Climate monitoring bulletin for the major river basins

The Amazon Basin

Volume 04 - Number 19

Publication date: May 13, 2026

Periodicity: Weekly

ISSN 2965-7857 • DOI 10.61818/78570419

Precipitation anomaly in the Amazon Basin
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Current conditions

Maps of observed precipitation conditions, individual graphics by basin are produced from MERGE/GPM data generated by INPE/CPTEC, considering the period from de 2000 a 2025. Between April 14 to May 13, 2026, below-average rainfall resulted in a precipitation deficit along the main course of the Amazon River in Peruvian territory, as well as in the watersheds of the Branco, Coari, Içá, Japurá, Juruena, Jutaí, Negro, Tefé, Teles Pires, and Xingu rivers, and along the main course of the Solimões River; above- normal rainfall was recorded in the watersheds of the Aripuanã, Beni, Coari, Guaporé, Mamoré, and Marañon rivers, as well as in the left-bank watersheds of the Amazon River in the northeast and northwest of the state of Pará and in Ucayali; rainfall close to normal recorded along the main course of the Amazon River in Brazilian territory, the river basins of the Abacaxis, Iriri, Javari, Ji-Paraná, Juruá, Madeira, and Napo rivers, the left-bank basins of the Amazon River in the northeast of the state of Amazonas, and the Napo, Purus, and Tapajós rivers. The multimodel indicates, for the period from March 13, 2026, to March 19, 2026, forecastof of below-normal rainfall over the basins of the Beni, Branco, Coari, Içá, Iriri, Japurá, Javari, Ji-Paraná, Juruá, Jutaí, Madeira, Mamoré, Marañon, Napo, Purus, Tefé, Teles Pires, and Xingu rivers; Forecast of above-normal rainfall along the main course of the Amazon River in Brazilian territory, and in the basins on the left bank of the Amazon River in the northeast of the state of Amazonas and in the northeast and northwest of the state of Pará.

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