10-20, May 2022

Rainfall

Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in parts of southwest and southeast Sudan, and in northeastern part of South Sudan

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in central and northern parts of Sudan, over southern Eritrea, much of Djibouti, much of northwestern and northeastern South Sudan, in parts of northern and eastern Kenya, and in central parts of Tanzania.

Drier than to much drier than usual conditions were observed over a western and central Eritrea, some areas in southern parts of Sudan, central and southern parts of South Sudan, and over much of Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.

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Moderately wet conditions were observed in southwestern and southeastern parts of Sunda, and northeastern parts of South Sudan.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed over southern parts of Sudan, western Eritrea, northern parts of South Sudan, northern and western parts of Ethiopia, northeastern and eastern Kenya, southwestern Somalia, as well as western, central and northeastern Tanzania.

Moderately to extremely dry conditions were observed in south-central and eastern parts of Sudan, central and southern Eritrea, over much of Ethiopia, northern and central parts of Somalia, in much of the southern part of South Sudan, most of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western, central, coastal and southeastern parts of Kenya, and in northwestern, central and eastern Tanzania.

Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall between 50 - 100 mm was observed in part of western South Sudan, and western Ethiopia.

Light rainfall between 25 - 50 mm was observed in western and eastern parts of South Sudan, in western parts of Ethiopia, southeastern Uganda, western and northern coast of Kenya, parts of western Rwanda, and in parts of norther coast of Tanzania.

Rainfall between 5 - 25 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in northern, central and southern parts of Ethiopia, in northwestern, central and southern parts of South Sudan, over western, southern and eastern Uganda, in central and parts of western and coastal Kenya, in southeastern Somalia, western Burundi, and in northern and eastern parts of Tanzania.

Usual dry (usually dry in this time of season) was observed over much of Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, northeastern and eastern Ethiopia, northern, central and southwestern Somalia, in southeast South Sudan, central and northern Uganda, over much of north and eastern Kenya, eastern Rwanda, eastern Burundi, and over much of northwestern, western, central and southern Tanzania.

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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in northern South Sudan, in western Eritrea, in northern part of Ethiopia, in part of Djibouti.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed …

1 - 10 June 2023 Read More
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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in in central and northeastern parts of Ethiopia.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in southeastern Sudan, in much of eastern and southern South Sudan, in northeastern, …

11 - 20 May 2023 Read More
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Moderately to severely wet conditions observed in several parts of the region.

Moderately to severely dry conditions occurred in a few areas in parts of western Eritrea and northeastern Somalia.

No rainfall for much of …

21 - 30 April 2023 Read More
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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in northwestern South Sudan, in northern and southwestern Ethiopia, in central Eritrea, in eastern parts of Kenya, and in northeastern and western parts of Tanzania.

Moderately to severely …

11 - 20 April 2023 Read More
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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in parts of Djibouti, in parts of central and northeastern Ethiopia, in northwestern and southern Somalia, in northwestern, western and eastern parts of Kenya, and in much of …

1 - 10 April 2023 Read More
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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in the eastern and southeastern parts of Tanzania

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in southwestern part of Ethiopia, in parts of southeastern South Sudan, in southern …

1 - 10 February 2023 Read More
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Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in eastern Uganda, in several parts of Rwanda, in northern parts of Burundi, in parts of western and central Kenya, in some parts of central, northeastern and southwestern …

21 - 31 January 2023 Read More
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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in a few areas in western, southern and eastern Tanzania.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in southern Uganda, in western Burundi, in western and central parts …

11 - 20 January 2023 Read More
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Moderately wet conditions were observed in a few areas in coastal Kenya and in isolated parts of central and north-eastern Tanzania.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Uganda, western parts …

1 - 10 January 2023 Read More
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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in parts of the southeastern and eastern Uganda, in western parts of Kenya, in central and eastern Burundi, and in several parts of Tanzania.

Moderately to severely dry …

21 - 31 December 2022 Read More
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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in parts of the southwestern South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, western and northcentral parts of Kenya, and in a few areas in north-central and central Tanzania. …

11 - 20 December 2022 Read More
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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in parts of the southern area of South Sudan, in northwestern, western, central and eastern Uganda, in parts of western and northeastern Kenya, in central and eastern Rwanda, …

1 - 10 December 2022 Read More
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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in south-western parts of South Sudan, western parts of Rwanda, and in a few areas in western Tanzania.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in the southern …

21 - 30 November 2022 Read More
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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in western, southwestern, eastern and northwestern parts of Uganda, in southern parts of South Sudan, in western and parts of northern coast of Kenya, in eastern Ethiopia, in …

11 - 20 November 2022 Read More