October 2020

Rainfall

Recent rainfall anomalies
  • Much wetter than usual conditions observed over south-western Sudan and central Somalia.
  • Wetter than usual conditions observed in western Kenya, isolated areas in south-western, north-eastern Uganda, eastern-South Sudan, and south-eastern Tanzania.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed over most parts of South Sudan, southern parts of Sudan, south and northern-western Ethiopia, central and southern Uganda, most parts of Rwanda, and Lake Victoria region of Tanzania.
  • Moderately drier than usual conditions observed in most parts of south-eastern Sudan, most parts of Eritrea, north-eastern Ethiopia, north Somalia; north-eastern, south-eastern and costal parts of Kenya; south-western Somalia, and most parts of central and western Tanzania.
  • Much drier than usual conditions observed over isolated areas of north-eastern and costal parts of Kenya.
Recent rainfall totals
  • Heavy rainfall (200 - 300 mm) observed over isolated areas in south-western South Sudan, northern Uganda, and western Kenya.
  • Moderate rainfall (100 - 200 mm) observed in most parts of northern Rwanda, most parts of Uganda, south-western and eastern South Sudan, and western Ethiopia.
  • Light rainfall (50 - 100 mm) observed in costal parts and Lake Region of Tanzania, central Somalia, south-eastern Ethiopia, central and northern South Sudan, and south Khardofan region of Sudan.
  • Very light rainfall (10 - 50 mm) observed over most parts of Tanzania, southern and south-eastern Kenya, central and north-eastern Ethiopia, and northern Somalia.
  • Dry conditions (usual during this time of the year) in most parts of central and northern Sudan, most parts of Eritrea, and north-eastern Kenya.

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

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Drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, northern and central South Sudan and northern and central Somalia, and in parts of eastern and southern Tanzania.

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September 2024 Read More
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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.

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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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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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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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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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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 …

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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.

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