Our weekly report of the rain and the level of the Kineret.
As of May 1 (22 Iyar) 533 millimeters of rain had fallen in the Jerusalem area during the current season (August 1 to date). This represents 101% of the average rainfall for this period and 99% of the average rainfall for the entire season in the Jerusalem area which is 537 mm. Only 4 millimeters to go to reach the seasonal average. That is less than 2% of an inch, a very small amount.
In most places in Israel the rainfall so far has exceeded the average for this period so far, in many places by more than double. Haifa has already received 135% of the amount of rain it usually gets in a whole season. Every location in the north now got more than its average share already.
The current level of the Kinneret is -209.86 meters below sea level, a rise of 0.015 meters in the last week, which is more than three meters above the lower red line of -213 meters. It is just a bit more than a meter from the upper red line of -208.8 meters, and it is expected to rise more due to inflow of rain already fallen and snowmelt. It is now 1.015 meters below the upper red line. In Nisan we saw the Kinneret and it looked pretty full.
