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

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in northern parts of South Sudan, in western and central Eritrea, in central, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

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Recent rainfall totals
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Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-200mm was recorded in some parts of western Ethiopia, in parts of western and eastern South Sudan, in northern, central, western and southeastern Uganda, and in parts of western …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in the southwestern parts of Sudan extending to northwestern and southwestern South Sudan and much of western and central Uganda, in the northeastern, eastern and southeastern Ethiopia …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in western and central Eritrea, in northern, central, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in Somalia, northern eastern and coastal Kenya, in northwestern and southwestern South Sudan, …

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-200mm was recorded in many parts of South Sudan, in western Ethiopia, in in northern, central and eastern Uganda, in western, central and coastal Kenya, in western and central …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
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Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in several parts of Eritrea, Djibouti, central and southern Somalia, northeastern and eastern Ethiopia, in central and southeastern Uganda, in northern, eastern and coastal Kenya, and in …

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall of between 25-200mm was recorded in southern and eastern Ethiopia, in northwestern, central and southern Somlai, in western eastern and southern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, Rwanda …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in much of Eritrea and Djibouti, in several parts of central and southern Somalia, in northeastern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts of north, eastern …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, central and eastern Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda, in western parts of Kenya, southern parts of Sudan, in …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to extremely dry conditions were observed in coastal, and central to southern Eritrea, in several parts of Djibouti, in central to eastern Ethiopia, in northern and central Somalia, in central to southern parts …

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall of between 25-200mm was recorded in southwestern Ethiopia, in southeastern Somalia, in southern Uganda, in western, central eastern southern and coastal Kenya, in much of Kenya and Burundi, and in northern …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in the southern and southeastern Ethiopia extending to northwestern, central and southern Somalia, in southeastern South Sudan, in northeastern and eastern Uganda, in much of …

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was recorded in isolated part of southern Tanzania.

High rainfall of between 50-200mm was recorded in southern Ethiopia, in southeastern South Sudan, in northern Uganda, in southern Somalia, in much of north, …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

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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