Kinneret water level

Sea of Galilee is boiling: Here is what the heat did to the water level

With August underway, the Sea of Galilee recorded the summer's highest temperatures, while its water level fell to a point once considered a warning sign.

|ByELI ASHKENAZI
This morning, the water level stood at 213 meters below sea level. Shikmim Beach on the Sea of Galilee
An illustrative image of rainfall as seen from the window of a vehicle.

Current winter is one of the most arid in recent years, data shows

In the South, only 30% of the regular average was recorded so far this period.

|ByELI ASHKENAZI
The Kinneret

Kinneret beaches to open Tuesday with notably high water level

A full Kinneret is preferable to a dry Kinneret— when the water reaches the lower ‘red line,’ at -213m.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee), northern Israel

NIS 2 million allotted to Kinneret beach restoration

A major storm in May 2022 damaged a considerable amount of the Kinneret's western beachfront.

|ByMOSHE COHEN/MAARIV, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Dusty wind storms bring air pollution, shut down Sde Dov Airport

Most parts of the country experiencing extremely dry winter; Kinneret rose only 2.5c.m. in the entire month of February, lowest rise ever recorded.

MARCH 2, 2014BySHARON UDASIN
Sharav in Tel Aviv, March 2, 2014.