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 anomalies
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 …
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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much wetter than usual conditions

  • This category was observed in a few pocket areas across the region, including in Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Sudan.

Wetter than usual conditions

  • This category was observed in the …
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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions

  • This category was not observed in the region.

Wetter than usual conditions

  • This category was not observed in the region.

Drier to much drier than usual conditions

  • All countries recorded …
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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions

  • Observed in a few pockets in Sudan.

Wetter than usual conditions

  • Recorded in localized areas of Tanzania, Somalia, and Sudan.

Drier to much drier than usual conditions

  • Predominated across northwestern …
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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions

  • Observed in very few pockets in Tanzania, central and northern parts of Somalia, a few pockets in northern Ethiopia, and a few pockets in Sudan.

Wetter than usual conditions

  • Observed …
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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions

  • Observed in very few pockets in southern Tanzania, and southeastern lowlands of Kenya.

Wetter than usual conditions

  • Observed mostly in a few pockets in Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, eastern parts of …
May 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions

  • Observed in the southern tip of Tanzania, a few pockets in the southeastern lowlands of Kenya, southern coastal parts of Somalia, northern Ethiopia, Djibouti and a few areas in southern …
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Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions

  • Observed in most areas in Rwanda and Uganda, in northeastern Burundi, , in eastern lowlands to western parts of Kenya, southern parts of South Sudan, in northern Tanzania, and a …
February 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions were observed in Burundi.

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in areas in Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and some spots in Ethiopia.

Drier to much drier than usual conditions were …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

December 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few pockets in cross border regions between S. Sudan and Sudan, Ethiopia and Sudan, the coastal regions of Sudan and southern Tanzania.

Wetter …

November 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few pockets in central Sudan, border region of Ethiopia and Sudan, central and western parts of Kenya and a few pockets in northern Tanzania.

Wetter than …

October 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Much Wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few pockets in northeastern Sudan, a few pockets in Eritrea, Ethiopia and northern Somalia, an in northwestern Kenya around Lake Turkana.

Wetter than usual conditions were …

September 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual condition was observed in western, central and eastern Sudan, in coastal, central and southern Eritrea, in Djibouti, in northeastern and southwestern Ethiopia extending to southeastern South Sudan, northwestern Kenya and northeastern Uganda, …

August 2025 Read More