4.3 Rainfall anomalies

 

4.3.1 Rainfall anomalies during July to September 2008

Figure 5 shows the three-month rainfall anomalies for the July to September 2008 period. Much of the northern sector and the western parts of the equatorial sector received rainfall ranging from 75% to 125% of the long-term average for the three months period. Much of the southern sector; eastern parts of the equatorial sector and northern parts of the northern sector observed rainfall less than 75% of their long-term average. Djibouti and localised areas to the east of Lake Victoria; southwestern Kenya as well as western Sudan received rainfall more than 125% of long term mean (Fig.4).

Figure 4: Rainfall anomalies for July to September 2008 (Anomalies de la pluviométrie pour la période allant de juillet à septembre 2008)

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