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.
Standardized Precipitation Index

  • 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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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in western, eastern and southwestern parts of Sudan, in parts of western and central Eritrea, over several parts of Djibouti, in parts of northwestern and …

21 - 31 July 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few isolated areas in central and south-central Sudan, northern Ethiopia, and north-west South Sudan.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in south-western and south-central …

11 - 20 July 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in southwestern Sudan, in southwestern Eritrea, northern Ethiopia, and in a few areas in eastern and western South Sudan

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in …

1 - 10 July 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter and much wetter than normal conditions observed in a few places in south-eastern Sudan, western Eritrea, and north-eastern parts of Ethiopia.

Normal rainfall conditions observed in south-central and south-eastern Sudan, much of northern and …

11 - 30 June 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter to much wetter than normal conditions were observed in south-western and south-eastern Sudan, western Ethiopia, north-western, south-western, and northeastern South Sudan, and in western Uganda.

Normal rainfall conditions were observed in north-western and central …

11 - 20 June 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in southwestern Sudan, and northwestern South Sudan.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in a few isolated areas in northeast, northwest, …

1 - 10 June 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than normal conditions were observed in south-eastern part of South Sudan, south-western Ethiopia; much of western, northern and central Uganda; north-western and south-western Kenya, over much of Rwanda and Burundi, …

21 - 31 May 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in parts of southwest and southeast Sudan, and in northeastern part of South Sudan

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in central and northern parts of …

10 - 20 May 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than to much wetter than normal conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, north-western and north-eastern South Sudan, in western parts of Ethiopia, in central and southern Somalia, north-eastern and coastal parts of …

1 - 10 May 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in northwest and eastern parts of South Sudan, western Ethiopia, eastern and southern parts of Uganda, much of western and central Kenya, eastern Rwanda, and …

21 - 30 April 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in northwest, and in eastern parts of South Sudan, western Ethiopia, southwest Uganda, northeast Rwanda, and in eastern and coastal Tanzania.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in a western …

11 - 20 April 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than normal conditions observed in southern parts of Tanzania, and in a few places in western Ethiopia and north-western South Sudan.

Usual rainfall conditions observed in a few parts of western Ethiopia, north-eastern and …

1 - 10 April 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies
  • Much wetter than usual conditions observed in south-western parts of Ethiopia, central Somalia, and highlands of western Kenya.
  • Wetter than usual conditions observed over central and northern Uganda, and south-western Tanzania.
  • Normal rainfall conditions observed …
21 - 31 March 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies
  • Wetter than usual conditions observed in western parts of South Sudan, in isolated parts of central Tanzania and over south-western Tanzania, and in a few isolated parts of north-west Ethiopia.
  • Normal rainfall conditions observed in …
11 - 20 March 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies
  • Much Wetter than normal conditions observed over south-western South Sudan, and isolated parts of Ethiopia.
  • Wetter than normal conditions observed over isolated parts of Tanzania.
  • Normal rainfall conditions observed in most of Rwanda, northern Burundi, …
1 - 10 March 2022 Read More