Ethiopia to Install 107 Automated Weather Stations Nationwide

What changed

Ethiopia’s Meteorology Institute has finalized preparations to install 107 automated weather stations across the country. Announced by Director-General Fetene Teshome in Mizan Aman on November 3, the stations will transmit weather observations every 15 minutes, supporting forecasting and early-warning services.

Why it matters

The upgrade gives Ethiopia a much finer stream of weather data than its previous equipment, which reported less frequently. That matters in a country where agriculture depends heavily on weather information and where forecasts are already used across farming, water, health and disaster-risk management.

The Institute currently operates through 11 centres. More frequent observations could help those services detect changing conditions sooner and provide more useful short-, medium- and long-range guidance to farmers and lowland communities preparing for potential disasters.

The likely benefit is better-informed decisions, but the scale of that improvement will depend on where the stations are installed and whether they remain reliably operational.