Observed Climate for 1-10 January, 2026
Rainfall
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.
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
Wetter than usual conditions were observed in several parts of central and southern Sudan, western and central Eritrea, in northern parts of South Sudan, and in parts of northwestern Ethiopia.
Drier than usual conditions were …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in western South Sudan, in western, southern, central and eastern parts of Ethiopia, in parts of western Eritrea, in parts of northern Somalia, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than usual conditions were observed in much of Eritrea, in several parts of Djibouti, in parts of western and eastern Sudan, in northern, southern and eastern parts of Ethiopia, and in parts of northern …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate rainfall between 26 - 100 mm was observed in western South Sudan, in western and central Ethiopia, in parts of western, central and southeastern Uganda, in western, central and parts of coastal Kenya, and …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in in central and northeastern parts of Ethiopia.
Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in southeastern Sudan, in much of eastern and southern South Sudan, in northeastern, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than usual conditions were observed in central parts of Eritrea, and in northeastern and central parts of Ethiopia.
Drier than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in western Eritrea, in much …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately to severely wet conditions observed in several parts of the region.
Moderately to severely dry conditions occurred in a few areas in parts of western Eritrea and northeastern Somalia.
No rainfall for much of …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than usual conditions observed in several parts of the region.
Drier than usual conditions observed in a few areas of western Eritrea and north-eastern Somalia.
Usual rainfall conditions recorded in parts of western Eritrea, …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to heavy rainfall (51 - 200 mm) observed in much of the central and southern parts of Ethiopia, central and southern parts of South Sudan, much of Uganda, southern parts of Somalia, several parts …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in northwestern South Sudan, in northern and southwestern Ethiopia, in central Eritrea, in eastern parts of Kenya, and in northeastern and western parts of Tanzania.
Moderately to severely …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to heavy rainfall between 51 - 200 mm was observed in southwestern part of Ethiopia, in eastern, central and western parts of Kenya in southwestern Somalia, in eastern Rwanda, southeastern Uganda, in much of …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than usual conditions were observed in central parts of Eritrea, in northern and western parts of Ethiopia, in northwestern South Sudan, in eastern parts of Kenya, and in several parts of northeastern, northeastern, western …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to heavy rainfall between 51 -200 mm was observed in central and southwestern parts of Ethiopia, in southern parts of Somalia, in western, central and parts of eastern Kenya, in much of Rwanda and …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than usual conditions were observed in much of Djibouti, in central, northeastern and eastern Ethiopia, in northwestern and southern Somalia, in northwestern, and parts of eastern and western Kenya, in several parts of Rwanda …