Observed climate for April 2026
Rainfall
Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions
- Observed in the southern parts of Sudan, Ethiopia, southern Somalia, southeastern parts of Kenya, and southern Tanzania.
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions
- Observed in several parts in Tanzania including the central to northern parts, Uganda, several areas in Kenya, the horn of Africa region, southern Ethiopia, and western South Sudan.
Usual rainfall and no rainfall conditions were observed in the rest of the region.
Much Wetter than usual conditions
- Observed in the southern tip of Tanzania, a few pockets in the southeastern lowlands of Kenya, southern coastal parts of Somalia, northern Ethiopia, Djibouti and a few areas in southern Sudan.
Wetter than usual conditions
- Observed mostly in the regions surrounding the much wetter than usual rainfall areas across the region.
Drier to much drier than usual conditions
- Observed in Tanzania, Uganda, several parts of Kenya the Horn of Africa region including the border region between Ethiopia and Somalia, pockets in Ethiopia, western South Sudan, Eritrea and eastern Sudan.
Usual or no rainfall conditions were observed in the rest of the region.
High Rainfall exceeding 200mm
- Observed in southwestern parts including southern, coastal, and western parts of Tanzania, a few pockets in Burundi, southern Uganda, western and central parts of Kenya, and some patches in southwestern Ethiopia.
Moderate rainfall of between 101 and 200mm
- Observed in several parts of the region including Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, southern Somalia, Ethiopia, and southwestern parts of South Sudan.
Light rainfall between 11 and 100 mm
- Observed in central parts of Tanzania, eastern and northern parts of Kenya, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and northern Somalia.
Little or No rain conditions not exceeding 10mm
- Observed in a few pockets in northern Somalia, and much of Sudan.
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Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, northern and central South Sudan and northern and central Somalia, and in parts of eastern and southern Tanzania.
Wetter to much wetter …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in parts in much of Rwanda and Burundi, in southeastern Uganda, in western, central and southeastern Kenya, and in northwestern Tanzania.
Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm was observed …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of northeastern and central Somalia, in parts of north and south Ethiopia, in western parts of South Sudan, in central and south-central parts of …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Somalia, in southeastern parts of Ethiopia, in much of northern, central, eastern and coastal Kenya and in southern Tanzania.
Wetter to much wetter than usual …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Somalia, in much of northern, central and eastern Kenya, in parts of northwestern Burundi, and in a few places in southern Lake Victoria …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in parts of western Ethiopia, western and southwestern South Sudan, and in northwestern, western and southeastern Uganda
Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm was observed in western parts of …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in parts of western Ethiopia, and northwestern and southwestern South Sudan.
Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in several parts of South …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in central Sudan, in eastern parts of South Sudan, in central and southern Eritrea, in southeastern Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia, in southwestern Uganda, in eastern and southeastern …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of the region which include, central to southern parts of Sudan, in western and eastern South Sudan, in several parts of western, central northern …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall exceeding 300mm was observed in parts of southwestern Sudan, parts of western Eritrea, and in parts of northern Ethiopia.
Moderate rainfall between 100 - 300 mm was observed in central to southern parts of …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in northern and central Sudan, in several parts of Eritrea and Djibouti, in northeastern parts of Ethiopia, and in northwestern and parts of southern Somalia.
Drier …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southwestern and southern parts of Sudan., in western and central Ethiopia, in parts of northern, western and eastern South Sudan, in parts of northern, northeastern, central …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall exceeding 300mm was observed in western and central parts of Ethiopia, and in a few isolated parts of western Sudan and northwestern South Sudan.
Moderate rainfall between 100 - 300 mm was observed in …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in western and central parts of Sudan, in southeastern South Sudan, in southern central to northeastern Ethiopia, in parts of central Eritrea, in several parts of …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in central to western and southwestern Sudan, in parts of northern and southeastern South Sudan, in parts of western and central Eritrea, in southwestern, central to northeastern …