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

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. 

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.