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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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in parts of northern and western Ethiopia, in much of northern, western, central and south-central South Sudan, in northern and eastern parts …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
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Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in central and northwestern parts of Somalia, in southern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts of Kenya, and in parts of southern Tanzania.

Drier than …

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Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in southern Ethiopia, in central Somalia, in central and southeastern Uganda, in western central and coastal parts of Kenya in northern and southern parts of …

1 - 10 May 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in parts of Djibouti, in parts of central and southern Eritrea, in parts of northeastern, southeastern and southwestern Ethiopia, in part of southeastern South Sudan, in central …

21 - 30 April 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in much of Djibouti, in central and southern Eritrea, in parts of northeastern, eastern and southern Ethiopia, in central Somalia, in southeastern part of South …

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Heavy rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in parts of central of Kenya and in southern part of Tanzania.

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in southern parts of Ethiopia, in western, …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
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Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in parts of Djibouti, in northeastern and eastern Ethiopia, in central and part of northern Somalia, in southeastern part of South Sudan, in part of western Uganda, …

11 - 20 April 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in much of Djibouti, northeastern and eastern Ethiopia, in parts of northern and central Somalia, in southeastern part of South Sudan, in central parts of …

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Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in central parts of Kenya.

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in southwestern Ethiopia, in central and eastern parts of Uganda, in western, central and …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in the northern, central, eastern and parts of western Kenya, in northeastern and eastern South Sudan, in northwestern, western and coastal parts of Tanzania, in southern Somalia, …

1 - 10 April 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in much of Djibouti, in central and southern parts of Eritrea, in northwestern and southern Somalia, in parts of northeastern, central and southern Ethiopia, in …

1 - 10 April 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in central parts of Kenya and in part of southwestern Tanzania.

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in central Eritrea, in southern Ethiopia, in northern, …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in the southern parts of Burundi, in northwestern, western and eastern Tanzania, in central and south-central parts of Kenya, in central and southern Eritrea, in several parts …

21 - 31 March 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than to much drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of South Sudan, in western, eastern and southern parts of Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia, in several parts of northern and …

21 - 31 March 2024 Read More
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Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, in northwestern, western, eastern and southern Tanzania, in parts of southeastern Uganda, in parts of western and southern …

21 - 31 March 2024 Read More