After a dry spell lasting almost three weeks, our area experienced a long rainy episode of 8 days, during which large amounts of rainfall were measured, 100 to 200 mm in the north and the centre of the country, and more in the Western Galilee. The rain also spread the Northern Negev and even further south.

The accumulated rainfall amounts since the beginning of the year exceed the average in the north of the country and on the Coastal Plain and in the area of Nahariyya, we have already reached the long-term average for the entire rainy season.