Climate Monitoring

21-31, May 2022

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

Recent rainfall anomalies

Standardized Precipitation Index

Heavy to moderate rainfall between 50 - 200 mm was observed in south-western Ethiopia, over much of Uganda, in southern parts of South Sudan, in western parts of Kenya, much of Rwanda and Burundi, and in north-western Tanzania.

Light rainfall between 25 - 50 mm was observed in western, southern and eastern parts of South Sudan, south-western Uganda, central parts of Kenya, eastern Burundi, and in coastal parts of Tanzania.

Rainfall between 5 - 25 mm was observed in southern part of Sudan, northern parts of South Sudan; in northern, central and southern Ethiopia; in parts of north-western and southern Somalia, coastal parts of Kenya, and in north-eastern and eastern parts of Tanzania.

Usual dry (usually dry in this time of season) was observed in much of north and central Sudan, in Eritrea, Djibouti, in north-eastern and south-eastern Ethiopia, northern and central Somalia, in northern and eastern Kenya, and in western, central and southern Tanzania.

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 Burundi, and in parts of north-western Tanzania.

Normal rainfall conditions were observed over northern, central, south-western, south-central and eastern parts of Sudan; western Eritrea, northern, southern and eastern Ethiopia; north-eastern and central parts of South Sudan; in south-eastern Uganda; in much of northern, eastern, western and central Kenya; in south-western Somalia, and in north-eastern, central and south-western Tanzania.

Moderately to severely drier than normal conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, southern Eritrea, in much of Djibouti, Somalia, in north-western and western parts of South Sudan, north-western and north-eastern Ethiopia, in coastal Kenya, and in western and coastal Tanzania.

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, and in north-western Tanzania.

Normal rainfall conditions were observed in northern and central parts of Sudan, in Djibouti, in isolated areas in western and north-eastern South Sudan, western and southern Ethiopia, south-eastern Uganda, western and central parts of Kenya, and central and south-western parts of Tanzania.

Drier than normal conditions were observed over southern parts of Sudan, western and central Eritrea; in northern, central and eastern Ethiopia; over much of northern, central and western parts of South Sudan; in central, eastern and coastal Kenya; over much of Somalia, and in western and eastern parts of Tanzania.

Much drier than normal conditions were observed in some areas of southern Sudan, eastern Ethiopia, and central Somalia.