Observed rainfall conditions for March to May (MAM) 2022

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall between 500 - 1000 mm was observed over a few areas in southwest Ethiopia, in western and eastern regions of Lake Victoria, and in southern parts of Tanzania.

Light rainfall between 200 - 500 mm was observed in southwestern and southern parts of Ethiopia, western and southeastern parts of South Sudan, much of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western, central and coastal parts of Kenya, and in northern, western, eastern and southern Tanzania.

Rainfall between 10 - 200 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, several parts of Eritrea, Djibouti northern central and eastern Ethiopia, over much of Somalia, northern, central and south-central parts of South Sudan, in much of northern and eastern Kenya, and in northeastern and central parts of Tanzania.

Dry conditions (usual during this time of the year) were observed in most parts of northern and central Sudan, and northeastern Somalia.

Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in southwestern Tanzania and in western region of Lake Victoria.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in south-central Sudan, western and southern parts of Ethiopia, northern and eastern parts of South Sudan, in northern and western parts of Kenya, over much of western, central, eastern and southern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and over several parts of Tanzania.

Moderately drier than usual conditions were observed in central and southern parts of Sudan, over much of Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, in northern, central and eastern Ethiopia, in southwestern pats of South Sudan, central, northwestern Uganda, in much of central and eastern Kenya, and in some areas in northwest, northeast and northern coast of Tanzania.

Much drier than usual conditions observed in a few isolated areas in northeastern Ethiopia and northeastern Somalia.

Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderate to severely wetter than usual rainfall conditions were observed in western and southwest Uganda, western and eastern parts of Kenya extending to southwest Somalia, over much of Rwanda, northern Burundi, and in north, central and eastern parts of Tanzania.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in western and central parts of Ethiopia, southwest and southeast South Sudan, in central and southern Uganda, over margins of northeastern and central Kenya, and in western and southern parts of Tanzania.

Moderately drier than usual to severely dry conditions were observed in western and south-central parts of South Sudan, northern, southern and eastern Ethiopia, over several parts of Djibouti, in northern and central parts of Somalia, northern Uganda, northwestern Kenya, and isolated part of western Tanzania.

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Minimum Temperature anomalies
Minimum Temperature anomalies

Minimum temperature cooler than the long-term mean was observed in the north-central Sudan, in eastern and southeastern Ethiopia, in northwestern and central parts of Somalia, in southern Burundi, and in northwestern parts of Tanzania.

Much …

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Maximum Temperature anomalies
Maximum Temperature anomalies

All parts of the region showed warmer than the average maximum temperature. Maximum temperature mean difference exceeding 2°C is in western and eastern Sudan, northern Ethiopia, central and southern Eritrea, northeastern Somalia, northwestern South Sudan, …

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall amounts of between 500-1000mm were observed in northwestern and western parts of Ethiopia, in western parts of South Sudan, and in parts of western and central Kenya.

Moderate rainfall between 100 …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
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 …

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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. …

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall greater than 500mm was western Ethiopia, western South Sudan, and in a few areas in western Kenya.

Moderate rainfall between 100 - 500 mm was in the southern parts of Sudan, …

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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 …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

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 …

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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 …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

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 …

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall between 500 - 1000 mm was observed over western and northwestern Ethiopia, and in northwestern South Sudan.

Light rainfall between 200 - 500 mm was observed over southern parts of Sudan, in much …

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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 …
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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall amounts of exceeding 500mm was observed in a western, southwestern and northeastern parts of Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall amounts of between 201-500mm were observed in much of Rwanda and Tanzania, and in …

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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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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

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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