1-10 October, 2025
Rainfall
Moderately Wet to severely Wet Conditions
A large area stretching across the northern and central parts of the region was characterized by moderately to severely wet conditions. These areas include central Sudan, western Eritrea, south and northwestern Ethiopia, and northern Somalia, western and southeastern South Sudan, western parts of Kenya and northwestern parts of Tanzania.
Moderately Dry to Severely Dry Conditions
Countries with pronounced rainfall deficit included a few pockets in the border region between Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan, southeastern Ethiopia, central Somalia, and a few pockets in Tanzania.
Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)
- Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily over the northern parts of the region including Sudan, South Sudan, parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia, northern Somalia and the equatorial region including eastern Uganda, central to western Kenya and northwestern Tanzania.
- Wetter than Normal (Light Green): Forms a wide band surrounding the darkest green area, covering most of countries highlighted above.
Near Normal Conditions (Light Blue)
- Near Normal: Predominantly observed in large parts of equatorial and northern parts of the region including Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Kenya and Sudan.
Drier Than Normal Conditions (Yellow and Orange)
- Drier than Normal (Yellow) and Much Drier than Normal (Orange): These conditions dominate the northern and southern parts of the region.
- Significant drier areas cover most of northern Ethiopia, southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, much of Tanzania, northwestern Eritrea and in Sudan.
- The orange ('Much drier than normal') is evident across most of the countries highlighted.
No Rain (White)
- No Rain: Indicated in the very northern and eastern dry areas, particularly in northern parts of Sudan, northern Ethiopia, and northwestern Kenya as well as central and southern Tanzania.
High Rainfall Accumulation (Dark Green to Light Green)
- Highest Rainfall (201–300 mm and 101–200 mm): These values are extremely high for a 10-day period. Rainfall amounts between 101 and 300 mm was observed in isolated pockets within the central region of Ethiopia and western parts of Kenya.
- Significant Rainfall (51–100 mm and 26–50 mm): These categories cover vast areas, forming a wide, central-to-western band across the region, including:
- A few pockets in Somalia
- Most of southern Sudan and South Sudan.
- Large sections of Ethiopia (especially the western highlands).
- Western Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and a few pockets in Tanzania.
Moderate to Low Rainfall (Yellow and Orange)
- Low Rainfall (11–25 mm and 6–10 mm): These values typically ring the high-rainfall areas and transition into the driest zones. They are concentrated over:
- All countries in the GHA region.
Very Low or No Rain (Light Grey and White)
- Very Low Rainfall (1–5 mm): Forms a major transitional zone across northern Sudan, parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia, much of Somalia, northwestern and northeastern Kenya, and most parts of Tanzania.
- Negligible/No Rain (<1 mm or No Data): These dry conditions dominate northern Sudan, parts of Ethiopia, and several parts of Kenya and Tanzania.
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Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall of between 25-200mm was recorded in southern and eastern Ethiopia, in northwestern, central and southern Somlai, in western eastern and southern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, Rwanda …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall of between 25-200mm was recorded in southwestern Ethiopia, in southeastern Somalia, in southern Uganda, in western, central eastern southern and coastal Kenya, in much of Kenya and Burundi, and in northern …
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Rainfall exceeding 200mm was recorded in isolated part of southern Tanzania.
High rainfall of between 50-200mm was recorded in southern Ethiopia, in southeastern South Sudan, in northern Uganda, in southern Somalia, in much of north, …
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High rainfall of between 100-200mm was recorded in some places in central Kenya and in coastal and southern part of Tanzania.
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed southwestern, central to eastern …
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High rainfall of between 50-200mm was recorded in southwestern Ethiopia, in southern Uganda, in western, central and eastern parts of Kenya, in southern Burundi, and in several parts of northwestern, western and southern Tanzania.
Moderate …
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High rainfall of between 50-300mm was recorded in southwestern Ethiopia, in eastern and southeastern Uganda, in western, central and southwestern Kenya, and in much of Burundi and Tanzania.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-50 mm was …
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Moderate to high rainfall exceeding 100mm was recorded in southwestern Ethiopia.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in southwestern Ethiopia, in western and central parts of Kenya, in parts of southwestern and southeastern …
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Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in western and southwestern Tanzania.
Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred in southwestern Rwanda, in western and southwestern Burundi, and in central, northwestern and southwestern …
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Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed Rwanda, Burundi and in much of western and parts of central and southern Tanzania.
Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred in southern parts …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in Rwanda, Burundi, northwestern and southern parts of Tanzania.
Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred in southern parts of Uganda, in parts of …
Recent rainfall totals
High rainfall exceeding 100mm was observed in the southwestern Tanzania.
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in central and southern Rwanda, in several parts of Burundi, and in northwestern, western, central …
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Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed western, central and southern parts of Kenya, and in much of Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania
Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred southern parts …
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Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in parts of western, central and southern Kenya extending to northern, western and central Tanzania, in several parts of Burundi, and in western and eastern …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed southern Burundi, and in several parts of western, central and southern Tanzania.
Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred in parts of southern Uganda, …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in Burundi, in several parts of Rwanda, in southern parts of Uganda, in western and central parts of Kenya, and in northwestern and western parts …