Our weekly report of the rain and the level of the Kineret -
5783.
As of February 9 (18 Shvat) 383.5 millimeters of rain had
fallen in the Jerusalem area during the current season
(August 1 to date). The past two weeks were very rainy. This is 112%! of the average
rainfall for this period and 73% of the average rainfall for
the entire season in the Jerusalem area which is 522 mm.
Most of the country has made up the defecit in rain within the past two weeks.
The main rain months are December, January and February, but there is
still rain in March.
The current level of the Kinneret is -210.35 meters below
sea level, which is 1.55 meters below the full red line of -208.8 meters. It rose 15 cm this
past week.
Relatively little water is taken out as the bulk of Israel's drinking water comes from desalination.
