January 2021

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals
  • Heavy rainfall between 200 - 300 mm observed over central and north-western Tanzania.
  • Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm observed in most parts of central and northern Tanzania, everywhere in Burundi.
  • Light rainfall between 50 - 100 mm observed over north-eastern Tanzania, southern Uganda, and most parts of southern and south-western Kenya.
  • Very light rainfall between 10 - 50 mm observed over most parts of northern Kenya, central and northern Uganda, and south-western Ethiopia.
  • Dry conditions (usual during this time of the year) everywhere in Sudan, central and northern South Sudan, north-eastern Ethiopia, and central and northern Somalia.
Recent rainfall anomalies
  • Much wetter than usual conditions not observed over the region.
  • Wetter than usual conditions observed in isolated areas in central and north-easternTanzania, over much of Lake Victoria peripheral, and in central Uganda.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed in most parts Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, south-western Uganda, and central and northern Ethiopia.
  • Moderately drier than usual conditions observed over most parts of Kenya, northern and north-eastern Uganda, southern parts of South Sudan, and south-western Ethiopia.
  • Much drier than usual conditions observed over isolated areas in Kenya.
Standardized Precipitation Index
  • Moderately wetter to severely wetter than usual conditions observed over a few areas in central and north-western Tanzania, and in southern parts of Uganda.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed over central and northern Ethiopia, much of north and western Uganda, much of central and eastern Kenya, southern Somalia, northern Rwanda and Burundi, and western and northern Tanzania.
  • Moderately drier to severely drier than usual conditions observed in western and southern part of Tanzania and Rwanda, most parts of western and north-western Kenya, northern and north-eastern Uganda, southern parts of South Sudan, most parts of Ethiopia.

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions were observed in Burundi.

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in areas in Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and some spots in Ethiopia.

Drier to much drier than usual conditions were …

January 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed mostly in southern Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall of between 101mm and 200mm was observed in the southern parts of the region including Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda. …

January 2026 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in several parts of Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi.

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed across a broad corridor extending from southern [e.g., Tanzania], traversing …

January 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few pockets across the region including in Tanzania, a few parts in Kenya, Uganda, S. Sudan, and Ethiopia.

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in areas …

December 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed mostly in Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall of between 101mm and 200mm was observed in the southern parts of the region including Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and southern parts …

December 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in several parts of Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, S. Sudan and central Ethiopia.

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in a few pockets in Tanzania, …

December 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few pockets in cross border regions between S. Sudan and Sudan, Ethiopia and Sudan, the coastal regions of Sudan and southern Tanzania.

Wetter …

November 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in the largest section of the region including Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, S. Sudan, and a few areas in Eritrea …

November 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was not observed anywhere in the region.

Moderate rainfall of between 101mm and 200mm was observed in the southwestern parts of the region including in western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, …

November 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in a few pockets in Eritrea, central South Sudan, several parts in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, eastern parts of Kenya, northwestern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and several parts of …

October 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few pockets in central Sudan, border region of Ethiopia and Sudan, central and western parts of Kenya and a few pockets in northern Tanzania.

Wetter than …

October 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in western parts of Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 101mm and 200mm was also observed in the central and western parts of Ethiopia, western South Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, …

October 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in a few pockets in Sudan, western South Sudan, much of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia and southeastern Ethiopia.

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were …

September 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few pockets in northeastern Sudan, a few pockets in Eritrea, Ethiopia and northern Somalia, an in northwestern Kenya around Lake Turkana.

Wetter than usual conditions were …

September 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in western parts of Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 100mm and 200mm was also observed in the western parts of Ethiopia.

Light rainfall between 10 - 100 mm …

September 2025 Read More