Observed rainfall conditions for December to February (DJF) 2022

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals
  • Moderate rainfall (between 500 - 1000 mm) observed over most of Burundi, and most of north-western, western, central, and southern parts of Tanzania.
  • Light rainfall between (200 - 500 mm) observed in most of Rwanda, southern Uganda, western, southern, central and coastal parts of Kenya, and northern, north-eastern, and eastern parts of Tanzania.
  • Rainfall between 10 - 200 mm observed over coastal, central, and southern Eritrea, coastal Djibouti, northern, central, and southern Ethiopia, southern parts of South Sudan, northern and central Uganda, and most of northern and eastern Kenya extending to south-western Somalia.
  • Dry conditions (normal for this time of the year) observed in most parts of Sudan, Somalia, western Eritrea, south-western Djibouti, northern and central parts of South Sudan, and north-western and eastern parts of Ethiopia.
Recent rainfall anomalies
  • Wetter than normal conditions observed in south-western Uganda, western, coastal, and eastern Kenya, south-western Somalia, most of Rwanda, north-eastern Burundi, and most of northern Tanzania.
  • Normal rainfall conditions observed in south-western and south-eastern South Sudan, central and coastal Eritrea, coastal Djibouti, northern and western Ethiopia, most of central and southern Uganda, western and central parts of Kenya, western Burundi, and in most of western central, southern, and coastal Tanzania.
  • Moderately drier than normal conditions observed in western and southern parts of South Sudan, central, southern, and north-eastern Ethiopia, northern Uganda, and northern Kenya.
  • Much drier than normal conditions observed in central and northern Somalia, and eastern parts of Ethiopia.
Standardized Precipitation Index
  • Moderately to severely wetter than normal conditions observed in western and south-western Uganda, western and eastern parts of Kenya extending to south-western Somalia, most of Rwanda, northern Burundi, and in northern, central, and eastern parts of Tanzania.
  • Normal rainfall conditions observed in western and central parts of Ethiopia, south-western and south-eastern South Sudan, central and southern Uganda, over margins of north-eastern and central Kenya, and in western and southern parts of Tanzania.
  • Moderately to severely drier than normal conditions observed in western and southern-central South Sudan; northern, southern and eastern Ethiopia; several parts of Djibouti, northern and central parts of Somalia, northern Uganda, north-western Kenya, and isolated parts of western Tanzania.

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Moderate to extremely wet rainfall conditions were observed in several parts of Tanzania, in western and south-central parts of Kenya, in southeastern Uganda, in central southwestern, and northern parts of Ethiopia, and in parts of …

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Moderate to severely wet rainfall conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in parts of western and central Eritrea, in some places in northern, central and northeastern Ethiopia, in western part of South Sudan, …

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Moderate to severely wetter than usual rainfall conditions observed in southern parts of Sudan extending to northern and south-eastern South Sudan, much of central, southern, north-eastern and eastern Ethiopia, central and southern Eritrea, much of …

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Moderate to severely wetter than normal rainfall conditions observed in south-eastern and western Sudan, north-western South Sudan, western Ethiopia, and in a few isolated areas of northern and southern Tanzania.

Normal rainfall conditions observed in …

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Moderate to severely wet conditions observed in several parts of Tanzania, Rwanda, in central and south-eastern Uganda, and in south-western Kenya.

Normal rainfall conditions observed in eastern Ethiopia, central and southern Somalia, in much of …

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  • Moderately to severely wetter than normal conditions observed in western and south-western Uganda, western and eastern parts of Kenya extending to south-western Somalia, most of Rwanda, northern Burundi, and in northern, central, and eastern parts …
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  • Moderately wet to severely wetter than usual conditions observed in most parts of Sudan, northern parts of South Sudan, scattered parts in western, central, south-western and southeastern Ethiopia, northwestern Somalia, southern and northern Tanzania, highland …
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  • Moderately wet to severely wetter than usual conditions observed in north-western Ethiopia, upper Nile state of South Sudan, Blue Nile state of Sudan, and Lake Victoria basin and sporadic areas in southern and northern Tanzania. …
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