Observed rainfall conditions for October 2021

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals
  • Moderate to heavy rainfall between 200 - 500 mm was not observed in any part of the Greater Horn of Africa.
  • Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm observed in western parts of Ethiopia, western Sout Sudan, western and central Kenya, over much of Uganda, western Rwanda and in much of western and central Burundi.
  • Light rainfall between 50 - 100 mm observed in south-western Sudan, western and central parts of South Sudan, in isolated parts of eastern Ethiopia, in central and eastern Rwanda, eastern Burundi, and north-west Tanzania.
  • Rainfall range 10-50 mm observed over southern parts of Sudan, central Eritrea, eastern Djibouti, central and eastern Ethiopia, northern and southern Somalia, over north and eastern Kenya, and in several parts of western and eastern Tanzania.
  • Dry conditions (usual during this time of the year) in most parts of Sudan, north-eastern Ethiopia, north-east and central Somalia, in northern Kenya, central and southern parts of Tanzania.
Recent rainfall anomalies
  • Much wetter than usual conditions observed in central and north-east Ethiopia.
  • Wetter than usual conditions observed in much of northern parts of Ethiopia, central and southern Eritrea, Djibouti, and in isolated parts of western highlands of Kenya.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed over several parts of South Sudan, western, Eritrea, central and western Ethiopia, several parts of Uganda, Burundi western Rwanda, western Kenya, and north-western Tanzania.
  • Moderately drier than usual conditions observed in southern parts of Sudan, southern and eastern Ethiopia, over much of north and eastern Kenya, Somalia, eastern Rwanda, and eastern Tanzania.
  • Much drier than usual conditions was observed in central and southern Somalia, and eastern and coastal parts of Kenya over the month of October 2021.

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter-than-usual conditions were observed in south-western South Sudan, in parts of coastal Kenya, and in north-western, western, central, and eastern parts of Tanzania.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Djibouti, Eritrea, …

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall of between 200 and 500 mm was observed in north-western, western, central, south-western, and parts of eastern and coastal Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall between 100-200 mm was observed in south-western Uganda, in part of …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in north-western, western, eastern, and parts of central Tanzania; in parts of coastal Kenya; and in a few areas in south-western and eastern Uganda, as well as …

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Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall of between 200 - 500 mm was observed in parts of southwestern Ethiopia, in areas around Lake Victoria, in western, central, eastern and coastal parts of Kenya, in southern parts of Somalia, in …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in much of South Sudan and Somalia, in western Eritrea, in western, northwestern, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in western, central and southeastern Uganda, in southwestern, central and …

November 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in eastern and southern parts of Sudan, in western parts of Eritrea, in western, northwestern, southern and eastern parts of Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in southeastern Sudan, in several parts of Eritrea, in parts of Djibouti, in northwestern, western, eastern and southern parts of Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia, …

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Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 200 - 500 mm was observed in parts of southwestern and southern Ethiopia, in northwestern Uganda, in part of southern Somalia, and in central Kenya.

Moderate rainfall between 100 …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in western and central parts of Eritrea, in parts of southeastern Sudan, in northwestern, western, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia, in northwestern, central …

October 2023 Read More
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Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall between 200 - 500 mm was observed in western Ethiopia, in parts of western and southeastern South Sudan, in western parts of Kenya.

Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm was observed in …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to extremely dry conditions were observed in central and south-central parts of Sudan, in central Eritrea, in northern and southern parts of Ethiopia, in southern parts of Somalia, in southwestern Uganda, in parts …

September 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions observed in central parts of Sudan, in coastal and central parts of Eritrea, in northern and southern parts of Ethiopia, in northeastern southern parts of Somalia, in southeastern and coastal parts …

September 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall between 100 - 300 mm was observed in the southern parts of Sudan, in southwestern Eritrea, in much of northern and western South Sudan, in western, northwestern, and central Ethiopia, in southeastern Uganda …

August 2023 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to extremely dry conditions were observed in central and southern parts of Eritrea, in several parts of South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, and in several parts of Kenya and northern …

August 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions observed in central and southern parts of Sout Sudan, in central and southern parts of Eritrea, in much of Djibouti, in several parts of Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, in parts …

August 2023 Read More