Issue No. 17/2018-19                                                                                                               11 – 20 March 2019 
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RAINFALL SITUATION 

Most parts of the country recorded good to excessive 
rains during t he second dekad of March 2019. A 
distribution of n ormal and above normal dekadal 
rainfall was  recorded throughout many parts of the 
country. The place which recorded minimum rainfall  
was Mokhotlong, with 2 2.3mm. The highest amount 
of rainfall was recorded by Qacha’s Nek (92.7mm).  

Excessive rains were consequently recorded for 
Qacha’s Nek , Mohale’s Hoek, Mafeteng  and 
Semonkong, while the nort h-western and part of 
central parts of the countr y recorded normal rain fall. 
The only place with below normal rainfall is Oxbow, 
as shown in Map 1.  

Cumulative Percentage Rainfall Departure from 
Normal 

The rainfall received for the dekad  contributed to the 
cumulative rainfall since September, s uch that most 
places remain normal to above normal. None of the 
places recorded below normal cumulative . 
Mokhotlong  has the highest percentage at 54%, 
which is above normal, while Qacha’s Nek  has the