Observed climate conditions for January to March (JFM) 2026
Rainfall
Moderate to high rainfall amounts (>500mm)
- Observed in the southwestern parts of Tanzania, much of Burundi, Rwanda, western parts of Kenya.
Moderate rainfall amounts (201-500mm)
- Observed in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and southern Ethiopia.
Light rainfall between (11-200mm)
- Observed in northern parts of Uganda, northern and eastern parts of Kenya, several parts of Ethiopia, most parts of South Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti, and Eritrea.
No rainfall or less than 10mm
- Observed in most parts of Sudan, and a few pockets in northwestern Ethiopia.
Moderately wet to extremely wet rainfall conditions
- Observed in most parts of the region including Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, southern parts of Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and eastern Eritrea.
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions
- Observed in the southeastern tip of Tanzania, some pockets in central Somalia, northern Ethiopia and northwestern Eritrea.
Usual rainfall conditions were observed in the rest of the region.
Wetter and much wetter than usual conditions
- Observed in several parts of the region including northern parts of Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, most parts of South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, a few areas in Eritrea as well as the southern parts of Sudan.
Drier than and much drier than usual conditions
- Observed in very few areas including pockets in southern Tanzania, central Somalia, and a few pockets in northern Ethiopia.
Normal rainfall conditions were observed in much of the rest of the region.
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Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall amounts of exceeding 500mm was observed in a few isolated parts of western and central Kenya, in much of Burundi, and in parts of northwestern Tanzania.
Moderate rainfall amounts of between …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual and much drier than usual conditions were observed in eastern parts of Sudan, in northern and western parts of South Sudan, in northern, central and southern Ethiopia, in Djibouti, in northern and …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than usual and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in southeastern Sudan, western Eritrea, in several parts of Djibouti. In central and southwestern parts of Somalia, in southern and southeastern Ethiopia, in several …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to extremely dry conditions were observed in several parts of South Sudan and Uganda, in central and south-central parts of Sudan, in northwestern and central Eritrea, in northeastern Somalia, in western and central …
Recent rainfall totals
High rainfall amounts exceeding 1000mm was observed in a few areas in central Kenya.
Moderate to high rainfall amounts of between 500-1000mm were observed in southwestern Ethiopia, in western and central parts of Kenya, and …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderate to extremely wet rainfall conditions were observed in Djibouti, in parts of southern Eritrea, in northeastern, central, southern and southeastern Ethiopia, in central and southern Somalia, in southeastern South Sudan, in northwestern, northeastern, eastern, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in Djibouti, in southern parts of Eritrea, in central and southern Somalia, in parts of northeast, central, southern and southeastern Ethiopia, in southeastern South Sudan, …
Recent rainfall totals
High rainfall amounts exceeding 1000mm was observed in the southern parts of Tanzania.
Rainfall amounts of between 500-1000mm were observed in southwestern part of Ethiopia, in western and central parts of Kenya, in southern and …
Recent rainfall totals
High rainfall amounts exceeding 1000mm was observed in the southern parts of Tanzania.
Rainfall amounts of between 500-1000mm were observed in western, central, eastern and southern parts of Tanzania, and in parts of western Kenya. …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in central eastern and southern parts of Tanzania, in eastern and southeastern Uganda, in western, central and south-central parts of Kenya, in central southwestern and …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderate to extremely wet rainfall conditions were observed in several parts of Tanzania, in western and south-central parts of Kenya, in southeastern Uganda, in central southwestern, and northern parts of Ethiopia, and in parts of …
Recent rainfall totals
Heavy rainfall between 500 - 1000 mm was observed western Ethiopia, in western South Sudan, in southeastern Uganda, in parts of western, central and coastal Kenya, and in parts of coastal and southern Tanzania.
Moderate …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderate to severely wet rainfall conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in parts of western and central Eritrea, in some places in northern, central and northeastern Ethiopia, in western part of South Sudan, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in the southern parts of Sudan, in southwestern, central and southern parts of Eritrea, in some parts of Djibouti, in parts of northern and southwestern …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter and much wetter than usual conditions observed in southern parts of Sudan, central and southern Eritrea, much of Djibouti, north-western and southern Somalia, much of central, north-eastern, southern, and eastern Ethiopia, northern and south-eastern …