21-31 August 2020

Rainfall

Temperature

Maximum Temperature anomalies
  • Warmer than usual maximum temperature recorded over Somalia, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Ethiopia, south-eastern South Sudan and red sea region of Sudan.
  • Cooler than usual maximum temperature recorded in most parts of Sudan, South Sudan, western Uganda, and south-eastern Tanzania.

Minimum Temperature anomalies
  • Warmer than usual minimum temperature recorded over western and eastern parts of Sudan, south and central South Sudan, everywhere in Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, and Tanzania.
  • Cooler than usual minimum temperature recorded in central and northern Sudan, northern parts of South Sudan, and south Burundi.
Recent rainfall totals
Very Heavy rainfall (above 200 mm) observed in most parts of highlands of central Ethiopia.
  • Very Heavy rainfall (above 200 mm) observed in most parts of highlands of central Ethiopia.
  • Heavy rainfall (between 100-200 mm) observed in western and south-eastern Sudan, and most parts of Ethiopia.
  • Moderate rainfall (between 50-100 mm) observed in eastern Sudan, north Eritrea, most parts of western and north-eastern South Sudan, northern Uganda, and western Kenya.
  • Light rainfall (between 25-50 mm) observed in southern and central parts of Sudan, central South Sudan, Uganda, western Rwanda, and Burundi.
  • Rainfall range between 5-25 mm observed over northern Sudan, most parts of Djibouti, costal Kenya, and southern parts of Uganda.
  • Usual Dry conditions (usually dry in this time of season) in most parts of Somalia; north-eastern and southern Kenya; most parts of south-eastern Rwanda; north-eastern, eastern and south-eastern Burundi; and most of Tanzania.
Recent rainfall anomalies
Much wetter than usual observed in most parts of western Sudan, highland of western and central Ethiopia
  • Much wetter than usual conditions observed in most parts of western and central Sudan; western, central and eastern Ethiopia; and north-western Somalia.
  • Wetter than usual conditions observed in most parts south-eastern Sudan, eastern South Sudan, Lake Victoria region of Uganda, north-western Burundi, and western Kenya.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed in southern parts of Sudan; most parts of South Sudan; northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, and central and northern Uganda.
  • Moderately drier than usual conditions observed in costal parts of Eritrea, isolated areas in South Sudan, southern parts of Sudan, north-western Kenya, most parts of eastern and north-eastern Rwanda, and northern Burundi.
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Extremely wet conditions observed in most parts of western Sudan, highland of western and central Ethiopia.
  • Extremely wet conditions observed in most parts of western, central and south-eastern Sudan; north-western Somalia; and western, central, and eastern Ethiopia.
  • Severely wet conditions observed in most parts of south-eastern Sudan, eastern South Sudan, Lake Victoria region of Uganda, north-western Burundi, and western Kenya.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed southern parts of Sudan; most parts of south-eastern and western South Sudan; northern and north-eastern Ethiopia and Eritrea, and central and northern Uganda.
  • Moderate drier than usual conditions observed in costal parts of Eritrea, isolated areas in South Sudan, and southern parts of Sudan.

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