We started receiving very heavy rain/hail storms on the 9th along the escarpment – the first significant rainstorms all year. 

Regular showers and the occasional rainstorm characterised the first half of September.  It then dried up for the remainder of the month.

We had typical August weather with sunny days and occasional thunderstorms in the evening. 

July was the driest since we started operations in the Mara – one very local storm near Ngiro-are and one or two showers in the West and South of the Triangle. 

We had two days of heavy rain just before the full moon on the 10th.  We then continued to have sporadic showers for a few days before the dry season set in. 

We had reasonable rain for the first week in May and then a couple of very heavy and destructive storms in the middle of the month. 

We had a few days of light rain, starting the 17th.  It was good rain for the grass but not sufficiently heavy to fill our rainwater tanks, pans and watercourses. 

We had sufficient rain in the first half of the month to fill some watercourses and get the grass growing;  we then had a week of dry weather towards the end of March.

The rain stopped on the 3rd;  then there were a few light showers and isolated storms from the 18th until the end of the month. 

There were two days of scattered rain at the beginning of the month, before we had hot, sunny days again.

A total of 434 people were arrested by our rangers in 2016 – even if we remove the 115 people arrested for illegal logging and charcoal burning we still broke the record, set last year, of 318 arrests. 

It was mainly dry until the last week of November.  Since then we have had good, widespread rain. 

The rains continued through the first week of October and, a apart from a few showers, it dried out for the remainder of the month. 

We started getting reasonable rain in mid-September, enough to put some water in the watercourses and turn the grass green. 

August was again exceptionally dry – only three days of light rain that did nothing to the grass.

There were only three local and isolated thunderstorms in the Triangle during July – one of the driest months in the past 15 years.

We had a few days of heavy, sustained and widespread rain from the 20th, messing up all the work we done on the roads near Little Governors. 

The rains continued throughout May, with some exceptional storms and all-night rains. 

The rains started on the 1st,  with one or two very heavy storms before they tailed off again after a week. 

March was, for the most part, dry – with a few showers.  This enabled us to burn the planned block with an ideal, slow, cool burn that did not damage the thickets.

We had a week of rain at the beginning of the month.  The last storm did a lot of damage, just when we though we had weathered the worst. 

The rains returned on the 10th and continued for two weeks before tailing off. 

The rains continued until Christmas, with some major storms flooding extensive areas of the Triangle and washing away some of the road surfaces. 

There was a lot of rain throughout November, filling all the watercourses and flooding parts of the Triangle. 

The dry weather, interspersed with showers, continued through to the middle of October. 

The month started with several days of rain, some of it quite heavy. 

The Chief Executive met with some members of the International Conservation Caucus (ICCF) and their Conservation through Development group headed by Mr David Barron on the 4th. 

Most of July was very sunny and hot – drying out the Triangle exceptionally fast. 

The heavy rains continued throughout the first three weeks in June, with several exceptional storms along the escarpment resulting in severe flooding of the lower road to Oloololo. 

We received 363 mm (approximately 14.5”) of rain in the first four months, of which 227.8 mm fell in April.

The complete lack of foreign visitors is starting to have a major impact beyond the tourism industry. 

A Mr Joseph Tipanko ole Karia submitted a petition to the Senate entitled “The financial mismanagement and irregularities in procurement by the County Government of Narok”. 

November was for the most part dry and sunny, with the rains only starting in earnest on the 26th.

Rain stopped at the beginning of the month but then returned with a vengeance on the 15th, with several extremely heavy storms, before subsiding again during the last week.

We had light rain for first week of September – it then dried out for ten days before we had two days of very heavy rain from the 17th and then again at the end of the month. 

We had a couple of days of rain in the middle of the Triangle around the 6th.  This was followed by several days more rain, some heavy, from the 10th.

We had several days of light showers from the 10th and then again from the 25th. 

The first three weeks of June were wet, with all-night showers on several occasions and one or two heavier storms in the evening. 

The long rains failed over most of the country, certainly April and May were driest for the past twenty years in the Mara. 

The April rains appear to have failed and unless we see any substantial rain in May we can expect a severe drought – we can expect intermittent storms between June and November, but they will probably be insufficient for significant grass growth. 

The rains started on the 12th – several days of all night rain, followed by cool, overcast days. 

There was sufficient rain through the first week to maintain grass growth. 

Two weeks of scattered showers and thunderstorms kept the Triangle green for most of December.  

The rains started in earnest on the 9th, but the scattered thunderstorms in the first week of December were sufficient to send the wildebeest back into Tanzania. 

If we look further, we are going through a drought in many parts of the country; there is a maize shortage of ten million bags, cattle are dying in the thousands and a second pillar of our economy will suffer. 

October, was for the most part, dry, with a few isolated storms early in the month.  The

The month began with a hot, dry, spell in almost every part of the Park. 

President Uhuru Kenyatta visited the Mara Triangle on the 3rd.  He arrived in the morning and left after a late lunch. 

July was hot and sunny for most of the month, albeit very hazy as a result of fires in Tanzania. 

For the most part June was sunny, albeit with a smoke haze, from fires in Tanzania. 

The heavy storms continued through the first ten days of the month, before easing off for the remainder of the month – with glorious, sunny days and cold nights.

The rains continued with a vengeance at the beginning of April and continued for most of the month, causing a number of rivers to flood. 

There were one or two isolated storms throughout the month but, for the most part, March was characterised by hot, sunny days.  

February, for the most part was dry and hot (the hottest February in 30 years), although we had a few days of exceptionally heavy rain around the 20th.

Exceptionally heavy rainstorms in the first ten days of January did a great deal of damage to the roads, especially close to Oloololo Gate. 

We had a few days of exceptionally heavy rain in the first half of December.  We then had beautiful, sunny days until Christmas – then very heavy rain until the New Year.

The heavy rain at the end of October and first few days of November sent most of the wildebeest back into Tanzania. 

The weather was beautiful for the first ten days of October and then the weather changed – it started raining and we had a week of very unsettled weather before the weather cleared again for a week. 

We had heavy rain for the first two weeks of September.  Thereafter we had scattered thunderstorms – we understand that this is expected to be an El Ninõ year and that the country will be in for exceptional rains between October and December. 

August was dry, with the exception of a few days of rain towards the end of the month. 

Most of the month was dry, with the occasional thunderstorm and all-night shower. 

The rains continued throughout most of June, with steady, all-night drizzle on many occasions. 

The exceptionally heavy rains continued through most of May, compounding the damage that had been done in April and making a few sections virtually impassable. 

We had intermittent, and at times, heavy thunderstorms over the first week of April. 

The rains continued through the first week of March, with some heavy storms and prolonged showers. 

There were two days of rain on the 17/18th, just enough to settle the dust. 

For the most part January was dry, although we did have a few thunderstorms throughout the month. 

A series of exceptionally heavy rainstorms at the beginning of November flooded large sections of the Triangle and raised the river levels to the highest since December 2006 – the highest on record. 

A series of exceptionally heavy rainstorms at the beginning of November flooded large sections of the Triangle and raised the river levels to the highest since December 2006 – the highest on record. 

The heavy rains continued into early October.  The weather then cleared and we had three weeks of glorious, sunny weather, interspersed with one or two days of rain – that is, until the 26th, when we had some exceptionally heavy storms and sustained rain for three days. 

August and September have been exceptionally wet in the Triangle.  This seems to have been the case throughout much of western Kenya, certainly West of Mount Kenya and the North Rift. 

We had several days of heavy and widespread rain, starting around the full moon in mid-August and continuing until the end of the month. 

We had a few heavy thunderstorms in the first week of July – more than enough to keep the grass green. 

The Mara Conservancy has been in the Mara for 10 years! – 12th June was our tenth anniversary.

The rains at the beginning of May were heavy and prolonged;  in some instances it rained the whole night. 

We had sporadic rain for the first week of April – it was sufficient to keep the grass growing and to fill most of the seasonal water-courses but we did not have any of the extremely heavy storms that characterize the long rains. 

The long-rains started on the 15th, with widespread, but not very heavy, storms.  These showers and storms continued for the remainder of the month, making the whole of the Triangle green.

There was heavy and sustained rain, starting in the latter part of the first week of December. 

Most of November was relatively dry – unusual for this time of the year.  However, there were one or two storms at the very end of the month – this should signal the start of the rainy season.

The rains continued daily throughout most of October, with some exceptionally heavy storms along the escarpment and isolated storms over the rest of the Triangle.

We had over two weeks of rain starting on the 4th.  This rain was sufficient to turn all our burnt areas a brilliant green, filled some of the water courses - and attracted thousands of animals.

Kenya held a Referendum on the 4th August to decide on whether to accept a new Constitution. 

July was an exceptionally difficult month, characterized by injury, theft, murder and armed robbery. 

The rains continued through the first week of June, making it difficult to cut grass and grade the roads.  The rains eased off by the middle of the month, with a few sporadic thunderstorms.

We had very heavy rainstorms for the first three weeks of May, resulting in the Mara River flooding and cutting off the North Mara Bridge and the River road between Mara Serena and Oloololo Gate. 

We had a week of good weather at the beginning of the month, followed by heavy rain for a week. 

The heavy rains we had experienced in February continued into March, giving us the heaviest and most sustained rain we have experienced in years. 

We had few days of rain, starting the 3rd.  The rains stopped for a week and then resumed on the 16th, with some very heavy storms followed by all-night drizzle. 

There was exceptionally heavy rain in the last few days of December and first week of January, some of the seasonal watercourses flooded and the areas adjoining the river road became a foot-deep swamp. 

We had some very heavy thunderstorms around the 13th, this was followed by a week of glorious, sunny weather before the rains returned with a vengeance over Christmas, when we had cold, drizzly and overcast days.

The rains started in earnest in the first week of November, with very heavy thunderstorms over most of the Triangle. 

October was one of the driest months for years with a few scattered showers at the beginning and end of the month.

The month started with several days of rain and overcast days.  There was a heavy thunderstorm on the 8th, which was then followed by two weeks of heavy and widespread rain that first brought in the wildebeest and then sent them South again. 

We had heavy drizzle on the 3rd, it was followed by a few days of dry weather before we had a week of heavy rain and drizzle from the 13th.  The river came up a foot as a result of the rain.

The Mara – indeed Kenya as a whole – experienced an exceptionally hot and clear first half of July.  There are major concerns about water levels. 

The heavy rains continued into early June, with exceptionally heavy storms on the 1st and 2nd.  The rains then subsided until the last week of June, when we had one or two storms and a few days of scattered showers. 

The rains started in earnest on the 10th, with the heaviest and most sustained rain we have had in a year.

We had very heavy thunderstorms during the first week of April, these storms continued throughout most of the month, with a little respite in the last week.

There was an exceptionally heavy rainstorm on the 14th, over 100 mm in near Mara Serena.  This completely flooded some areas and washed away sections of road. 

We had heavy thunderstorms for the first week of February, we then had two weeks of beautiful weather before the rains returned for a few days towards the end of the month. 

We had 20 days of glorious weather before the rains returned.  We then had ten days of heavy, localized thunderstorms. 

December weather was characterized by beautiful sunny days interspersed with local thunderstorms on some evenings. 

We had ten days of very heavy rain at the beginning of November, the rains then eased off for a while before returning in the last week of the month. 

There was some exceptionally heavy rain in the first few days of October.  We then had a week of beautiful weather before the rains returned on the 16th. 

We were deeply shocked to hear of the death of Dr Zahoor Kashmiri on the 2nd September.  He was killed by an elephant whilst darting in Ethiopia. 

We had heavy and widespread rain in the first week of August, followed by scattered showers and storms for the remainder of the month. 

We had a number of rainstorms between the 4-11th and then intermittent, heavy, showers for the remainder of the month, ending with a storm on the 29th. 

We had five days of fairly heavy and widespread rain between the 6-10th, thereafter the month was mainly sunny and dry.

We had sporadic, and light, rain throughout the month.  This was far less than normal for this time of year.

We had ten days of beautiful, sunny weather before the rains returned on the 10th for two weeks. 

The first ten days of March was sunny and dry;  the rains then started in earnest around the middle of the month and continued until the end. 

The security crisis precipitated by the contested election results eased as the two main parties began negotiating a political settlement under the chairmanship of Dr Koffi Annan and his committee of eminent persons. 

There was widespread unrest after the elections at the end of December, started because of allegations of vote rigging in the Presidential election. 

The first rainstorms started on the 7th, with one storm of about 75 mm (3 inches) on the 9th, followed by heavy rain on the 11th through to the 13th. 

We had a few days of heavy rain, starting the 16th,  the weather then cleared up again and the remainder of the month was sunny and dry.

There was light rain almost every day in early October, with a few heavy thunderstorms along the Tanzanian border. 

We had light rain and scattered thunderstorms everyday for the first half of September.  This rain was sufficiently heavy in the northern Serengeti to send most of the wildebeest back into Tanzania.

The Mara received above average rainfall in the past year, with most of the rain falling between November and February 

The Chief Executive gave a short talk to a large group of Abercrombie and Kent clients at Olonana on the 15th

The first half of June was very wet, after an un-seasonally dry April and May.  The heavy rainfall coincided with an increase in tourism and the roads were again badly damaged as a result.

The long-rains have been very disappointing with very little rain in April and even less in May. 

The rains returned mid-month with a week of heavy and sustained storms, the weather then improved again and April ended up being drier than expected for this time of year.

The rains continued sporadically throughout March, with a number of clear days interspersed with heavy evening thunderstorms and light evening showers. 

We started the month with some very heavy thunderstorms and all night rain.  This soaked the Triangle, just when things were beginning to dry out. 

The exceptionally heavy rain at the end of December and early January caused very considerable infrastructural damage in the Triangle. 

The wet weather continued through December with heavy and prolonged rainstorms interspersed with a few days of sunny weather early in the month. 

The first half of November was essentially dry, with a few scattered thunderstorms and showers.  However, the situation changed dramatically in the last ten days of November.  

The dry weather continued well into October, drying up springs and most of the water courses.  The spring at Oloololo Gate dried up for the second time this year. 

The dry spell in July and August ended with three weeks of scattered thunderstorms and showers, this rain led to a mass exodus of wildebeest out of the Triangle and into the Narok side of the Mara and by the 20th there was hardly a wildebeest to be seen in the Triangle

For the most part August was dry, with a few thunderstorms towards the end of the month. 

The dry weather continued well into July, with cool, sunny days.  There were a few days with generalised rain and light drizzle after the 20th and then the weather reverted to dry, sunny days until the last few days of the month..

There were evening thunderstorms for the first few days at the beginning of the month, especially along the escarpment and between Mara Serena and Oloololo Gate. 

Heavy rain in the first half of May meant that most areas of the Triangle were waterlogged, making travel around the reserve very difficult. 

The rains continued throughout the first three weeks of April; the rains were characterised by clear mornings, heavy afternoon thunderstorms, followed by overnight showers. 

There were a series of very heavy rain storms in the first ten days of March, leading to considerable damage to the roads and tracks, flooding all the water courses and the Olpunyatta swamp.

There was heavy rain on the 11th followed by daily storms until the 15th.  The rains then stopped and we reverted to hot, sunny and cloudless days until the 30th, when there were showers. 

There were heavy and widespread rain storms in the last ten days of December, one storm washed a vehicle over the Sabaringo lugga, near Kichwa Tembo, and nearly washed away a culvert between Kichwa and Oloololo Gate. 

There were several scattered storms in early November.  We then had two weeks of comparatively dry weather before some heavy and widespread rain in the last week.