Geography and Climate
The quarry is located 10 km north of Mombasa Island, but within Mombasa municipality. It is about 600 m to 700 m inland of the Indian Ocean shoreline. The quarry floor lies about four feet above the water table, which interconnects with the seabed as is evident from the quarry well water level fluctuations that are coincidental with the ocean tides. The site is 4° south of the equator and 390° east of the Greenwich meridian.
It is excavated up to a depth of 12m and is in the coastal and marine tropical climate. Rain falls every month although not reliably, much of the rain falling during April - June period. Average annual rainfall is about 1192 mm with a maximum of over 2056 mm. The number of rain days varies from 85–130 except for a marked increase in 1997 due to the El Niño weather conditions.
The mean temperature is about 28.8 °C in July and August. Average humidity varies too, with the lowest readings of 65% usually in February and 85% in May.
The coastal region around Mombasa has two monsoon currents: the south east monsoon from May to the beginning of October and the northeast from November to March.
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