There is some good news for farmers and residents in the drought-stricken Eastern Cape. According to the South African Weather Service’s Port Elizabeth office, some welcome rain fell over the Eastern Cape over the last few days.
“Although only 6.6 mm was measured at the airport, areas to the west received up to 40 mm,” said Garth Sampson, the SA Weather Service’s Client Liaison Officer for the Eastern Cape.
“The fantastic news is that the Kareedouw area received in excess of 145 mm since the rain started. Other areas in the catchment were not so lucky with Joubertina measuring 22 mm and Patenie 5 mm.”
Sampson said that further up, the Langkloof Uniondale and Avontuur recorded between 25 and 56 mm.
“Reports indicate a flow of 22.5 cubic meters per second is flowing towards the Kouga dam at Stuurmanskraal,” he added.
“The latest update on the Churchill Dam is that it has risen from 86 to 94% since yesterday.
“We are not out of the woods and the drought has NOT been broken, so use water sparingly.
“East London also had some welcome rain at 35 mm for the last few days.”
Latest rainfall figures for the Eastern Cape
Station Names | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total | ||||
Nelson Mandela Bay | ||||||||||
AWOS | Port Elizabeth Airport | 0.2 | NIL | 0.4 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 6.6 | |||
ARS | 3rd Ave Dip | 0.2 | NIL | * | 10.4 | 3.6 | 14.2 | |||
ARS | Blue Horizon Bay | 0.4 | 1.6 | * | 12.6 | 2.0 | 16.6 | |||
ARS | Chatty | 0.2 | * | * | 0.8 | 2.4 | 3.4 | |||
AWS | Coega | 0.4 | 1.0 | * | NIL | 1.2 | 2.6 | |||
AWSH | Fettes Road | * | NIL | * | 2.8 | 1.8 | 4.6 | |||
ARS | Flower Reserve | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 4.4 | * | 6.6 | |||
AWSH | Motherwell | * | * | * | * | * | 0.0 | |||
ARS | Riverstone Bridge | 0.6 | * | * | 14.0 | 2.4 | 17.0 | |||
ARS | St Albans | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 18.4 | 4.2 | 25.8 | |||
AWS | Uitenhage | * | * | * | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | |||
Man | Woodridge | * | 0.5 | 0.7 | 25.6 | 12.7 | 39.5 | |||
Catchment | ||||||||||
AWS | Joubertina | NIL | NIL | 1.8 | 14.0 | 6.2 | 22.0 | |||
ARS | Kareedouw | * | * | 0.6 | 51.4 | 30.4 | 82.4 | |||
Man | Kareedouw | * | * | * | 70.5 | 76.0 | 146.5 | |||
Man | Kouga Dam | * | * | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 4.6 | |||
AWS | Patensie | * | * | * | 1.8 | 6.0 | 7.8 | |||
Other Towns | ||||||||||
AWS | Addo | 0.2 | NIL | 1.2 | * | 0.6 | 2.0 | |||
AWS | Bisho/KWT | NIL | 2.2 | 0.2 | 29.0 | * | 31.4 | |||
AWS | Cape St Francis | NIL | NIL | 1.2 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 8.8 | |||
AWS | Cradock | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | 0.0 | |||
AWS | East London | 0.0 | 10.8 | 19.4 | 5.2 | NIL | 35.4 | |||
AWS | Fort Beaufort | NIL | 0.2 | NIL | NIL | NIL | 0.2 | |||
AWS | George | NIL | NIL | 0.1 | 17.8 | 13.8 | 31.7 | |||
AWS | Graaff Reinet | NIL | NIL | 0.1 | NIL | NIL | 0.1 | |||
AWS | Grahamstown | NIL | NIL | 3.4 | NIL | NIL | 3.4 | |||
AWS | Henry`s Flats | NIL | NIL | NIL | 1.4 | NIL | 1.4 | |||
AWS | Joubertina | NIL | NIL | 1.8 | 14.0 | 6.2 | 22.0 | |||
AWS | Mossel Bay | NIL | NIL | 1.0 | * | 3.6 | 4.6 | |||
AWS | Mthatha | 2.8 | 4.4 | NIL | 5.2 | 9.4 | 21.8 | |||
AWS | Plettenberg bay | NIL | NIL | 0.4 | 11.6 | 27.4 | 39.4 | |||
AWS | Port Alfred | NIL | 7.4 | 19.4 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 29.8 | |||
AWS | Queenstown | * | * | * | NIL | 10.4 | 10.4 | |||
* no contact | ||||||||||
0.0 = Drops |