#rainfall

The weekend rains may have brought relief to the persisting water scarcity, but they are far from sufficient with overall water levels remaining at only 17 per cent, the water development ...

 By Nicolas Netien On December 9, 2025, Storm Byron delivered what Cyprus desperately needs: rain. Heavy downpours swept across the island, overwhelming drainage systems in Nicosia and Limassol. Streets flooded. Traffic halted. ...

The average precipitation in the first fortnight of January has reached 47 per cent of the seasonal level, the meteorological department said on Wednesday. Citing preliminary data, the department said precipitation ...

Cyprus recorded above average rainfall in December, with totals reaching 116 per cent of the monthly norm, according to preliminary data released on Friday by the met office. Average rainfall measured 122.8 ...

Following President Nikos Christodoulides and Tufan Erhurman’s trilateral meeting with UN Secretary General envoy Maria Angela Holguin, the wastewater treatment project at Mia Milia has returned to the forefront ...

Despite recent storms, including some more on Thursday, overall rainfall in December remains below average, the met office has said. From December 1 until December 11, recorded rain totals 64 per cent of ...

According to the climate watch advisory group of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), rainfall in March is expected to be particularly low compared to normal levels for the season. The ...

Despite heavy rainfall in the last couple of days, February has been a dry month so far with rain falling below the average, the meteorology department said on Tuesday. It ...

January 2025 is the second worst regarding rainfall for the month, the Meteorological Department said on Monday. On Monday morning, rainfall for the month had just touched 17 per cent. The dryest ...

The amount of rain which has fallen in Cyprus so far during the month of November is already at 150 per cent of the average for the whole month, yet the ...

The amount of rain which has fallen in November so far already exceeds 117 per cent of the average rainfall for the entire month, the met office revealed on Monday. An ...

Water levels of in the vast majority of the islands’ dams are well below half of their capacity, it emerged on Monday. Low rainfall last year coupled with a prolonged ...

The total precipitation in Cyprus from January 1 until Monday stands at just 31 per cent of the normal amount for the month, according to stats released by the Met Office. Almost 50 ...

Reservoirs in Cyprus are currently at 46 per cent capacity, a notable decline from the 68 per cent figure recorded last year. the Met Office said on Thursday. Since October 1, a total ...

Rainfall for October so far was 90 per cent higher than the average, the met office said on Tuesday, publishing preliminary results for the first half of the month. According to ...

Dam capacity this year so far is a cause for concern as it is almost 20 per cent less than the previous year, the deputy director of the water development department ...

Total rainfall in February was 75 per cent of average for the month, preliminary data released by the met office on Tuesday showed. The average rainfall for February is 81.6 mm, while ...

Rainfall is approaching 90 per cent of average, boosted by rainfall in recent days, the meteorological office said on Tuesday. According to preliminary data up to 8am on Tuesday, total rainfall ...

Seventy one per cent of the average amount of rainfall for January had fallen by Tuesday morning, with Athalassa in the capital recording the highest downpour of 22.4mm, the Met ...

The average rainfall from the beginning of December to 8am on Tuesday amounted to just 32 per cent of the normal precipitation for the month, the met service said in a ...

The average rainfall from the beginning of December to 8am Monday amounted to just 3 per cent of the normal precipitation for the month, the met service said on Tuesday. Specifically, ...

Cyprus’ fourth largest reservoir, at Kannaviou in Paphos, overflowed on Sunday morning, the community council president Abraham Abraham announced. The reservoir has a capacity of 17 million 168 thousand cubic metres and ...

Almost 20 per cent more rain than normal fell between October 2021 and February 2022, significantly boosting water stocks in the dams which on Tuesday were 85.5 per cent full. According to the Meteorology ...

Rainfall in December has by far exceeded the average precipitation for the month, head of the meteorological department Kleanthis Nicolaides said on Friday. According to Nicolaides rainfall precipitation may have ...