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Jordan receives 84% of annual rainfall average

By JT - Mar 16,2023 - Last updated at Mar 16,2023

AMMAN — The volume of rainfall has met 84 per cent of Jordan’s annual average of 8.1 billion cubic metres since the beginning of the season, compared with 72.2 per cent during the same period last year, the Water and Irrigation Ministry announced on Wednesday. 

A total of 2.052 million cubic metres (mcm) of water entered the Kingdom’s dams from the recent rainfall, bringing the dams’ storage to 114.14 mcm, or 31.88 per cent out of a total capacity of 280.759mcm, according to a ministry statement.

 

 

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