There was heavy rain almost every day in the second half of December, the storms were particularly heavy along the Oloololo Escarpment and between Mara Serena and Little Governor’s.
Heavy rains coincided with the new moon and continued, sporadically, for the rest of the month. The rains were certainly not as heavy or extensive as anticipated for April.
There were several heavy storms over most of the Triangle between the 15th and 22nd, the rains then cleared and there was beautiful, sunny weather over Christmas.
Most of the month was uncharacteristically dry and the short rains only started in the last week of the month, with one or two heavy though isolated storms.
There was heavy rain over most of the Mara from about the 10th, this continued for the rest of the month. These rains affected the Mara River, which came up very high on the 17th and remained high for the remainder of the month.
Most of February was very hot, dry and windy and the Mara River virtually stopped flowing by the 20th; there was a slight reprieve when we had some rain in the last week, culminating in a heavy thunderstorm on the 28th, resulting in a marginal increase in river flow.