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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Standardized Precipitation Index
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 …
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions

  • Recorded in Tanzania, eastern parts of Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and a few areas in South Sudan.

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions

  • Recorded in Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, western …
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions

  • Recorded in a few pocket areas in the region including Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia.

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions

  • Recorded in Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, South …
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions

  • Recorded in a few areas in the region including Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan.

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions

  • Observed in northwestern Tanzania, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, South …
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions

  • Observed in a few pockets in Tanzania, Somalia, western and northern Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Eritrea.

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions

  • Observed in several parts in Tanzania, …
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions

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

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions

  • Observed in several parts in Tanzania, Burundi, …
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Standardized Precipitation Index

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 …
April 2026 Read More
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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 …
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions

  • Observed in much of Uganda, in several parts of Rwanda and eastern Burundi, in several parts of western, central and southern Kenya, in northern, central to southwestern parts of …
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in several parts of Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi.

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed across a broad corridor extending from southern [e.g., Tanzania], traversing …

January 2026 Read More
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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, …

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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in the largest section of the region including Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, S. Sudan, and a few areas in Eritrea …

November 2025 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in a few pockets in Eritrea, central South Sudan, several parts in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, eastern parts of Kenya, northwestern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and several parts of …

October 2025 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in a few pockets in Sudan, western South Sudan, much of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia and southeastern Ethiopia.

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were …

September 2025 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Somalia, in northwest and southeastern Ethiopia, in northeastern parts of Kenya, in southwestern and southeastern Sudan, and in western to southeastern Uganda.

Moderately …

August 2025 Read More