Observed rainfall for September 2023

Rainfall

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 of Kenya, and in eastern Tanzania.

Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of South Sudan, in parts of Djibouti, in western Ethiopia, in eastern parts of Uganda, in western parts of Kenya, in several parts of Burundi, and in northwestern Tanzania.

Usual rainfall conditions observed over southern parts of Sudan, in southwestern Eritrea, in western, central and northeastern Ethiopia, in northwestern Somalia, in several parts of South Sudan and Uganda, and in much of Rwanda.

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 the southern parts of Sudan, in several parts of South Sudan, in parts of central Ethiopia, in several parts of northern, central eastern and western Uganda, and in western parts of Kenya.

Light rainfall between 10 - 100 mm was in the much of the southern parts of Sudan, in western and southern part of Eritrea, in much of Djibouti, in northern and northeastern Ethiopia, in northwestern and southeastern Somalia, in southwestern Uganda, in coastal parts of Kenya, in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, and in northwestern parts of Tanzania.

Dry conditions were in northern and central parts of Sudan, in coastal and central Eritrea, in northeastern and southern parts of Ethiopia, in central, southwestern and northeastern Somalia, in northern, central and southern Kenya, and in several parts of Tanzania.

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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 of eastern and coastal Kenya and in parts of eastern Tanzania.

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in a few areas southwestern Sudan, in western Ethiopia, in parts of Djibouti, in several parts of central, eastern, western and southern South Sudan, in northern and eastern parts of Uganda, in western Kenya, in Burundi, and in northwestern parts of Tanzania.

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

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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
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  • Moderately wetter than usual to severely wet conditions were observed in the White Nile state and north-eastern parts of Sudan, and north-eastern Ethiopia.
  • Usual rainfall conditions were observed in central and north-eastern Ethiopia, south-western Uganda, …
August 2021 Read More
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  • Moderately wetter than usual to severely wet conditions were observed in most of the central parts of Sudan and north-eastern Ethiopia.
  • Usual rainfall conditions were observed in most parts of southern and central South Sudan, …
July 2021 Read More
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  • Moderately wetter than usual to severely wet conditions observed over southern parts of Sudan, north-western and north-eastern South Sudan, and in isolated parts of north-western Ethiopia and western Eritrea.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed in western …
June 2021 Read More
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  • Moderately wetter to severely wettest than usual conditions observed over parts of southeast Sudan extending to northwest Ethiopia and northeast South Sudan, several parts of Djibouti, southern parts of Eritrea, northeast, central and south-central parts …
May 2021 Read More
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  • Moderately wetter to severely wetter than usual conditions observed in Lake Victoria basin, highlands of central and western Ethiopia, Blue Nile state of Sudan, Upper Nile state of South Sudan, western Kenya, and sporadic areas …
April 2021 Read More
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  • Moderately wetter to severely wettest than usual conditions observed over western South Sudan, central Somalia, eastern South Sudan and western Ethiopia.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed over most parts of central and western Tanzania, most parts …
March 2021 Read More
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  • Moderately wetter to severely wetter than usual conditions observed over central, western and northern parts of Tanzania, south-western Burundi, south and south-western Kenya, and south-western Uganda.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed over most parts of southern …
February 2021 Read More
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  • Moderately wetter to severely wetter than usual conditions observed over a few areas in central and north-western Tanzania, and in southern parts of Uganda.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed over central and northern Ethiopia, much of …
January 2021 Read More
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  • Moderately wetter to severely wetter than usual conditions observed in northern Burundi, and central Tanzania.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed over most parts of Ethiopia, southern parts of South Sudan, northern Uganda, southern Somalia, and north-western …
December 2020 Read More
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  • Moderately to severely wet conditions observed over highlands of western Kenya, south-eastern Uganda, isolated areas in central Tanzania, south and south-eastern parts of South Sudan.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed over most parts of Red Sea …
November 2020 Read More
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  • Severely wet conditions observed in sporadic western and eastern Sudan, south-eastern South Sudan, north-eastern and central Ethiopia, northern Somalia, western Kenya, Karamoja region of Uganda, and lake region of Tanzania.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed in …
September 2020 Read More
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  • Extremely wet conditions observed in most parts of western Sudan, eastern South Sudan, and most parts of western, central and eastern Ethiopia.
  • Severely wet conditions observed in most parts of central and eastern Sudan, eastern …
August 2020 Read More