Observed climate for August 2024

Rainfall

Standardized Precipitation Index

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 and southern Uganda, in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, in northwestern and southern Kenya, and in northwestern, eastern and southeastern Tanzania.

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in northern to central parts of Sudan, in several parts of Eritrea and Djibouti, in northwestern and parts of southern Somalia, and in parts of northeastern Ethiopia.

Usual and no rainfall conditions were observed in the rest of the region.

Recent rainfall anomalies

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.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in southeastern Sudan, in parts of northeastern, western and eastern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, in southwestern Uganda, in northwestern and south-central Kenya, and in northern and eastern Tanzania.

Usual or no rainfall conditions were observed in the rest of the region.

Recent rainfall totals

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

Moderate rainfall between 100 - 300 mm was observed in central to southern parts of Sudan, in much of western and central Eritrea, in much of South Sudan, in northern, western and central Ethiopia, in northern, western and eastern Uganda, and in western parts of Kenya,

Light rainfall between 10 - 100 mm was in in the area in the northern parts of Sudan, coastal and southern Eritrea, in several parts of Djibouti, in southern and eastern margins of central Ethiopia and in northeastern Ethiopia, in southern and northeastern Uganda, in Rwanda, in southern Somalia, and in parts of central and coastal Kenya.

No rain conditions were in northern parts of Sudan, in coastal parts of Djibouti, in northern, central and southwestern Somalia, in southern and eastern Ethiopia, in northern, eastern, central and southern Kenya, and in several parts of Burundi and Tanzania.

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

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.

Wetter to much wetter than usual …

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Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions were observed in central Sudan, in eastern parts of South Sudan, in central and southern Eritrea, in southeastern Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia, in southwestern Uganda, in eastern and southeastern …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

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.

Drier …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

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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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

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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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions were observed in central and southern parts of Sudan, in several parts of South Sudan and Djibouti, in northern and southern parts of Somalia, in northwestern, western and central parts of …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in parts of central and southern Eritrea, in much of Djibouti, in northeastern southwestern and eastern parts of Ethiopia, in central and southern parts of Somalia, …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of South Sudan, in southern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia and Uganda, in much of northern, central and eastern parts of Kenya, in …

March 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in parts of central and southwestern Ethiopia, in northern, central, western and southwestern Uganda, in several parts of northwestern, western and central Kenya, and in western …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in western and southern parts of Kenya, and in northern, northeastern, central, eastern and southern Tanzania.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of …

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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 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 …

November 2023 Read More
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, …

October 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 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 …

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