Last produced for Monthly Bulletin of Statistics No. 12/2012

A.CLIMATE

TABLE A/1.- PRECIPITATION, BY STATION

Period(1)		Coastal region				Hill region and inland valleys				Jordan Rift and Arava			Period(1)
		Haifa, harbour(2)	Tel Aviv, Qiryat Sha'ul	Bet Dagan	Negba	Har Kena'an	Merhavya(2)	Jerusalem, centre	Be'er Sheva	Kefar Blum	Sede Eliyyahu	Elat
		Precipitation (mm.)
Multi-annual average   (1971-2000)														Multi-annual average   (1971-2000)
November		77.4	79.3	76.2	69.8	85.5	68.1	60.8	19.7	64.9	39.6	3.5		November
2011	I	102.2	118.1	123.4	63.4	98.7	88.0	68.7	54.6	90.6	49.1	1.6	I	2011
	II	113.7	85.7	54.6	46.6	188.2	84.2	67.1	56.9	178.3	74.0	1.0	II
	III	119.6	109.4	111.1	50.0	99.7	76.7	70.1	5.6	71.1	56.6	0.0	III
	IV	107.9	65.4	45.5	49.6	132.4	60.4	31.3	14.3	82.0	37.2	5.0	IV
	V	10.5	14.0	13.8	2.2	11.5	7.0	3.4	3.9	16.7	5.2	0.0	V
	VI-VIII	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.1	2.1	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.0	VI-VIII
	IX	26.5	11.4	3.7	0.9	14.0	7.6	0.8	0.0	65.8	4.1	0.0	IX
	X	0.4	8.9	8.2	3.5	2.2	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	X
	XI	135.3	226.1	148.8	90.6	119.4	106.8	78.9	17.8	78.0	0.0	0.0	XI
	XII	35.0	14.5	21.9	67.6	52.9	30.4	82.4	7.4	26.9	1.0	0.0	XII
2012	I	274.6	220.9	222.0	156.1	278.3	178.0	131.9	30.8	230.7	78.7	1.3	I	2012
	II	107.6	110.2	100.0	126.9	190.2	103.1	183.4	52.0	137.2	51.4	0.0	II
	III	30.9	48.8	75.5	74.4	76.6	38.0	147.2	35.6	73.2	25.7	0.0	III
	IV	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	IV
	V	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0	5.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	6.0	0.4	0.0	V
	VI-VIII	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	0.0	0.0	VI-VIII
	IX	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	IX
	X	45.8	16.0	3.0	1.8	20.0	10.6	0.0	0.0	34.4	1.8	6.0	X
	XI	133.8	117.3	138.2	74.0	131.3	79.6	59.4	42.6	99.7	49.8	19.4	XI
		Cumulative since the beginning of
		rainy season (mm.)
2012	XI	180.1	133.3	141.2	75.8	151.3	90.2	59.9	43.5	134.1	51.6	25.4	XI	2012
Multi-annual average		538.3	530.3	550.5	514.5	682.1	451.0	554.1	204.1	509.4	291.1	28.7		Multi-annual average
		Rain days per month
Multi-annual average   (1971-2000)														Multi-annual average   (1971-2000)
November		6.3	6.0	5.8	5.2	6.8	5.9	5.5	2.9	6.2	6.5	0.5		November
2011	I	9	11	14	8	9	10	8	5	10	10	1	I	2011
	II	13	8	8	6	16	11	8	6	14	8	1	II
	III	8	8	7	5	9	7	7	2	8	3	0	III
	IV	6	4	3	5	9	7	7	3	9	6	1	IV
	V	2	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	2	0	V
	VI-VIII	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	VI-VIII
	IX	2	1	2	0	2	3	0	0	4	1	0	IX
	X	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X
	XI	10	10	8	7	10	9	8	5	9	0	0	XI
	XII	4	3	3	3	7	5	3	2	4	1	0	XII
2012	I	23	15	16	15	25	18	14	8	22	11	1	I	2012
	II	9	9	10	10	12	10	11	6	11	6	0	II
	III	4	7	6	6	10	7	8	3	8	7	0	III
	IV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	IV
	V	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	V
	VI-VIII	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	VI-VIII
	IX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	IX
	X	4	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	1	1	X
	XI	7	10	9	7	8	7	8	4	7	7	2	XI

Source of data: Israel Meteorological Service.

(1) Rain year (August 1st - July 31st).

(2) As of September 2005, data are obtained from different stations,

as follows: from Haifa, harbour, instead of Haifa, bay; and from

Merhavya instead of Kefar Yehoshua.