°5%6 km/h
  10. 9 AM23°4%5 km/h
  11. 10 AM25°2%5 km/h
  12. 11 AM26°1%7 km/h
  13. 12 PM27°8%7 km/h
  14. 1 PM27°29%7 km/h
  15. 2 PM28°57%10 km/h
  16. 3 PM26°80%10 km/h
  17. 4 PM26°94%8 km/h
  18. 5 PM25°100%6 km/h
  19. 6 PM24°100%5 km/h
  20. 7 PM21°83%15 km/h
  21. 8 PM20°57%9 km/h
  22. 9 PM20°37%4 km/h
  23. 10 PM20°30%7 km/h
  24. 11 PM20°30%7 km/h
  25. 12 AM20°33%5 km/h
  26. 1 AM19°42%3 km/h
  27. 2 AM19°55%5 km/h
  28. 3 AM19°61%5 km/h
  29. 4 AM18°53%6 km/h
  30. 5 AM18°38%5 km/h
  31. 6 AM17°25%5 km/h
  32. 7 AM17°15%4 km/h
  33. 8 AM20°7%5 km/h
  34. 9 AM22°4%4 km/h
  35. 10 AM25°8%2 km/h
  36. 11 AM26°17%5 km/h
  37. 12 PM26°29%8 km/h
  38. 1 PM25°48%11 km/h
  39. 2 PM24°70%9 km/h
  40. 3 PM26°86%1 km/h
  41. 4 PM24°95%6 km/h
  42. 5 PM22°97%10 km/h
  43. 6 PM21°92%5 km/h
  44. 7 PM20°73%2 km/h
  45. 8 PM20°46%2 km/h
  46. 9 PM19°24%2 km/h
  47. 10 PM19°11%5 km/h
  48. 11 PM19°3%5 km/h

Sun & UV

Sunrise
6:40 AM
Sunset
6:49 PM
Daylight
12h 09m
Max UV
8.2 Very high