Observed rainfall conditions for May 2022

Rainfall

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 parts of South Sudan; over much of northern, central and eastern Uganda; much of Rwanda, in western and coastal Kenya, and southern coast of Somalia.

Light rainfall between 10 - 100 mm observed over southern parts of Sudan, western Eritrea; north-western, central and eastern parts of Ethiopia; over much of northern, central and southern parts of South Sudan; in western and south-western Uganda; in north-western, north-eastern, and central parts of Kenya; in much of Burundi, several parts of Somalia, and in northern and eastern parts of Tanzania.

Dry conditions (normal during this time of the year) in most of Sudan, central and southern Eritrea; Djibouti, north-eastern Somalia; north-western, north-central and in eastern parts of Kenya; and in western, central and southern parts of Tanzania.

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; in several parts of northern, eastern and western South Sudan; in western Ethiopia, over several parts of Uganda, in western and north-eastern parts of Kenya, in southern and central parts of Somalia, in much of Rwanda and Burundi, and in north-western part of Tanzania.

Moderately drier than normal conditions observed in several areas in the southern part of Sudan, in central and south-western South Sudan, over several parts of Eritrea, Djibouti; in northern, central and eastern Ethiopia; in northern and central parts of Somalia; in north-western, central, eastern and coastal parts of Kenya; in parts of north, central, western and south-western Uganda; and in much of western, central and eastern Tanzania.

Much drier than normal conditions observed in a few isolated areas in north-eastern Ethiopia, and northern Somalia.

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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 Sudan; over much of northern and eastern South Sudan; in western Eritrea; over several parts of western, southern and eastern Ethiopia; much of central and southern Somalia; northern and south-western Kenya; Rwanda, Burundi, north-western and south-western Uganda, and in northern and western Tanzania.

Moderately drier than normal to severely dry conditions were observed in much of western, central and eastern Sudan; over several parts of Eritrea, Djibouti, northern Somalia; northern, central, north-eastern, and eastern Ethiopia; in north-western, central and south-western South Sudan; over several parts of western, north-western, central and southern Uganda; in western, central and eastern parts of Kenya; and in much of central, eastern and southern Tanzania.

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Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in south-central part of South Sudan, north-central and south-western Uganda, some parts of western Kenya, western and central parts of Rwanda, and in a few areas in …

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Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in southeastern part of Sudan, in a few areas in western Eritrea, in western parts of Ethiopia, and in northeastern and central parts of South Sudan.

Moderately …

October 2022 Read More
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Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed some parts of western, central to eastern and southeastern Sudan, in a few areas in northwest and western South Sudan, in southern parts of Eritrea, in much …

September 2022 Read More
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Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in western, central to eastern Sudan, north-western, central and southern Eritrea, much of Djibouti, parts of north-eastern Ethiopia, parts of southwest, central and south-eastern Uganda, much of …

August 2022 Read More
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Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in western, central and eastern Sudan, in a few isolated areas in northwest and eastern South Sudan, northern Djibouti, and in northern and western Ethiopia.

Usual rainfall …

July 2022 Read More
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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
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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
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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
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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
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  • 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
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Moderately wetter to severely wetter than usual conditions were observed over Rwanda, eastern Burundi, and north-western, central, eastern, and southern Tanzania.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed over southern parts of South Sudan, over much of …

January 2022 Read More
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  • 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, …
December 2021 Read More
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  • Moderately wetter than usual to severely wet conditions were observed in isolated areas in western South Sudan.
  • Usual rainfall conditions were observed in most of Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, northern western and central Ethiopia, northern, central …
November 2021 Read More
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  • Moderately wetter than usual to severely wet conditions were observed in north-eastern Sudan, southern and eastern South Sudan, north-western Eritrea; sporadic parts in western, north-western and eastern Ethiopia; north-western Somalia, highlands of western Kenya , …
September 2021 Read More