when the river runs dry and the sun falls from the sky

The graphs below paint a very interesting picture, they start close to the source of the Zambezi and end at Victoria Falls. We don’t know what is in store for us, rainfall wise, over the next month which is going to be interesting and critical to this year water flow levels. It seemed as though the excessive rainfall in February, which sent the graphs spiralling and predictions of records flows, blew the rainfall out of the sky.

In a normal rainy season we would expect to get consistent rain right through March, with a few showers into early April, but this year, it seems that most of the rain has fallen early. In the last couple of days we have seen a little build-up of rain and a few isolated showers, but nothing too significant. Then all of a sudden on the 3rd of March the rain stopped, the sun came out and beautiful blue skies prevailed. As much as we love the rainy season, we did long for some sunny weather which we are accustomed to in this part of Africa. Rainfall in Victoria Falls continued unabated throughout February 2021, with heavy downpours almost every day. So after my last report written in Mid-February (which can be read below) we see some very interesting new stats. Though the Victoria Falls will not reach the highs that were initially Zambezi River at Big Tree Station Victoria Falls April 29th 2021ġ8th March 2021 As the season progresses and the early rains have now abated, it looks as It's just not true.the same low water level happens every year, the This is normalĮven in years of significantly high rainfall by November the Zambezi Riverĭrops to similarly low levels, yet almost every year some newspaper reporter or social mediaįalls drying up, which sends everyone into aįrenzy. You can see the graph the lines getting very close together. Quite a low flow of water until the next rainy season. We are far from a record season and are in fact looking at So the water levels are on their way down for this year as you can see from The Zambezi water level wont be risingĪgain until the new rainy season commences around October. Season, maybe just the occasional shower. The upper catchment area for several months now, as we head into the winter We don't expect any more significant rainfall in Victoria Falls or even in We had just two downpours in March on the 26th and 27th which produced 18mm andģ0mm of rain respectively and none in April. Was not to be and the rains ended in Victoria Falls early and rather abruptly. Vane, we would have had an exceptionally high water flow this year.

The early rains lead us to believe that if they had continued in the same What our expectations were when looking into the future. It's interesting to read back on the posts and graphs from earlier on in the year and see Of any significance is unlikely to fall between now and the beginning of the Interesting Articles | Victoria Falls Water Levels 2021 Victoria Falls Water Levels 2021 Is the Victoria Falls going to have record water levels in 2021?įor this the 2020/2021 rainy season, as it has essentially come to an end.

When the river runs dry and the sun falls from the sky