Observed rainfall for May 2024

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall between 100 - 300 mm was observed in much of western Eritrea, in western and southern Ethiopia, in northern, central and southeastern Uganda, in western, central and coastal parts of Kenya, and in coastal and parts of southeastern Tanzania.

Light rainfall between 10 - 100 mm was in southern parts of Sudan, in western and central Eritrea, in much of northern, central and eastern Ethiopia, in much of Somalia, in northern, central, western and southwestern Uganda, in several parts of northern and eastern Kenya, in much of Rwanda and Burundi, and in northern, and parts of eastern and southern Tanzania.

No rain and dry conditions were in several parts of Sudan, in parts of western and southern Eritrea, in several parts of Djibouti, in northeastern Somalia, in parts of northern and eastern Kenya, in western and central parts of Tanzania.

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 Ethiopia, in northern and southern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, in much of Rwanda and Burundi, and in northwestern and western Tanzania.

Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in southern and southeastern Ethiopia extending into central Somalia, in much of northern, central and south-central Kenya, and in southern parts of Tanzania.

No rainfall conditions were observed in northern and central parts of Sudan.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in central in the rest of the region.

Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in Sudan, southwestern Eritrea, in parts of southern Djibouti, in northern and southern Somalia, in several parts of South Sudan, in western and central Ethiopia, in much of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, and in northwestern and western Tanzania.

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in southern and southeastern Ethiopia, in central parts of Somalia, in northern, central and south-central parts of Kenya, and in southeastern Tanzania.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in the rest of the region.

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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
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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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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
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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
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in a few areas in western and southwestern Sudan, and in western Ethiopia.

Moderately drier than usual to severely dry conditions were much of Eritrea, in western …

July 2023 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in western Eritrea, in eastern and western South Sudan, in northern and western Ethiopia, in northwestern and central Uganda, and in parts …

June 2023 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in parts of Eritrea, Djibouti and northeastern Ethiopia, parts of northwestern Somalia.

Moderately drier than usual to severely dry conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, …

May 2023 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan extending to the northern parts of South Sudan and southeastern South Sudan, in central and southern Eritrea, in Djibouti, Rwanda and Burundi, …

April 2023 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions observed in the costal parts of Tanzania and Kenya.

Usual rainfall conditions observed in the costal parts of Tanzania and Kenya.

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions observed in …

March 2023 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed several parts of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, in northern and southeastern parts of Kenya, and in a few areas in northeastern and southern Tanzania.

Moderately wet to severely …

January 2023 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in several parts of Uganda, in southern part of South Sudan, in northwestern, central and northeastern part of Tanzania, and in western parts of Kenya.

Moderately dry …

December 2022 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

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 …

November 2022 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

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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Standardized Precipitation Index

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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Standardized Precipitation Index

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