Observed climate for December 2025

Rainfall

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 of Kenya.

Light rainfall between 11 and 100 mm was observed in several areas north of the equator including several parts of Kenya, southern Somalia, Uganda, southern S. Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea.

Little or No rain conditions not exceeding 10mm was observed in eastern and northeastern parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, northern parts of S. Sudan, Sudan, and western Eritrea.

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 in the vicinity of the above-mentioned regions.

Drier to much drier than usual conditions were observed in eastern parts of Kenya, southeastern Ethiopia, Somalia, and border region between S. Sudan and Ethiopia.

Usual or no rainfall conditions were observed in the rest of the region.

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, eastern Kenya, Somalia, southeastern Ethiopia and the border region between Ethiopia and S. Sudan.

Usual rainfall and no rainfall conditions were observed in the rest of the region.

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Standardized Precipitation Index
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 …

September 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

September 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
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 …

September 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
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 …

August 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
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 …

August 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

August 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
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 …

July 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

July 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
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 …

July 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

June 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
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, …

June 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
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 …

June 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
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 …

May 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
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 …

May 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

May 2024 Read More