Observed climate conditions for March to May (MAM) 2026

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall amounts (>500mm)

  • Observed in the southern and coastal parts of Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and southwestern parts of Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall amounts (201-500mm)

  • Observed in Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, southern parts of Somalia, central to southern parts of Ethiopia and western South Sudan.

Light rainfall between (11-200mm)

  • Observed in northern parts of Kenya, Ethiopia, several parts of Somalia, northern South Sudan, Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea.

No rainfall or less than 10mm

Observed mostly in the northern parts Sudan.

Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions

  • Observed in northwestern Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, western Sudan, several parts of Sudan, and the Horn of Africa region.

Moderate wet to extremely wet rainfall conditions

  • Observed in most parts across the region including much of Tanzania, most parts of Kenya, most parts of Ethiopia, Djibouti, some parts of Eritrea and southern Somalia.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in the rest of the region.

Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions

  • These conditions were observed in a few parts of South Sudan, Sudan, and the Horn of Africa region.

Wetter and much wetter than usual conditions

  • Dominated most parts of Kenya, a few pockets in southern Somalia, pockets in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, patches in Sudan, and in Tanzania.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in much of the rest of the region.

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Recent rainfall anomalies
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, …

MJJ - 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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. …

MJJ - 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

MJJ - 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

MJJ - 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …
MJJ - 2021 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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.

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Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

NDJ - (2023 - 2024) Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

NDJ - (2022 - 2023) Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

NDJ - (2021 - 2022) Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

OND - 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

OND - 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

OND - 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

OND - 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …
OND - 2021 Read More