Observed rainfall conditions for December 2021

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals
  • Moderate to heavy rainfall between 200 - 500 mm was observed in southern part of Burundi and northwest Tanzania.
  • Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm observed in southwestern of Uganda; central and eastern Kenya, northern Burundi, over several parts of Rwanda; and in western, and central coastal parts of Tanzania.
  • Light rainfall between 10 - 100 mm observed over southwestern Ethiopia, southeastern parts of South Sudan, northwest, west, central and southeastern Uganda, several parts of western central, and northeastern Kenya, and in central and southern Tanzania.
  • Dry conditions (usual during this time of the year) in most of Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, over much of Ethiopia, northern and central Somalia, northern Uganda and northern Kenya.
Recent rainfall anomalies
  • Wetter than usual conditions observed in a few areas in south-west Uganda, eastern Kenya, south-west Somalia and north-west Tanzania.
  • Usual rainfall conditions were observed over a few parts in central and southern Uganda, in western parts of Kenya and over much of Rwanda and northern Burundi.
  • Moderately drier than usual conditions observed in southern parts of South Sudan, central and southern Ethiopia; northwest and southeast Uganda; in central and north-eastern parts of Kenya; and in western and central parts of Tanzania.
  • Much drier than usual conditions observed in northeast Uganda extending to north-west of Kenya, south-west Ethiopia, in southern parts of Somalia and in central to southern parts of Tanzania.
Standardized Precipitation Index
  • Moderately wetter than usual to severely wet conditions were observed in south-west Uganda, southern Burundi, eastern Kenya extending to southeast Somalia, and in northwest Tanzania.
  • Usual rainfall conditions were observed in most of Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, northern, western and central Ethiopia; central and southeast Uganda; much of Rwanda, northern Burundi; western, central and southern Kenya and in some areas in northern Tanzania.
  • Moderately drier than usual to severely dry conditions were observed in southern South Sudan extending to northern and eastern Uganda. North-western Kenya and much of central and southern parts of Tanzania will experience the same. Eastern Ethiopia; northern and central Somalia to experience extended extremely dry conditions.

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Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in parts of western Ethiopia, western and southwestern South Sudan, and in northwestern, western and southeastern Uganda

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Drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Somalia, in southeastern parts of Ethiopia, in much of northern, central, eastern and coastal Kenya and in southern Tanzania.

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Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of the region which include, central to southern parts of Sudan, in western and eastern South Sudan, in several parts of western, central northern …

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Rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in parts of western Ethiopia, and northwestern and southwestern South Sudan.

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Rainfall exceeding 300mm was observed in parts of southwestern Sudan, parts of western Eritrea, and in parts of northern Ethiopia.

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Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in northern and central Sudan, in several parts of Eritrea and Djibouti, in northeastern parts of Ethiopia, and in northwestern and parts of southern Somalia.

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

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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 …

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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.

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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.

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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 …

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