The heavy rainstorms that fell on Saturday and Sunday evening throughout have had a positive effect on farm production and aqueduct water levels nationwide. On Saturday, 30 millimeters of rain fell (30 liters of water per square meter) and on Sunday, 21.9 millimeters (22 liters of water per square meter) as reported by the Herrera Airport weather station. Danilo Rodríguez of Hoy newspaper explains that February and March are traditionally the driest months of the year. He said that normally, rains start in mid April, and continue through the summer months. The Caribbean hurricane season is from 30 June to 30 November. Rodríguez says that technically there has been no drought in the DR. A drought occurs when 51 days go by without rain. He says that what has happened is that rains prior to last weekend had been too short and light. He also said that average temperatures for this time of the year are 18-20 degrees Celsius in the early morning, and 28-30 degrees Celsius around noontime.
