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 anomalies
Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, western Eritrea, in eastern part of South Sudan, in northwestern and central parts of Uganda, and in part of western Kenya. …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in western Eritrea, in eastern and western South Sudan, in northern and western Ethiopia, in northwestern and central Uganda, and in parts …
Recent rainfall totals
Heavy rainfall between 300 – 500 mm were observed in the western parts of Ethiopia.
Moderate rainfall between 100 - 300 mm were observed in the southern parts of Sudan, in northwestern and western Ethiopia, …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate rainfall between 100 - 300 mm were observed in western parts of South Sudan, in central, western and southwestern Ethiopia, in parts of northwestern and southeastern Uganda, in western Rwanda, in western and coastal …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in much of Eritrea, Djibouti, northeastern Ethiopia, and western part of Sudan.
Usual rainfall conditions observed over in parts of western, central and eastern Sudan, in …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in parts of Eritrea, Djibouti and northeastern Ethiopia, parts of northwestern Somalia.
Moderately drier than usual to severely dry conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to heavy rainfall between 200 - 500 mm was observed in parts of southwestern and southern Ethiopia, in southeastern Uganda, in western, central, eastern and southern coast of Kenya, in southern parts of Somalia, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan extending into northern parts of South Sudan, in central and southern parts of Eritrea, in much of Djibouti, in central, northeastern …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan extending to the northern parts of South Sudan and southeastern South Sudan, in central and southern Eritrea, in Djibouti, Rwanda and Burundi, …
Recent rainfall totals
Heavy rainfall (300 mm observed in isolated areas in southern Tanzania
Moderate to heavy rainfall (200-300 mm) observed in the highlands of south-western Ethiopia, western and Nyanza counties in Kenya, everywhere in Rwanda and …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions observed in the costal parts of Tanzania and Kenya.
Usual rainfall conditions observed in the costal parts of Tanzania and Kenya.
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions observed in …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than normal conditions observed in the costal parts of Tanzania and Kenya.
Usual rainfall conditions observed over south-western and central Tanzania, central Kenya, and southern Somalia.
Much wetter than normal conditions observed in the …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to heavy rainfall of over 200 mm was observed in a western and southwestern parts of Tanzania.
Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm observed in southern parts of Burundi and in northwestern, central …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed several parts of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, in northern and southeastern parts of Kenya, and in a few areas in northeastern and southern Tanzania.
Moderately wet to severely …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual and much drier than usual conditions observed in several parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia, southern parts of South Sudan, in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and in northern parts of Tanzania.
No rainfall Conditions …