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Hi Bucky
It's so nice to see you are back in the KTP. hope you enjoyed the dinner. i see a pic of you sitting behind Dreamer on the way there!!
Debs and I are well and counting the sleeps till 30 April

Glad to see that the lions still don't like walking through long grass

According to weather forecast on TV it seems the rain is continuing ?

Rain has been predicted until May. Winter has arrived in the Kgalagadi, yesterday night it was -1 degrees. The days are still warmish but the difference can be felt in the cool breeze.

Do pack in something warm when visiting

KG

If it continues to rain the Kgalagadi will no longer be a desert, but a sub-tropical paradise - but cold at night!

I know none of us can predict the weather in this strange age we live in, but ordinarily when is the dry period in KTP?

I suspect the Kalahari summer rains normally decrease towards the end of March with little in April , but even in the Johannesburg area there seems to be later than normal rain ?

To predict the weather for the Kgalagadi is not that easy any more. Last night there was thunder and rain all around (heavy storms). It looked like Nossob and Mata-Mata did get some heavy rains. The dry seasons would be from September - February (Then the rain normally: whistle: should start).

It is nice cool this morning and busy heating up, except for the one day now below zero it seems like a very pleasant day.


KG

Kgalagadi has a summer rainfall season other than the cape which has winter rainfall.

Rain ' normally' starts en of January until end March begin April, but this year it started December and is still raining. Nossob had a good 22mm two nights ago.

Our first visit to KTP starts on 9 May. How cold are the nights this time of the year? Must we take our warmest PJ's

Hi Ryl
WELCOME to the forum Hope you spend many good hours here
To answer your question , a definite YES. Take your warmest PJ's and also 'normal' ones.
Even if you only need your warmest on one or two nights you will be pleased to have them with you !We have experienced that temperatures can change drastically from day to day and camp to camp
Enjoy you stay.

Hi Ryl

I've just returned from the KTP (in fact arrived home in Bloem 2h ago and I am already back on the forum to check out the messages) and this was my experience:

On Apr 28 we had a minimum temp of 2 degree in TR and my car's windscreen was iced (had to use warm water to get rid of the ice). The maximum went to 16 degree that day. The next day we experienced 31 degrees and the next day 39 degrees around Nossob, Bitterpan and Kalahari tented camp. The minimum temp was around 12-14 degrees for both days.

And we experienced the worst electrical storm of my life in Mata Mata over the weekend - luckily most of the activities were over Namibia - seems like only the edge of the storm went over Mata Mata. Lighting every 1 sec (I counted them). Maybe the guys in the camp can give more info.

Just to give you an idea.

Enjoy the trip - I'll be back in the park on May 29 for another 9days and I'll bring nice warm PJ's, I did experience that cold front in TR.

Hi,

Not sure if I've already posted on this thread, but here are some stats from last year. As WillemK mentioned real rollercoaster temp this time of the year in KTP

Could the -30 be correct. That must have been a very cold morning in a tent.

Hi, thanx to every one. The warm PJ's will definitely be packed. Really hope the -30 is a mistake!

Pretty sure it is a mistake, -12 is the lowest I have ever heard for 2R.

Also, some of the highs for summer look a bit low. We have had 46.

Bush Baptist,

The lowest temp recorded in South-Africa was -18.6 dec C at Buffelsfontein in the Molteno district, EC and not Sutherland as one would thought.

I agree the info above on Twee Rivieren look a bit off. I found another website, hopefully more reliable than the first called http://www.wunderground.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The lowest temperature according to this site for TR for June 2010 was -8 degC and for July 2010 -7 degC.

The highest recorded since Dec 2009 at Twee Rivieren was 44 deg C. A bit closer to your 46 deg C then.