Climate Monitoring

21-31, January 2023

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

Recent rainfall anomalies

Standardized Precipitation Index

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, in much of northern Burundi, in several part of northwestern and central Tanzania.

Light rainfall between 5 - 25 mm was observed in northern coast of Eritrea, in a few parts of northeastern and southwestern Ethiopia, in southern parts of Uganda, in southern parts of Kenya, in northern and central parts of Rwanda, and in parts of northern Tanzania.

Usual dry rainfall was observed in much of Sudan, South Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia, several parts of Eritrea, in several parts of Ethiopia, in northern and central Uganda, and in several parts of Kenya.

Usual rainfall conditions were in southwestern parts of Uganda, in southwestern Rwanda, in several parts of Burundi, and in northwestern, western, central eastern and southern Tanzania.

No rainfall conditions were observed in much of Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, western Eritrea, in parts of Djibouti, Somalia, several parts of western, northwestern and eastern Ethiopia, in much northern Uganda, and in much of north and eastern Kenya.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in northeastern, central and southwestern parts of Ethiopia, in central and southeastern Uganda, in several parts of western, central southern and coastal Kenya, in centra to eastern Rwanda, and in several parts of northern and southwestern Tanzania.

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 Ethiopia, and in northwestern, northeastern and southwestern parts of Tanzania.

No rainfall conditions were observed in Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, western Eritrea, in several parts of Djibouti, western and eastern Ethiopia, in northern Uganda, and in much of northern and eastern Kenya.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in much of the rest of the region including coastal and southern Eritrea, coastal Djibouti, in northeastern, central and southwestern parts of Ethiopia, in western and southern parts of Uganda, in much of the southern parts of Kenya, in southern parts of Burundi, and in several parts of western, central, eastern and southern Tanzania.