Observed Climate for 1-10 January, 2026

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall Accumulation (Dark Green to Light Green)

  • Significant Rainfall (51–100 mm and 26–50 mm): These categories cover areas, in the southwestern parts of the region, including:
    • Several parts of Rwanda and Burundi.
    • Several parts of Tanzania.

Moderate to Low Rainfall (Yellow and Orange)

  • Low Rainfall (11–25 mm and 6–10 mm): These values typically ring the high-rainfall areas and transition into the driest zones. They are concentrated over central Ethiopia, coastal Eritrea, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania.

Very Low or No Rain (Light Grey and White)

  • Forms a major transitional zone across northern parts of the region including Sudan, S. Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and most parts of Kenya.
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Observed over the southwestern parts of including in Rwanda, Burundi and most parts of Tanzania.
  • Wetter than Normal (Light Green): Ring the dark green areas and are concentrated over the countries highlighted.

Near Normal Conditions (Light Blue)

  • Near Normal: Observed in southern parts of the region including Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.

Drier Than Normal Conditions (Yellow and Orange)

  • Drier than Normal (Yellow) and Much Drier than Normal (Orange): These conditions were widespread over the region. They were observed in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

No Rain (White)

  • No Rain: Indicated in the very northern and eastern dry areas, particularly in Sudan and northern parts of S. Sudan, pockets in Ethiopia, and Somalia, and northwestern Kenya.

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in central to southwestern parts of Sudan, in western, central and northeastern Ethiopia, in southern Djibouti, in central, eastern and southeastern South Sudan, and in eastern Uganda. …

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

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in some parts of southern, central and eastern Sudan, in several parts of South Sudan and Uganda, in western parts of Eritrea, in southwestern, central to northeastern …

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

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in central to eastern Sudan and southern parts of Sudan, in western Eritrea, in parts of western, central and southeastern South Sudan, in southwestern central …

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

Moderate to heavy rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed parts of central Ethiopia and in parts of western Kenya.

Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in several …

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

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Uganda and South Sudan, in a few areas in central and south-central Sudan, in central and southwestern Ethiopia and in northern coast of …

21 - 30 June 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions were observed in much of Uganda and in southern parts of South Sudan, in central parts of Sudan, in parts of central and eastern Ethiopia, in parts of western and northwestern …

21 - 30 June 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall of between 51-100 mm was observed in northwestern and western Ethiopia extending to southeastern boarders of Sudan, and also in northwestern and western part of South Sudan.

Moderate rainfall of between 26 - …

21 - 30 June 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of South Suda ,in north eastern and southwester Ethiopia, in northwestern and southeastern Somalia, in northeastern and southwestern Uganda, in northwestern and in parts of central …

11 - 20 June 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall exceeding 100mm was observed in western parts of Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 51-100 mm was observed in southeastern parts of Sudan, in much of western and northwestern Ethiopia, and in …

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

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of South Sudan, in part of southwestern, central and northeastern Ethiopia, in parts of north western and southeastern Tanzania, in northeastern and southwestern Uganda, …

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

Drier than usual conditions were observed in eastern and southwestern Ethiopia, in northwestern, central and coastal Kenya, in northwestern and southeastern Somalia, in northeastern and southwestern Uganda, in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, and …

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

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in part of southwest Sudan and northwest South Sudan, in western and parts of eastern Ethiopia, in parts of northwestern and southeastern Somalia, in southwestern Uganda, in …

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

Moderate rainfall of between 51-100 mm was observed in northwestern and western parts of Ethiopia, in several parts of South Sudan, and in northwestern Uganda.

Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 50 mm was observed …

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

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in southwestern Eritrea, in northwestern, western, central and northeastern parts of Ethiopia extending into the northern parts of Somalia, in southwestern part …

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

Drier than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in western and central Eritrea, in several parts of Ethiopia and Somalia, in southeastern parts of South Sudan, in much of Rwanda and Burundi, …

21 - 31 May 2024 Read More