11-20 October, 2025

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

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 western southern and southeastern region of Ethiopia, central Somalia, western and northeastern South Sudan, much of Uganda, western parts of Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania.
  • Significant Rainfall (51–100 mm and 26–50 mm): These categories cover vast areas, forming a wide, central-to-western band and northeastern across the region, including:
    • A few pockets in Somalia
    • Most of southern western and eastern South Sudan.
    • Large sections of Ethiopia (especially the western and southern parts).
    • Western Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, 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 except Djibouti.

Very Low or No Rain (Light Grey and White)

  • Very Low Rainfall (1–5 mm): Forms a major transitional zone across central Sudan, parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, much of eastern Kenya, and most parts of Tanzania.
  • Negligible/No Rain (<1 mm or No Data): These dry conditions dominate northern Sudan, northern parts of Ethiopia, and northwestern parts of Kenya and Tanzania.
Recent rainfall anomalies

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, central Somalia and the equatorial region including parts of Uganda, and western Kenya.
  • 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 western 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 central Sudan, northwestern Eritrea, northern Ethiopia, southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, much of Tanzania, and in Burundi.
    • 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 the dry parts of the region, particularly in northern parts of Sudan, northern Ethiopia, and northwestern Kenya as well as central and southern Tanzania.

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in much of South Sudan, the western, northern and central Ethiopia, in western Eritrea, in northern eastern and southeastern Uganda, …

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Heavy rainfall of between 100 – 200 mm was observed in western part of Ethiopia.

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in parts of northwestern and western Ethiopia, in …

21 - 30 June 2023 Read More
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Heavy rainfall of between 100 – 200 mm was observed in western and northern parts of Ethiopia.

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in …

11 - 20 June 2023 Read More
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Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in southwestern Sudan, in western, central and northern South Sudan, and in western and northwestern Ethiopia.

Light rainfall of between 5 - 25 …

1 - 10 June 2023 Read More
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Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in western South Sudan, in western, southern, central and eastern parts of Ethiopia, in parts of western Eritrea, in parts of northern Somalia, …

21 - 31 May 2023 Read More
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Moderate rainfall between 26 - 100 mm was observed in western South Sudan, in western and central Ethiopia, in parts of western, central and southeastern Uganda, in western, central and parts of coastal Kenya, and …

11 - 20 May 2023 Read More
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Moderate to heavy rainfall (51 - 200 mm) observed in much of the central and southern parts of Ethiopia, central and southern parts of South Sudan, much of Uganda, southern parts of Somalia, several parts …

21 - 30 April 2023 Read More
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Moderate to heavy rainfall between 51 - 200 mm was observed in southwestern part of Ethiopia, in eastern, central and western parts of Kenya in southwestern Somalia, in eastern Rwanda, southeastern Uganda, in much of …

11 - 20 April 2023 Read More
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Moderate to heavy rainfall between 51 -200 mm was observed in central and southwestern parts of Ethiopia, in southern parts of Somalia, in western, central and parts of eastern Kenya, in much of Rwanda and …

1 - 10 April 2023 Read More
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Moderate to heavy rainfall between 51 - 200 mm was observed in eastern and southern parts of Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall between 26 - 50 mm was observed in southern parts of Burundi, and in much …

1 - 10 February 2023 Read More
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Moderate rainfall between 51 - 100 mm was observed in southwestern Rwanda, and in several parts of western and southern Tanzania

Moderate rainfall between 26 - 50 mm was observed in southwestern part of Rwanda, …

21 - 31 January 2023 Read More
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Moderate to heavy rainfall between 51 - 200 mm was observed in the western, central and southern Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall between 26 - 50 mm was observed in much of Burundi and in northwestern parts …

11 - 20 January 2023 Read More
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Moderate to heavy rainfall between 51 - 100 mm was observed in a few areas of central and south-western Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall between 26 - 50 mm was observed in parts of western, central, and …

1 - 10 January 2023 Read More
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Moderate to heavy rainfall between 51 - 200 mm was observed in parts of western Kenya, in much of Burundi and Tanzania, and in the areas of northwest, northern, southern and southeastern shores of Lake …

21 - 31 December 2022 Read More
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Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall between 51 - 100 mm was observed in parts of western Kenya, in northwestern Tanzania, in northern and eastern parts of Burundi, in western and northwestern parts of Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall …

11 - 20 December 2022 Read More