Observed climate conditions for May to July (MJJ) 2025

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall amounts of exceeding 500mm was observed in a few areas in western of Ethiopia, in northwestern South Sudan, and in part of western Kenya.

Moderate rainfall amounts of between 201-500mm were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in northwestern, and western Ethiopia, in much of South Sudan and Uganda, and in western and coastal Kenya.

Light rainfall between 11 - 200 mm was observed in several parts of Eritrea, in western to eastern Sudan, in northeastern, central, eastern and southern Ethiopia, in much of Somalia, in southwestern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, in northwestern, central and southeastern Kenya, and in northern eastern and southern Tanzania.

No rainfall or less than 10mm was observed in northern Sudan, central Tanzania, and parts of eastern Kenya.

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 to severely wet rainfall conditions were observed in southwestern Ethiopia, in southern parts of Uganda, in western Kenya, and in northwestern, southern and eastern Tanzania.

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

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, western and southern Tanzania, and in areas around eastern and western Lake Victoria.

No rain condition was observed in the northern parts of Sudan.

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

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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 …

MJJ - 2025 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

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 …

MJJ - 2024 Read More
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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 …

MJJ - 2023 Read More
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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 …

MJJ - 2022 Read More
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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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Standardized Precipitation Index

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 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, …

OND - 2024 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

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, …

OND - 2023 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

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 …

OND - 2022 Read More
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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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Standardized Precipitation Index
  • 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 …
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Somalia, in southern and northeastern parts of Ethiopia, in a few parts of western South Sudan, central and south-central Uganda, and central Sudan. …

SON - 2024 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Somalia, and Kenya, in southeastern parts of Sudan, in parts of northern, western and eastern South Sudan, in southwestern Uganda, in some parts …

ASO - 2024 Read More