The rains returned with a vengeance around the 12th, flooding areas, destroying sections of the road network and ensuring that all the grasslands were waterlogged.

The exceptional rain continued throughout most of March, one storm on the 28th caused extensive damage to our infrastructure, especially the roads.

We continued to have heavy and destructive storms in the first five days of February, we then had a slight respite for two weeks, with beautiful sunny days, before the rains returned with a vengeance. 

There were some heavy storms throughout  January,  making road repairs very difficult.  This was definitely some of the heaviest and most sustained rainfall in many years.  

December was the wettest period we have had in over a decade, probably the wettest since the Conservancy started operation.

We had heavy and sustained rain in the last half of November, probably the heaviest for several years.  

We had a number of rainstorms in the first week of September, sending most of the wildebeest into the Lemai Wedge and northern Serengeti. 

There was a week of rain at the end of the month, sufficient to give the grass a green tinge, but not enough to add much water to the dams and watercourses.

July was for the most part dry, with a few local storms in the first half of the month and some reasonable rain on the 31st.

The first part of June was very cold, wet and overcast – with some of the heaviest and most sustained rain this year.

The rains continued to be well below average for this time of year, fortunately the Triangle is much better off than most areas but some of our dams and water courses have not been replenished. 

There were a few days of rain around the end of the first week, it was sufficient to increase the flow in the Mara River slightly, before dropping to even lower levels. 

We had a few days of rain from the 2nd, it was then dry for most of March, with two days of rain at the very end. We managed to partly burn one block along the escarpment just before the rain at the end of the month.

By the middle of the month the Mara River was lower than it has ever been – each year for the past several years we have said the same.

We had heavy and widespread rain for over a week around the middle of the month, this sent all the zebra North and there were large crossings for several days.  

There were isolated showers until the 9th, when there was heavy and widespread rain.  

November has been remarkably dry, certainly the driest for several years.  

There were a few days of reasonable, but isolated, rain from the 9th, mainly along the escarpment.  

The rain continued for the first three days and then stopped for the remainder of the month, making September one of the driest months in a long time.