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 to severely wet conditions were observed in a several parts of South Sudan, in western parts of Sudan, in a few areas in western Ethiopia, in much of northern and central parts of Uganda …

11 - 20 September 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in some parts of western Ethiopia, eastern Uganda, and western Kenya.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in central, eastern, south-eastern, and south-western part of Sudan, in coastal and …

1 - 10 September 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 200 mm was observed in the most southern parts of Sudan, western and north-western Ethiopia, in several parts of South Sudan and Uganda, in western Rwanda, and …

1 - 10 September 2023 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in much of central, eastern and southern parts of Sudan, in western and central parts of Eritrea, in northern, north-eastern, central and southern parts of Ethiopia, in north-western …

1 - 10 September 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in the southern parts of Sudan, western Eritrea, in several parts of South Sudan, in northern, western and central parts of Ethiopia, in …

21 - 31 August 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in a central and eastern, Sudan, and in northwestern Eritrea.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in western and southeastern Sudan, in southern parts of Eritrea, in several parts …

21 - 31 August 2023 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

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

21 - 31 August 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall 100 -200mm was observed in a western Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in southwestern Eritrea, in much of South Sudan, …

11 - 20 August 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 200 mm was observed in the southern parts of Sudan, western Eritrea, in northern, and western parts of South Sudan, in northern, western and central parts of Ethiopia, and …

11 - 20 August 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few areas in southwestern Sudan and western Ethiopia.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in central and eastern parts of Sudan, in several parts of Eritrea and …

11 - 20 August 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few places in western and eastern Sudan.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in central parts of Sudan, in coastal, central and southern Eritrea, in in several …

11 - 20 August 2023 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in a few places in southwestern Sudan and western Ethiopia.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in central and eastern Sudan, western and central Eritrea, in much …

11 - 20 August 2023 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in a few places in western and eastern parts of Sudan, in parts of western Eritrea, and in parts of northern coast of Kenya.

Moderately to severely dry …

11 - 20 August 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall 100 -200mm was observed in the a few isolated places in western Kenya and western Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in western and southern parts …

1 - 10 August 2023 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in a few places in western, central and eastern parts of Sudan and in parts of western Kenya.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in much of …

1 - 10 August 2023 Read More