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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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in western and central parts of Sudan, and in parts of western Kenya.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in much of Eritrea and Djibouti, in southern parts of …

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

Moderate to heavy rainfall 100 -200mm was observed in the western parts of Ethiopia.

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

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

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few isolated areas in southwestern Ethiopia and southeastern South Sudan.

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

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

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

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in much of Uganda, in southwestern and northeastern parts …

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

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southwestern and southeastern parts of Sudan, in southeastern Uganda, and in parts of western of Kenya.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in central and south-central …

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

Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in much of South Sudan, the western, northern and central Ethiopia, in western Eritrea, in northern eastern and southeastern Uganda, …

1 - 10 July 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in western parts of Sudan, in southeastern Uganda, and in parts of western Kenya.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in central and south-central parts of Sudan, in central …

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

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern western Ethiopia, in parts of western and southern Sudan, in western parts of South Sudan, in several parts of northern, western, central and eastern Uganda, and …

21 - 30 June 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall of between 100 – 200 mm was observed in western part of Ethiopia.

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in parts of northwestern and western Ethiopia, in …

21 - 30 June 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern western Ethiopia, in parts of western and southern Sudan, in western parts of South Sudan, in several parts of northern, western, central and eastern Uganda, and …

21 - 30 June 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall of between 100 – 200 mm was observed in western and northern parts of Ethiopia.

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

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

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

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

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, western Eritrea, in eastern and southern parts of South Sudan, in northern and western pats of Ethiopia, in northwestern and central parts of …

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

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in northern South Sudan, in western Eritrea, in northern part of Ethiopia, in part of Djibouti.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed …

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

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in southwestern Sudan, in western, central and northern South Sudan, and in western and northwestern Ethiopia.

Light rainfall of between 5 - 25 …

1 - 10 June 2023 Read More