Observed climate conditions for May to July (MJJ) 2026

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall amounts (>500mm)

  • Observed in the western parts of Ethiopia and western parts of South Sudan.

Moderate rainfall amounts (201-500mm)

  • Observed along the coastal parts of Tanzania and Kenya, western parts of Kenya, eastern to northern parts of Uganda, several parts of South Sudan, southern parts of Sudan and Ethiopia.

Light rainfall between (11-200mm)

  • Observed in Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea and Sudan.

No rainfall or less than 10mm

Observed mostly in the northern parts Sudan.

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Moderately dry to severely dry conditions

  • These conditions prevailed across much of the region, including parts of Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Sudan.

Moderate wet to extremely wet rainfall conditions

  • These conditions were observed in localized areas of Tanzania, southeastern Kenya, Somalia, and Sudan.

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

Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions

  • These conditions prevailed across most parts of the region, affecting all countries in Greater Horn Africa.

Wetter and much wetter than usual conditions

  • These conditions were confined to localized areas, including southern Tanzania, parts of Somalia, and isolated pockets in northern Sudan.

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

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Moderately dry to severely dry conditions

  • These conditions prevailed across much of the region, including parts of Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Sudan.

Moderate wet to extremely wet rainfall conditions …

MJJ - 2026 Read More
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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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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 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, …

NDJ - (2021 - 2022) Read More
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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 …

OND - 2025 Read More
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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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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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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 …
OND - 2021 Read More