Observed climate for October 2026
Rainfall
Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions
- Recorded in southeastern Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania.
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions
- Recorded in Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea.
Usual rainfall and no rainfall conditions
- Recorded in the rest of the region.
Much Wetter than usual conditions
- This category was observed in the eastern parts of the region, including the southeastern parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania.
Wetter than usual conditions
- This category was observed in the areas surrounding the wetter-than-usual conditions in countries highlighted above.
Drier to much drier than usual conditions
- This category was observed in Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Sudan, Sudan, and Eritrea.
Usual or no rainfall conditions
- Recorded in the rest of the region.
High Rainfall exceeding 200mm
- Observed in a few pocket areas in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and Tanzania.
Moderate rainfall of between 101 and 200mm
- Observed in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.
Light rainfall between 11 and 100 mm
- Observed in Sudan, Eritrea, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.
Little or No rain conditions not exceeding 10mm
- Recorded in Tanzania, the northwestern parts of Kenya, pockets in Somalia, northern parts of Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Sudan.
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Recent rainfall totals
- Heavy rainfall between 300 - 500 mm was observed over isolated areas in western and north-western Ethiopia.
- Moderate rainfall between 200 - 300 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan , everywhere in South …
Recent rainfall anomalies
- Much wetter than usual conditions were observed in central and north-eastern parts of Sudan.
- Wetter than usual conditions were observed in north-eastern Sudan, southern and eastern South Sudan, north-western Eritrea; sporadic parts in western, north-western …
Standardized Precipitation Index
- Moderately wetter than usual to severely wet conditions were observed in north-eastern Sudan, southern and eastern South Sudan, north-western Eritrea; sporadic parts in western, north-western and eastern Ethiopia; north-western Somalia, highlands of western Kenya , …
Recent rainfall anomalies
- Much wetter than usual conditions were observed in central and north-eastern parts of Sudan, southern parts of Kenya.
- Wetter than usual conditions were observed in much of central, western Darfour and north-eastern parts of Sudan, …
Recent rainfall totals
- Heavy rainfall between 300 - 500 mm was observed over isolated areas in Ethiopia.
- Moderate rainfall between 200 - 300 mm was observed in most parts of the Highlands of central and northern Ethiopia, both …
Standardized Precipitation Index
- Moderately wetter than usual to severely wet conditions were observed in the White Nile state and north-eastern parts of Sudan, and north-eastern Ethiopia.
- Usual rainfall conditions were observed in central and north-eastern Ethiopia, south-western Uganda, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
- Much wetter than usual conditions were observed in northern Darfour and central parts of Sudan.
- Wetter than usual conditions were observed in much of the central parts of Sudan and north-eastern Ethiopia.
- Usual rainfall conditions …
Standardized Precipitation Index
- Moderately wetter than usual to severely wet conditions were observed in most of the central parts of Sudan and north-eastern Ethiopia.
- Usual rainfall conditions were observed in most parts of southern and central South Sudan, …
Recent rainfall totals
- Heavy rainfall between 300 - 500 mm was observed over highlands of central Ethiopia.
- Moderate rainfall between 200 -300 mm was observed in much of north-western South Sudan, isolated parts in southern and northern Darfour, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
- Much wetter than usual conditions observed in south-eastern Sudan and in isolated parts in western Eritrea.
- Wetter than usual conditions observed in much of southern parts of Sudan, and north-western and north-eastern parts of South …
Standardized Precipitation Index
- Moderately wetter than usual to severely wet conditions observed over southern parts of Sudan, north-western and north-eastern South Sudan, and in isolated parts of north-western Ethiopia and western Eritrea.
- Usual rainfall conditions observed in western …
Recent rainfall totals
- Moderate to heavy rainfall between 200 - 500 mm observed in western Ethiopia, and western South Sudan.
- Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm observed in much of northern, central and south-western South Sudan, southern …
Standardized Precipitation Index
- Moderately wetter to severely wettest than usual conditions observed over parts of southeast Sudan extending to northwest Ethiopia and northeast South Sudan, several parts of Djibouti, southern parts of Eritrea, northeast, central and south-central parts …
Recent rainfall totals
- Moderate to heavy rainfall between 200 - 500 mm observed in isolated parts of western Ethiopia, western and central parts of Kenya, and northern coast of Tanzania.
- Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm observed …
Recent rainfall anomalies
- Much wetter than usual conditions observed in southeast Sudan, northern Ethiopia, isolated parts of south-central Kenya and in isolate part in northwest Tanzania.
- Wetter than usual conditions observed in much of southeast Sudan, parts of …