(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese are being urged to brace for months of scorching temperatures and prolonged dry weather, with the Guyana Hydrometeorological Service (Hydromet) warning that the strengthening El Niño phenomenon could trigger as many as 80 hot spell days this year—almost three times the country’s historical average.

In a public advisory issued on Friday, Hydromet said Guyana is now transitioning out of the rainy season into a hotter and drier period that is expected to last from August to at least October 2026.

According to the agency’s latest Seasonal Outlook, the country could experience an unprecedented surge in extreme heat. While Guyana typically records up to 30 hot spell days annually, forecasters now expect that number to climb to around 80 days this year as El Niño conditions strengthen.