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 anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed northern and southeastern Sudan, in Djibouti, in eastern Ethiopia extending to northern and central Somalia.
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in parts of northern, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual and much drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, in southern parts of Somalia, in southwestern Uganda, in western and northwestern Tanzania, and in southeastern Kenya. …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed southwestern and western parts of Sudan, in central Eritrea, in parts of northern Somalia, in a few areas in northeastern and southern Ethiopia.
Usual rainfall …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than usual conditions were observed in parts of western, central and eastern Sudan.
Usual rainfall conditions were observed in southern parts of central and southern Sudan, in much of South Sudan, western and central …
Recent rainfall anomalies
- Wetter to much wetter than usual conditions were observed in isolated parts in central Sudan, north-eastern and eastern parts of the Somali region of Ethiopia, southern parts of Kenya, eastern Rwanda and Burundi, and northern …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than and much drier than usual conditions dominated the region during this period.
Usual rainfall conditions were observed in much of the rest of the region.
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual and much drier than usual conditions were observed in western and southern parts of South Sudan in several parts of Djibouti and Ethiopia, in Somalia, in northern and central Uganda, in much …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in much of Somalia, in several parts of western Uganda, in western and coastal parts of Kenya, in central and southwestern parts of Ethiopia.
Drier …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few places of the southern parts of South Sudan, north-central and western parts of Uganda, parts of western Kenya, and in western parts of …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than usual conditions observed in western Ethiopia, north-western Tanzania, eastern Burundi, and in isolated parts of eastern Kenya and southern Somalia.
Normal rainfall conditions observed in South Sudan, Eritrea, northern and western Ethiopia, western …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in the Horn of Africa region including Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, and a few pockets in Uganda, S. Sudan and Sudan.
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual and much drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Somalia, in southern and southeastern Ethiopia, in northeastern Kenya, in southern Tanzania, and in central to eastern Sudan.
Wetter than …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in western parts of Eritrea, in parts of southern and eastern Sudan, in several parts of Somalia, South Sudan, and northwestern, western, southern and eastern …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few places of western Ethiopia.
Usual rainfall conditions were observed in parts of western and southern Sudan, several parts of Eritrea, western and north-western …
Recent rainfall anomalies
- Wetter than usual conditions were observed in north-western Tanzania and in a few isolated areas in western and central South Sudan; and in central and north-western Ethiopia.
- Usual rainfall conditions were observed in over much …