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 a few isolated areas in central and south-central Sudan, in north-western South Sudan, and in north-eastern Ethiopia.

Near usual rainfall conditions were observed in much of Eritrea, …

11 - 20 July 2022 Read More
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Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southwestern and eastern Sudan, southwestern Eritrea, northern Ethiopia, and in western and eastern South Sudan.

Near usual rainfall conditions were observed in southern and southeastern Sudan, over …

1 - 10 July 2022 Read More
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Moderately to severely wet conditions observed in south-eastern Sudan extending to western Eritrea and north-eastern Ethiopia, and in a few isolated areas of western and central South Sudan and western Ethiopia.

Normal rainfall conditions observed …

11 - 30 June 2022 Read More
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Moderately to extremely wet conditions were observed in south-eastern and parts of south-western Sudan, north-western and northeastern South Sudan, western Ethiopia and western parts of Uganda.

Normal rainfall conditions were observed over southern parts of …

11 - 20 June 2022 Read More
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Moderately to extremely wet conditions were observed in southwestern Sudan, and northwestern South Sudan

Usual rainfall conditions were observed over the southern parts of Sudan, southeastern South Sudan, over much of Eritrea, much of north, …

1 - 10 June 2022 Read More
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Moderately to extremely wet conditions were observed in south-eastern part of South Sudan, south-western Ethiopia; in much of northern, western and central Uganda; in north-western and south-western parts of Kenya; over much of Rwanda and …

21 - 31 May 2022 Read More
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Moderately wet conditions were observed in southwestern and southeastern parts of Sunda, and northeastern parts of South Sudan.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed over southern parts of Sudan, western Eritrea, northern parts of South Sudan, …

10 - 20 May 2022 Read More
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Moderately to extremely wet conditions were observed in northwest and eastern parts of South Sudan, western Ethiopia, southern and eastern Uganda, eastern Rwanda, in western, northwestern, and central parts of Kenya, and in western, northern …

21 - 30 April 2022 Read More
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Moderately to severely wetter than usual conditions was observed in northwest and northeastern parts of South Sudan, western Ethiopia, southwestern Uganda, northeast Rwanda, in eastern and coastal parts of Tanzania, and in isolated parts of …

11 - 20 April 2022 Read More
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Moderately to severely wetter than normal conditions observed in a few areas in the southern part of Tanzania, western Ethiopia, and north-western South Sudan.

Normal rainfall conditions observed over much of Sudan, western Eritrea, central …

1 - 10 April 2022 Read More
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  • Moderately to severely wetter than normal conditions observed in western Tanzania, central and northern Uganda, highlands of western Kenya, south-eastern Ethiopia, and central Somalia.
  • Normal rainfall conditions observed in southern parts of South Sudan and …
21 - 31 March 2022 Read More
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  • Moderately to severely wetter than usual conditions observed in western South Sudan, isolated parts of north-west Ethiopia, and in south-western parts of Tanzania and isolated parts of central Tanzania.
  • Normal rainfall conditions observed over several …
11 - 20 March 2022 Read More
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  • Moderately to severely wetter than normal conditions observed in south-western parts of South Sudan, and isolated parts in western Ethiopia.
  • Normal rainfall conditions observed in southern parts of Eritrea, Djibouti, south-eastern and north-western Ethiopia, central …
1 - 10 March 2022 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index
  • Moderately to severely wetter than normal conditions observed in most of Tanzania, eastern Rwanda, north-eastern Burundi, central and south-eastern Uganda, western and southern Kenya, and in south-western Ethiopia.
  • Normal rainfall conditions observed in several parts …
21 - 28 February 2022 Read More