Observed climate for October 2026

Rainfall

Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions

  • Recorded in southeastern Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania.

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions

  • Recorded in Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea.

Usual rainfall and no rainfall conditions

  • Recorded in the rest of the region.
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions

  • This category was observed in the eastern parts of the region, including the southeastern parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania.

Wetter than usual conditions

  • This category was observed in the areas surrounding the wetter-than-usual conditions in countries highlighted above.

Drier to much drier than usual conditions

  • This category was observed in Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Sudan, Sudan, and Eritrea.

Usual or no rainfall conditions

  • Recorded in the rest of the region.
Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall exceeding 200mm

  • Observed in a few pocket areas in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall of between 101 and 200mm

  • Observed in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.

Light rainfall between 11 and 100 mm

  • Observed in Sudan, Eritrea, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.

Little or No rain conditions not exceeding 10mm

  • Recorded in Tanzania, the northwestern parts of Kenya, pockets in Somalia, northern parts of Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Sudan.

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall exceeding 200mm

  • Observed in a few pocket areas in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall of between 101 and 200mm

  • Observed in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and …
October 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

High rainfall exceeding 200 mm

  • Observed in western Ethiopia and western South Sudan.

Moderate rainfall of between 101 and 200 mm

  • Observed in western Eritrea, Ethiopia, southern parts of Sudan, South Sudan, a few pockets …
September 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall exceeding 200mm

  • Observed in western Ethiopia and the border regions with Sudan.

Moderate rainfall of between 101 and 200mm

  • Observed in western Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, northern parts of Uganda and western …
August 2026 Read More
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Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall exceeding 200mm

  • Observed in western Ethiopia and western South Sudan.

Moderate rainfall of between 101 and 200mm

  • Observed in western Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, western Eritrea, and northern parts of Uganda and western …
July 2026 Read More
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Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall exceeding 200mm

  • Observed in western Ethiopia and western Sudan.

Moderate rainfall of between 101 and 200mm

  • Observed in western Ethiopia and the border regions with Sudan and South Sudan, wester to central South …
June 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall exceeding 200mm

  • Observed in a few pockets in coastal Tanzania, western Kenya and a few pockets in Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 101 and 200mm

  • Observed in several parts of the region including …
May 2026 Read More
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Recent rainfall totals

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. …
April 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
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, …
March 2026 Read More
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Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall exceeding 200mm

  • Observed in southwestern parts and in pockets of central and north-eastern Tanzania, and in a few areas in the eastern parts of Burundi, and northern parts of Rwanda and western Kenya. …
February 2026 Read More
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Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed mostly in southern Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall of between 101mm and 200mm was observed in the southern parts of the region including Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda. …

January 2026 Read More
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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 …

December 2025 Read More
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Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was not observed anywhere in the region.

Moderate rainfall of between 101mm and 200mm was observed in the southwestern parts of the region including in western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, …

November 2025 Read More
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Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in western parts of Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 101mm and 200mm was also observed in the central and western parts of Ethiopia, western South Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, …

October 2025 Read More
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Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in western parts of Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 100mm and 200mm was also observed in the western parts of Ethiopia.

Light rainfall between 10 - 100 mm …

September 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in northwestern and western Ethiopia, in western and eastern South Sudan, and in northeastern Uganda.

Moderate rainfall of between 100mm and 200mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, southwestern …

August 2025 Read More