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

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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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, northern Burundi, northern Kenya, in parts of central and northeastern Somalia, and in northern, central and southern Tanzania

Moderately …

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall between 100 - 300 mm was observed in Rwanda, Burundi, in parts of western Kenya, and in northwestern, western, eastern and southern Tanzania.

Light rainfall between 10 - 100 mm was in central …

March 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in northern, central, eastern and southeastern Uganda, in central and southwestern parts of Ethiopia, in northwestern, central and western parts of Kenya, and in western and southwestern …

February 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 …

February 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall of between 200 - 500 mm was observed in southwestern and southern parts of Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm was observed in parts of western Kenya, in western part of …

February 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall of between 200 - 500 mm was observed in central and southern Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall between 100 - 200 mm was observed in southwestern Rwanda, in much of Burundi, in southwestern parts of …

January 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in western and southern parts of Kenya, and in northern, central, eastern and southern parts of Tanzania.

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southern …

January 2024 Read More
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 …

January 2024 Read More
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 …

December 2023 Read More
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, …

December 2023 Read More
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 …

December 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 …

November 2023 Read More
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 totals
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 …

November 2023 Read More