Observed climate for May 2025

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in southeastern Uganda, in western and parts of coastal Kenya, and in parts of northern coast of Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall of between 100mm and 200mm was observed in western Ethiopia, in western, central and eastern South Sudan in several parts of Uganda, in parts of western, central and coastal Kenya, in southeastern part of Somalia, in parts of western Rwanda, and in parts of eastern and southern Tanzania.

Light rainfall between 10 - 100 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in much of Eritrea, in northern and southeastern South Sudan, in northern, central, eastern and southern Ethiopia, in much of northern, central and southwestern Somalia, in northern and eastern Kenya, in southwestern Uganda, in parts of central and eastern Rwanda, in several part of Burundi, and in northern, western and southern Tanzania

Little or No rain conditions not exceeding 10mm was observed in much of the rest of Sudan, in western and southern Eritrea, in Djibouti, northeastern Somalia, in northwestern and eastern parts of Kenya, and in central Tanzania.

Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in western, southern and eastern Sudan extending to northern and western South Sudan, in northeastern Somalia, in central parts of Ethiopia, in southwestern Uganda and in western parts of Rwanda.

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in western, southern and eastern parts of Tanzania, in southeastern Uganda, in western, north-central and south-central Kenya, in southern and parts of central Somalia, in southern Djibouti, in northeaster Ethiopia and in central Eritrea.

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

Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter and much wetter than usual condition was observed in central Eritrea, in northeastern Ethiopia, in southern Djibouti, in parts of southeastern Somalia, in parts of northern, western and south-central Kenya, and in western, southern and eastern Tanzania.

Drier to much drier than usual conditions were observed in central and southern parts of Sudan, in northern and southern parts of South Sudan, in northeastern Somalia, and in isolated parts of central and southern Ethiopia.

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

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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
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
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 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
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
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
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 totals
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 …

April 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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, …

April 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
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 …

April 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall between 100 - 300 mm was observed in Rwanda, Burundi, in parts of western Kenya, and in northwestern, western, eastern and southern Tanzania.

Light rainfall between 10 - 100 mm was in central …

March 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of South Sudan, in southern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia and Uganda, in much of northern, central and eastern parts of Kenya, in …

March 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, northern Burundi, northern Kenya, in parts of central and northeastern Somalia, and in northern, central and southern Tanzania

Moderately …

March 2024 Read More