Observed rainfall conditions for October to December (OND) 2021

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals
  • Heavy rainfall exceeding 1000 mm was not recorded in the region.
  • Moderate rainfall between 500 - 1000 mm was observed over northwestern part of Tanzania and in isolated part of southern Burundi.
  • Light rainfall between 200 - 500 mm was observed in south-west South Sudan, in western Ethiopia; in much of western and southern Uganda; in western, central and coastal parts of Kenya; in much of Rwanda and Burundi; and in much of north-western and central coast of Tanzania.
  • Rainfall between 100 - 200 mm was observed over several parts of Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia; northern and southern Somalia; north-east and in the central Rift Valley of Kenya, in much of South Sudan; northeast, central and eastern Uganda; and in much of central and eastern and southern Tanzania.
  • Dry conditions (usual during this time of the year) were observed in most parts of Sudan; north-eastern and central parts of Somalia, and in north-west Kenya.
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 of South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Rwanda, Burundi; western and southern Uganda, and north-western Tanzania.
  • Moderately drier than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, southern parts of Ethiopia; over north-east and southern Somalia; in northern, central and southern parts of Kenya, north-east Uganda; and in much of central, western and eastern Tanzania.
  • Much drier than usual conditions observed in northwest Kenya, central Somalia and much of southern Tanzania
Standardized Precipitation Index
  • 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 in much of the rest of Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, north and south-west Somalia; north and central Ethiopia; much of north and central South Sudan, southern parts of Uganda; in much of western and eastern Kenya, much of Rwanda and Burundi; and in northern and north-west Tanzania.
  • Moderately drier than usual to severely dry conditions were observed in southern parts of South Sudan, southern Ethiopia; over much of central and southern Somalia; north, central and eastern Uganda; in the north-west, central and southern Kenya, southwest Rwanda, northeast Burundi; and in much of central, eastern and southern 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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