Issue No. 14/2018-19                                                                                                               11 – 20 February 2019 
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RAINFALL SITUATION 

Most parts of the country recorded  good to excessive 
rains during t he second dekad of February 201 9. A 
distribution of  normal and above normal dekadal 
rainfall was  recorded throughout many parts of the 
country. The only place which recorded sligh tly 
below no rmal dekadal rainfall was Leribe , with 
26.7mm against a 35mm normal. The highest amount 
of rainfall was recorded by Qacha’s Nek (108.4mm).  

Excessive rains were consequently recorded for 
Qacha’s Nek, Moshoeshoe I, Mejametalana, Quthing  
and Phuthiatsana, whereas Mohale’s Hoek, Mafeteng, 
Butha-Buthe, Thaba -Tseka and Ox-bow recorded 
above-normal rains and only S emonkong and 
Mokhotlong recorded normal rain fall, as shown in 
Map 1.  

The received rainfall is in line with an alert issued by 
the SADC Climate Services Centre for the period 14th 
to 18th February on heavy rains over the region. Map 
2 shows Lesotho’s portion of the regional alert. 

Cumulative Percentage Rainfall Departure from 
Normal