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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 totals
Moderate rainfall between 100 - 300 mm was observed in several parts of South Sudan, in western Ethiopia, in southern parts of Sudan, in northwestern Uganda, and in part of western Kenya.
Light rainfall between …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in much of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, in central, coastal and southern Eritrea, in northeastern, central and southern Ethiopia, in northern and southern parts of Somalia, in several parts …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed central Eritrea, in central and southwestern Ethiopia, in parts of northwestern and southwestern South Sudan, in much of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, in several parts of Kenya, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in central and southern parts of Sudan, in several parts of South Sudan and Djibouti, in northern and southern parts of Somalia, in northwestern, western and central parts of …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in Sudan, southwestern Eritrea, in parts of southern Djibouti, in northern and southern Somalia, in several parts of South Sudan, in western and central Ethiopia, in much …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate rainfall between 100 - 300 mm was observed in much of western Eritrea, in western and southern Ethiopia, in northern, central and southeastern Uganda, in western, central and coastal parts of Kenya, and in …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall exceeding 300 mm were observed in central parts of Kenya and in parts of southern and coastal Tanzania.
Moderate rainfall between 100 - 300 mm was observed in southwestern parts of …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in parts of central and southern Eritrea, in much of Djibouti, in northeastern southwestern and eastern parts of Ethiopia, in central and southern parts of Somalia, …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in Djibouti, in parts of northeastern, southwestern and eastern Ethiopia, in central and southern parts of Somalia, in several parts of northern to central Kenya, and in …