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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Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in several parts of South Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti, in northern and central Somalia, and in coastal and southern Eritrea.
Moderate wet …
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Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, in northwestern, western and central Tanzania, in southeastern Kenya, in several parts of Uganda, in southern and parts of northern …
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Moderate to severely wetter than usual rainfall conditions were in western and southwestern Sudan, in central Eritrea, in some parts of coastal Djibouti, in parts of northeastern Somalia, in a few places in western, southern …
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Moderate to severely wet rainfall conditions were observed in parts of western, central and eastern Sudan, in part of northwest South Sudan, in western Eritrea, and in parts of northern and western of Ethiopia.
Usual …
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Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in the major parts of the region including S. Sudan, southeastern Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Moderate wet to severely wet rainfall conditions were observed in …
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Moderately dry to extremely dry conditions were observed in several parts of the region including Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, western and southern South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, western and southern Tanzania, and parts of Rwanda and Burundi. …
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Moderate to extremely wet rainfall conditions were observed several parts of Tanzania, in eastern parts of Uganda, in western and northern coast of Kenya, in southern Burundi, and in parts of southwestern and central Ethiopia. …
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Moderate to severely wetter than usual rainfall conditions were observed in southern parts of South Sudan, north-central and western parts of Uganda, parts of western Kenya, and western and north-western parts of Tanzania.
Moderately drier …
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Wetter to severely wetter than usual conditions observed in western Ethiopia, parts of north-western Tanzania, eastern Burundi, south-eastern Rwanda, and a few isolated areas of eastern Kenya.
Normal rainfall conditions observed in Sudan, South Sudan, …
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Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in the several parts of the region including Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, S. Sudan, Uganda and western Tanzania.
Moderate wet to severely wet rainfall conditions were observed …
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Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southern Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia in isolated parts of western and central Uganda, in part of northwestern South Sudan, in central to eastern Sudan, …
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Moderate to extremely wet rainfall conditions were observed western Eritrea, in parts of eastern and southern Sudan, in western, northwestern, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia, and South Sudan, in northeastern, eastern, …
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Moderately to severely wetter than usual rainfall conditions were observed in a few areas in south-eastern Sudan, western Ethiopia, central and south-central South Sudan, south-western and western parts of Uganda, parts of western Kenya, north-western …
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- Moderate to severely wetter than usual rainfall conditions were observed in a few areas in western South Sudan; north-east and central parts Ethiopia, south-west Uganda, southern Burundi and northwest Tanzania.
- Usual rainfall conditions were observed …
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- Moderately wetter to severely wetter than usual conditions observed in western Sudan, southern and eastern parts of South Sudan; south-eastern, eastern and north-eastern Uganda; and central and northern costal parts of Tanzania.
- Usual rainfall conditions …