While the rest of the country endured frequent downpours during the month of July rainfall in the Panama  Canal watershed was  13.7% below the historical average.

According to the, monitoring rainfall in the basin, so far this year, June was the only month when it reached 20% above average rainfall.

In the rest of the months of the year, there has been a deficit in expected precipitation.

Because rainfall has been below average, the reservoirs are still in the process of recovery, after a very dry 2019.