21-31, May 2021

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

  • Moderate to heavy rainfall (between 100 - 200 mm) was not recorded in the third dekad of May 2021.
  • Moderate rainfall (between 50 - 100 mm) observed in southwest parts of South Sudan, southwestern part of Ethiopia in isolated part of northwest Uganda, and in central coast of Tanzania.
  • Light rainfall (between 25 - 50 mm) observed in western and central parts of South Sudan, western parts of Ethiopia, northern Uganda, western and central highlands of Kenya, and in coastal parts of Tanzania.
  • Rainfall range (between 5 - 25 mm) observed over southern parts of Sudan, northern and eastern South Sudan, northwest, central, and southern Ethiopia, southeastern Somalia and isolated parts of northwest Somalia, southern Uganda, coastal and several parts of central and western Kenya, Burundi, western and southern Rwanda, and in northern and eastern parts of Tanzania.
  • Usual dry (usually dry in this time of season) observed in almost all of Sudan, Djibouti, most parts of Eritrea, northeast and eastern parts of Ethiopia, several parts of north and eastern Kenya, southwest Uganda, northeast Rwanda, over much of central and northern Somalia, and over much of western and central Tanzania.
Recent rainfall anomalies

  • Much wetter than usual conditions was not observed in any part of the region.
  • Wetter than usual conditions observed southeast part of Tanzania and a few patchy parts of central South Sudan.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed over southwest and central South Sudan, northwestern Uganda, isolated parts of southwest Kenya, and northcentral central and southeast Tanzania.
  • Moderately drier than usual conditions observed in western Eritrea, southern parts of Sudan, most parts of Ethiopia and Somalia, northern and eastern South Sudan, much of southern, central and eastern Uganda, much of Kenya and Burundi, western and southern Rwanda, and in northeast and northwest Tanzania.
  • Much drier than usual conditions observed over northwest, and in isolated parts of eastern Ethiopia, isolated parts of northwest and central Somalia, southwest and southeast Uganda, and northeast Rwanda.
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  • Moderately wetter to severely wettest than usual conditions observed in isolated parts southeast Tanzania.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed over most parts of north and central Sudan, western central and southern South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, south and northeast Ethiopia, northern Uganda, north, central, east and southern Kenya, central and southwestern Somalia, central and southern Burundi, and north central and southern parts of Tanzania.
  • Moderately drier to severely driest than usual conditions observed over southern parts of Sudan, northern South Sudan, western, central and eastern Ethiopia, northern and southeast Somali, southern and central Uganda, western and coastal Parts of Kenya, Rwanda, northern Burundi, western and northeastern Tanzania.

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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in parts of the southwestern South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, western and northcentral parts of Kenya, and in a few areas in north-central and central Tanzania. …

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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in parts of the southern area of South Sudan, in northwestern, western, central and eastern Uganda, in parts of western and northeastern Kenya, in central and eastern Rwanda, …

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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in south-western parts of South Sudan, western parts of Rwanda, and in a few areas in western Tanzania.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in the southern …

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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in western, southwestern, eastern and northwestern parts of Uganda, in southern parts of South Sudan, in western and parts of northern coast of Kenya, in eastern Ethiopia, in …

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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southeastern parts of South Sudan, in a few isolated areas in central Ethiopia, in southwestern part of Uganda, in the western highlands of Kenya, in parts of …

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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in parts of eastern Sudan, western Eritrea, north-western and western parts of eastern Ethiopia, north-western Somalia, and a few places in north-eastern and central Sudan

Moderately to severely …

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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southeastern parts of Sudan, in north-central, northeastern, central and southeastern South Sudan, in western parts of Ethiopia, in a few parts of western, northeastern and southwestern Uganda, …

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Moderately to severely wet rainfall conditions was observed in parts of central and southeastern Sudan, in parts of southern Eritrea, in much of Djibouti, in parts of northeastern Ethiopia, in a few areas in northwest …

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Moderately to severely wet rainfall conditions was observed in western, central and southeastern Sudan, in parts of western and southern Eritrea, in northern parts of Ethiopia, in parts of northeastern and southwestern South Sudan, in …

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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet rainfall conditions observed in parts of western, central, eastern and south-eastern Sudan, north-central western and eastern parts of South Sudan, much of Djibouti, parts of north-eastern and south-central Ethiopia, eastern parts …

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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in western, central and eastern Sudan, in pars of western Eritrea, in several parts of Djibouti, in northeastern Ethiopia, in northwestern parts of South Sudan, in northwest, central, …

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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to extremely wet conditions were observed in western, central and eastern Sudan extending to western and central Eritrea, in parts of Djibouti, in northeastern Ethiopia, in parts of northeastern and western South Sudan, in …

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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet rainfall conditions were observed in western, southwestern and eastern Sudan, parts of western and central Eritrea, in northwestern and western Ethiopia, in parts of north-central and eastern South Sudan, and in …

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