Dry pastures in Ramat Hagolan
The winter of 5783 is the driest winter in the past fifty years. This is reported by the Meteorological Authority and the Water authority. Their estimate applies to the amount of rainfall in Israel since the beginning of the winter which equals only 57% of the average annual figure.
Israel is now entering the second half of its rainy season, preceding an amount of rainfall which was small and short, after four years of rain which surpassed the average figure. This is testified by data accumulated by the Meteorological Authority proving that this was a year of relative drought, primarily in the northern part of the country.
The weather forecast for the upcoming days is not hopeful, adding up to a picture of a dry and hot winter, predicting sunny, warm days without changes in temperature.
The amount of rainfall since the beginning of the season of most areas up north and in the central part of the country has been considerably less the usual annual figure. The lack of rain is mainly felt in the Galil and the Golan where the rain that fell was less than half the usual amount compared to previous figures, and in some places, as low as one third of the usual rainfall.
For the central and eastern Galil, the upper Galil and the Hula Valley, this is one of the driest years dating back the past eighty years. In meteorological stations, the rainfall registered in the Golan, shows this rainy season as being the driest since the establishment of the State.
