21-31, March 2021

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

  • Moderate to heavy rainfall (between 100 - 200 mm) observed in isolated areas in southern Tanzania.
  • Moderate rainfall (between 50 - 100 mm) observed in highlands of western Kenya, south-western Burundi and Rwanda, southern and north-western, and Lake Victoria basin of Tanzania.
  • Light rainfall (between 25 - 50 mm) observed in central and north-eastern Tanzania, northern Burundi, central and northern Rwanda, most parts of Uganda, south-western South Sudan, highland of central Ethiopia.
  • Rainfall range (between 5 - 25 mm) observed over south-western South Sudan, most parts of central and western Ethiopia, central and western Kenya, north-western Uganda.
  • Usual dry (usually dry in this time of season) conditions almost everywhere in Sudan, central and northern parts of South Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia, most parts of Eritrea, eastern parts of Kenya, south-eastern and north-western Ethiopia.
Recent rainfall anomalies
  • Much wetter than usual conditions observed in eastern parts of South Sudan, isolated areas in southern and northern parts of Tanzania.
  • Wetter than usual conditions observed in most parts of western parts of South Sudan, northern Tanzania.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed over central south Sudan, central Ethiopia, most parts of southern, central, and north-eastern Uganda, western Rwanda, south-western Burundi, most parts of southern, western, and northern Tanzania.
  • Moderately drier than usual conditions observed in most parts of central Tanzania, northern Burundi, eastern and northeastern parts of Rwanda, western and northwestern Uganda, most parts of Kenya, southeastern South Sudan, most parts of Ethiopia.
  • Much drier than usual conditions observed over north-eastern and southern parts of Ethiopia, north-eastern Kenya, southern Somalia.
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  • Moderately wetter to severely wettest than usual conditions observed in eastern parts of South Sudan, isolated areas in southern and northern Tanzania.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed over central south Sudan, central Ethiopia, most parts of southern, central, and north-eastern Uganda, western Rwanda, south-western Burundi, most parts of southern, western, and northern Tanzania.
  • Moderately drier to severely driest than usual conditions observed over north-eastern and southern parts of Ethiopia, north-eastern Kenya, southern Somalia.

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Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in southeastern parts of South Sudan, in the southern, eastern and central parts of Ethiopia extending to the northern, central and southern parts of Somalia, in several …

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Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in Eritrea, in parts of Djibouti, in northeastern, central to south-central Ethiopia, in southeastern South Sudan, in northern parts of Somalia in northeastern and western Uganda, in …

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Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed southern parts of Ethiopia, in eastern South Sudan, in southwestern and eastern parts of Uganda, in western, eastern and coastal Kenya, in southern and central parts of …

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Moderately wet to severely extremely conditions were observed southern parts of Ethiopia, in southeastern South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, and in southern Burundi.

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were …

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Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in western, central to southern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in …

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Moderately dry to extremely dry conditions were observed much of Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania, in southwestern parts of Ethiopia, in western and southern parts of Kenya, in southern Uganda, and in southern parts of South …

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Moderately dry to extremely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Tanzania and Uganda, in western and southwestern parts of Kenya, and in parts of southwestern South Sudan.

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Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in western and southwestern Uganda, in western and central parts of Kenya, in northwestern Rwanda, southwestern Burundi, in northern, central, coastal and southeastern parts of Tanzania.

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Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in much of Burundi, in southern parts of Rwanda, in several parts of western Tanzania.

Moderately dry conditions were observed in the southern parts of South Sudan, …

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Moderately wet conditions were observed in western central and southern Kenya, in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, and in northeastern, northwestern, central and southwestern Tanzania.

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Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in western, central and southeastern Uganda, in southeastern South Sudan, in several parts of Burundi, in northwestern, western and southern Tanzania, in parts of northwestern and southeastern …

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Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southern Uganda, western Kenya, in Rwanda, in northern Burundi, and in north-central to central and southeastern Tanzania.

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in …

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Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in western Ethiopia, in eastern South Sudan, in central and southeastern Kenya, in southern Somalia, in southwestern Uganda, in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, and in …

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Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in the southern parts of South Sudan, in southwestern Ethiopia, in several parts of Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Kenya, and in parts of northwestern Tanzania.

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