The below data was recorded personally from 2014 to the present date. Please note the temperatures are in Celsius and rainfall in millimetres.
Season Rainfall (2014/15): season total: 318.5 mm
Season Rainfall (2015/16): season total: 288.0 mm
Season Rainfall (2016/17): season total: 488 mm
Season Rainfall (2017/18): season total: 401.5 mm
Season Rainfall (2018/19): season total: 314 mm
Season Rainfall (2019/20): season total: 295 mm
Season Rainfall (2020/21): season total: 654.5 mm
Season Rainfall (2021/22): season total: 333mm
Season Rainfall(2022/23): season total: 303mm
Season Rainfall (2023/24): to date: 191.5 mm (31/1/24)
Average Seasonal Rainfall (2014/23): 350mm
Records since I started recording the weather in January 2014
Hottest day (10th November 2015) 48.9 C
Coldest Temperature (26th July 2015) 2 C
Most rain in 1 month (December 2020) 202 mm
Most rain in 1 day (December 2020) 96 mm
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Can you do weather forecasts as well? I cannot find an acurate one.
The British weather center congratulated themselves one year because 30% of their predictions were correct. So if I say its going to be hot every day with clear skies I am sure I will beat their accuracy
Glad to hear that you have had good rains & temps that are not too high so it can soak in. Fortunately I am based at an airport in the UK & our aircraft weather station stands me in good stead.
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hello, Pete you doing well, love your blog….Paul
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My wife convinced me to NOT do CKGR this December.
I’m glad she did 🙂
Chris Visagie
Hi Pete, I enjoy your website, more so the section on the weather. It gives me the closest idea of the weather patterns in CK (my favourite area). Any rain recently since you last update on 23 Dec?
I ‘ve noticed raiN fell more to the west in the Ghanzi area and around Nossob recently.
kind regards
anne-marie wiehahn
About to update – sorry my internet has been up and down
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Hi Pete, any rains recently in CK that you know of ?
What about the pans and Kubu?
regards
am
12mm here last night and 20mm a bit closer to the pans. Haven’t heard about the exact locations you mention. Rain predicted this whole week.
Hi,
Do you know if Kubu island is accessible? Planning a trip next week
Johan
Not sure – but after all the rain we have had – I would think it is quite wet
Hi Johan
Three Landys and a Toyota are bogged down onto their chassis between Kubu and Gweta.
Personally I wouldn’t be going to Kubu now.
Pete
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Hi Pete,
We’re going next week to Tiaan’s Camp (and Makgadikgadi NP) and afterwards for six night to CKGR (Sunday – Pokoje – Piper – Kori).
Will this be possible with the latest rains?
Greetings
Gunther
Hi Pete,
We’re going next week to Tiaans Camp (and visit Makgadikgadi NP), and afterwards 6 nights in CKGR (Sunday – Pokoje – Piper – Kori).
Will all this be possible after the latest rains? How fast does things dry up?
Greetings
Gunther
Thank you for the update. Is it possible to post some photos. We are also driving a landy and we are 3 vechiles that will visit Kubu and oans in August. Thx so much. Regards
If I find pics I will post them. August is a far better time to plan a trip of the pans
I read with interest. No idea why i compare to here in the UK 🙂
Hello , it is Rodrigo. I am from Spain but we are living at South Africa working as voluntiers. We are coming to Kubua Island nxt Saturday ( april 23th). Do you know how are the paths? Thanks so much in advance. We apreciete your help a lot.
Rodri and Noe
Hi Rodri and Noe
I believe the roads are still wet – personally I wouldn’t go. Have you experience in 4×4 muddy driving, how many vehicles are going?
Regards
Pete
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Hi Pete, just discovered your blog! So great. Getting ready to head to Botswana this Saturday. We travel from Gweta to Kubu November 8th for one night. Any thoughts on rain and weather? Much appreciated!
Hi Christine
Thanks for the nice comments. Gweta to Kubu is one of the toughest crossings and one that should not be taken lightly. I am not sure how much rain that area has had. If I was you I would speak to a local – go to Gweta lodge and speak to James, he could advise you.
Good luck and enjoy
Pete
Excellent, thanks Pete. We will likely try to take the North route closer to Nata if it is at all possible.
Christine – be careful of that road – a tour operator was stuck on it recently. Its not the pans section but the ridge has very soft sand – but it is a stunning part of Bots
Got it. Yeah, we will really have to get the right information before we go, I certainly don’t want to spend our two weeks digging out our truck! Thanks again.
Another option is drive to Letlhakane via main road or Makgadikgadi National Park and go to kubu from the South.
We did have rain last night
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Hi Pete,
We gonna make a journey to the island from south in coming days. If you have any advises on the road condition and weather, can you give me these?
kind regards,
Yoichi
Hi Yoichi – all I can tell you is that we have had a lot of rain this last week. I would think the pans are very wet.
Regards Pete
What a great website. So much usefull information. We are planning a trip to Khutse, CKGR and Khumaga by the end of this month.
We were advised, that there has been hardly any rain so far and in CKGR the animals are still spread out over a huge area. Is the Boteti still flowing?
Any updates on this matter?
Hi Moritz – thank you for your kind comments. Sorry for my slow response. Over the last 3 weeks we have had plenty of rain here in Letlhakane and I would think it has been widespread.
As far as the Boteti goes, it is dry, we went there last weekend. The Boteti gets its water from the Okavango ie it is at its highest roughly September. See https://ourbots.wordpress.com/botswana-travel/the-boteti-river/
Regards
Pete
Dear Pete,
thank you for your kind reply. When we did the trip 3 years ago i loved the contrast of seeing plenty of water and bathing elephants after beeing in the dry lands of CKGR for a few days. Is the Boteti dried out completly, and have all the animals wandert off? I suspect the zebra migration is out in the pans now?
Love the blog, so much detail. Keep up the good work.
We just went as far as where the Boteti crosses the Rakops Mopipi road – not up to Khumaga as I am sure you describe. You could try Tiaan’s camp for info on the river there
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