Observed climate for March 2026

Rainfall

Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions

  • Observed in a few pockets in Tanzania, several parts in Kenya, South Sudan, southern Sudan, Djibouti, several pockets in Ethiopia and Somalia.

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions

  • Observed in a few pockets in the region including a few pockets in central Somalia, northern parts of Ethiopia, and northwestern parts of Eritrea.

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

Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions

  • Observed in several parts including western and northeastern parts of Tanzania, eastern parts of Uganda, several parts of South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia and western Eritrea.

Wetter than usual conditions

  • Observed in Tanzania, eastern half of Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, eastern Eritrea, and southern parts of Sudan.

Drier to much drier than usual conditions

  • Observed in a few pockets in southern Somalia and northern Ethiopia.

Usual or no rainfall conditions were observed in much of Sudan.

Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall exceeding 200mm

  • Observed in southern parts of Tanzania, southeastern Uganda, central to western parts of Kenya, and southwestern Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 101mm and 200mm

  • Observed in Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, southern South Sudan, and several parts of Ethiopia.

Light rainfall between 11 and 100 mm

  • Observed in South Sudan, northwestern and northeastern parts of Kenya, Somalia, several parts of Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea.

Little or No rain conditions not exceeding 10mm

  • Observed in northern South Sudan, Sudan, northwestern and eastern Ethiopia, western Eritrea, and several parts of Somalia.

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in a few areas in eastern parts of Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm was observed in Burundi, western and southeastern Kenya, and in several parts of Tanzania. …

December 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts Ethiopia, in southern South Sudan, in southern and central Somalia, in central and southern parts of Eritrea, in northern, western and central parts of …

December 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier to much drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Ethiopia, Djibouti, in southern South Sudan, in much of Uganda, Kenya and southern and coastal Somalia, and in northwestern and southern Tanzania. …

December 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
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 …

November 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

November 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
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 …

November 2024 Read More
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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 …

October 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

October 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
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 …

October 2024 Read More
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