Observed climate for September 2026

Rainfall

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 in Uganda, western parts of Kenya, and western parts of Rwanda.

Light rainfall between 11 and 100 mm

  • Observed along the coastal and northwestern parts of Tanzania, eastern Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, western and coastal Kenya, the southern coastal and northern parts of Somalia, several parts of Ethiopia, southeastern South Sudan, Sudan, Djibouti, and Eritrea.

Little or no rain conditions not exceeding 10 mm

  • Recorded across most parts of Tanzania, several parts of Kenya, pockets in Somalia, southeastern Ethiopia, Eritrea, and northern Sudan.
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 parts of Kenya, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, 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 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 areas surrounding the wetter-than-usual conditions in countries highlighted above.

Drier than usual conditions

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

Usual or no rainfall conditions

  • Recorded in the rest of the region.

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions observed in western, south-central and southeastern Sudan, western Eritrea, and in isolated area in northwestern South Sudan, and western Ethiopia.

Usual rainfall conditions observed over western and southern parts of Sudan, …

June 2022 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in western, south-central and southeastern Sudan, northwestern South Sudan, western Eritrea, and western and northeastern Ethiopia.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in southwestern Sudan, in central Eritrea, …

June 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall of over 200 mm was observed in northwestern South Sudan, and in western part of Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm observed in southwestern part of Sudan, in parts …

June 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than normal conditions observed in a few isolated areas in south-eastern South Sudan and to the region south-eastern of Lake Victoria in Tanzania.

Normal rainfall conditions observed over south-central and south-western parts of Sudan; …

May 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall of over 200 mm was observed in a few in western Ethiopia, and western Kenya.

Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm observed in western and south-western Ethiopia, western and eastern …

May 2022 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet conditions were observed in a few isolated areas in south-eastern South Sudan and in the northern part of Tanzania around Lake Victoria.

Normal rainfall conditions were observed in northern and southern parts of …

May 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall between over 200 mm was observed in a few area in southwest Ethiopia in eastern and western parts of Lake Victoria, in central parts of Kenya, and in eastern and southwestern …

April 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions observed in northwest and eastern South Sudan, western Ethiopia, in an area in southwest Uganda, and northwest and southern Tanzania.

Usual rainfall conditions observed over western Eritrea, in northern, central and …

April 2022 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in northwest and eastern parts of South Sudan, extending to western parts of Ethiopia, southwest Uganda, eastern Rwanda, and in a few areas in northwest and southern …

April 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions observed in south-western part of Tanzania.

Normal rainfall conditions observed over central parts of Somalia, in a few areas in western and south-western South Sudan, in eastern Ethiopia, in several parts …

March 2022 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wetter than normal to severely wet conditions observed in south-western part of Tanzania.

Normal rainfall conditions observed in parts of western and south-western South Sudan, north-western and eastern parts of Ethiopia, central and southern …

March 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall between 200 - 500 mm was observed in south-western Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm observed in western parts and Lake Victoria regions of Uganda, western parts of Kenya, …

March 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals
  • Moderate to heavy rainfall (between 200 - 500 mm) observed in most of central and southern parts of Tanzania, and in isolated parts of western Kenya and north-western Burundi.
  • Moderate rainfall (between 100 - 200 …
February 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than normal conditions observed in central and southern parts of Uganda, western and central-southern parts of Kenya, most of Rwanda, northern Burundi, and over most of northern, eastern and central Djibouti, central and southern …

February 2022 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index
  • Moderately to severely wetter than normal conditions observed in southern parts of Uganda, several parts of Rwanda, northern Burundi, western and southern Kenya, and in much of northern, central, southern, and eastern Tanzania.
  • Normal rainfall …
February 2022 Read More