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What has the rainfall been like since the beginning of October, particularly in the Southern and Central parts of Kruger? More than usual for this time of year?

Have smaller dams and rivers started filling up or are animals still traveling to and congregating around the larger water sources?

How has the rainfall been in the South (Croc Bridge - Lower Sabie) vs the Central (Satara - Letaba). We will be arriving at Biyamiti and then Roodewaal in one month. I'm very interested to find out how much surface water is around at the moment.

Thanks

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http://metzone.weathersa.co.za/images/P ... th_rai.pdf

October Rainfall .
MPUMALANGA
ERMELO WO
91
GRASKOP AWS
147
KRUGER MPUMALANGA INT. AIR.
171
SKUKUZA
88
LIMPOPO PROVINCE
ALLDAYS HALY ARS
49
GRAVELOTTE
07
GRAVELOTTE ARS
07
HAENERTSBURG ARS
100
HANS MERENSKY N.S
59
HOEDSPRUIT
52
LEPHALALE
94
LOUIS TRICHARDT
83
MARA
72
MARKEN
53
MOKOPANE
60
PHALABORWA AIRPORT AWS
65
POLOKWANE WO
86
PONTDRIFT
27
PUNDA MARIA
35
SOEKMEKAAR - POL
69
STEENBOKFONTEIN ARS
92
THABAZIMBI
24
THOHOYANDOU WO
85
TOM BURKE S.A.P.S. ARS
75
TZANEEN-WESTFALIA ESTATE
99
VENETIA MINE
19
VILLA NORA-POL

Thank you, did not get to reply before we left but was grateful to know.

We had reasonable rains over this last weekend but to be honest looking at the dams not enough - there has been a lot of evaporation in the last ten days.

Temperature on Saturday 42 degrees before the rain.

Had very light rain overnight and today is overcast - and with a little luck some more rain today.

KR

KC

KC , whereabouts was this ?

I hope good rains will come soon to the entire Kruger as it is very hot and dry.

This was from Hazyview as far a Skukuza - it does appears that Skukuza didn't get a much rain as we did

KC

On my online weather forecast I see rain virtually everyday in kruger, a little concerned since we are camping in both Satara and Skukuza etc. from 16 Dec onwards, any update on recent and current rain??

Well, you know what they say about weather forecasts.........

During the January 2012 floods we only had one day of rain during our fortnight stay.

Thunderstorms always last only a couple hours at most and makes the temperatures more bearable anyways.

Camping in the rain is great - enjoy

I am with you on that one Avon, although, having been there during the floods in January, it did not exacty lend itself to amazing picture possibilites , the animals all but disappeared while the rain came down and the floods came up, the rain came down and the floods came up, the rain came down and the floods came up, and the wiseman's tent stood firm! (through much prayer )

My wife is not that endearing to the rain/camping combo, so I'm thinking of making a few strategic changes in order for her not to spend any nights in tents while she is there with the boys and I.

My main goal for going is to spend time in GOD's creation and enjoying my wife and kids, although taking pics is right up there!

We are at the moment in skukuza it has been raining all day but it is still warm and humid the veld is beautilfull and have seen a lot of animals

Pafuri Camp got 17 mm over the weekend. Total for November was 10 mm, October 8,8 mm and September 23 mm, which makes a paltry 58,8 so far for the season.

Johan

Thank you for the update Johan
Some good news

Hi guys,

What will the weather be like next week? I will be up from the 15th till the 23rd, southern part near Crocodile.

Have a look through Here brogan.
Enjoy, whatever the weather.