Issue No. 14/2018-19                                                                                                               11 – 20 February 2019 
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only place with a below normal temperature deviation 
of -1.8°C record is Qacha’s Nek, as shown in Map 4. 

CROP STAGE AND CONDITIONS 

Crops are at various stages throughout the country 
due to uneven distri bution of r ains since September 
2018. They are generally improving due t o the dekad 
rains. The northern parts of the country have crops in 
good conditions and at expected stages at this time of 
the cropping season. The crops for southern parts of 
the country , however, are mostly not in good 
condition due to the dry  spells experienced at various 
periods of the season. 

SEASONAL OUTLOOK (Feb-Mar -April 2019) 

Rains ar e expected to be normal to below 
normal. 
Above normal temperatures are still anticipated.