Observed Climate for 1-10 August, 2026

Rainfall

Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter-than-normal to much-wetter-than-normal conditions

  • Much wetter than normal: These conditions were observed in several parts of Sudan, western Eritrea, northern Ethiopia, Djibouti, pockets of northern Somalia, northern South Sudan, northeastern Uganda, and western Kenya.
  • Wetter than normal: These conditions occurred in areas surrounding the regions classified as much wetter than normal, covering large parts of the countries listed above.

Near-normal conditions

  • Near-normal rainfall conditions were observed across parts of Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, coastal Somalia, southern South Sudan, northwestern Uganda, and western Kenya.

Drier-than-normal to much-drier-than-normal conditions

  • These conditions were widespread across the region, particularly over Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, southeastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and pockets of Sudan.

No-rain conditions

Areas receiving no rainfall were observed in parts of Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, southeastern Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, and Sudan.

Recent rainfall totals

  • High rainfall accumulation (>100 mm): These amounts were recorded in a few pockets of western Ethiopia.
  • Moderate to high rainfall (26–100 mm): These amounts were recorded across western Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, several parts of Uganda, and western Kenya.
  • Moderate to low rainfall (6–25 mm): These amounts were observed surrounding the moderate-to-high rainfall areas, including Djibouti and coastal parts of Tanzania and Kenya, as well as southern Somalia.
  • Very low to no rainfall (0–5 mm): These conditions were observed across several parts of Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, southern Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, southeastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Sudan.

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in central to southern Ethiopia, in southern parts of South Sudan extending to northern parts of Uganda, in southern Somalia, northwestern Rwanda, and in several …

21 - 31 December 2024 Read More
Exceptional rainfall
Exceptional rainfall

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in central parts of Tanzania, in central to southwestern Ethiopia, in southern parts of South Sudan,

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in a few …

21 - 31 December 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 100 mm was observed in a few areas in central and eastern Kenya, in southern Somalia, in northern Burundi, and in part of northwestern Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed …

11 - 20 December 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in western Ethiopia, in eastern South Sudan, in central and southeastern Kenya, in southern Somalia, in southwestern Uganda, in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, and in …

11 - 20 December 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of central and southern Eritrea, several parts of Ethiopia, in central parts of Somalia, in western and southeastern South Sudan, in northeastern Uganda, in northwestern and …

11 - 20 December 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in the southern parts of South Sudan, in southwestern Ethiopia, in several parts of Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Kenya, and in parts of northwestern Tanzania.

Moderately wet …

1 - 10 December 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 100 mm was observed in parts of central and eastern Tanzania.

Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in much of the rest of Tanzania, in Burundi, and in parts …

1 - 10 December 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions were observed in central to southern Eritrea, in centra to southwestern Ethiopia, in southern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi, and in northwestern part …

1 - 10 December 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Eritrea, Djibouti, South Sudan, Ethiopia, central to eastern Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, and northern and central Tanzania.

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were …

1 - 10 November 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed in a few areas in central Kenya, and northwestern and northeastern Burundi.

Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in much of western Uganda and southwestern Uganda, …

1 - 10 November 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Uganda, in parts of northwestern, eastern and southern South Sudan, in southwestern, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in central, and parts of southern Somalia, …

1 - 10 November 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan extending to northern South Sudan, in southern parts of South Sudan extending to northern and central Uganda, in several parts of Somalia, …

21 - 31 October 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions were observed in southwestern parts of Sudan, in northwestern and southern parts of South Sudan, in parts of northeastern Ethiopia, in several parts of northeastern, central and southern Somalia, in northern …

21 - 31 October 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed in some areas in southwestern Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in western, central and eastern parts of South Sudan, in northwestern, western, southern and …

21 - 31 October 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions were observed in western and central Eritrea, in northern, eastern and southern Ethiopia, in much of Somalia, in northern, eastern, central and coastal Kenya, in parts of northeastern South Sudan, in …

11 - 20 October 2024 Read More