Lesotho Meteorological Services                                                                                       Tel: (+266) 2231 7250  
2nd & 3rd Floors, Options Building                                                                                      Email: lmswxoffice@gmail.com 
Pioneer road 
Maseru 

Temperature  
Both maximum and minimum temperatures p redominantly remained within their long term averages in 
the 2nd and 3rd dekad of February 2026.  
Crop perfomance  
Two (2) field inspection trips under taken on 12th to 23rd January along the south  down to Quthing  and 
Thaba-tseka and then from 01st to 06th February in Mokhotlong, the following aim of the trips is to assess 
the impacts of meteorological parameters (e.g. rainfall and temperatures) on crops’ perfomance.   
South and Thaba-tseka field inspection 
12th to 23rd January 2026 
In Mafeteng there were countable fields still not cultivated. In both Maseru and Mafeteng in some areas 
visited crops differ ed from veg etation to grain filling stages . There were observations, crops were 
performing well in  most some areas while in o thers high temperatures affected crops badly  some even