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
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southwestern Eritrea, in several parts of South Sudan, in north, western and central Ethiopia, and in parts of central and south-central Kenya.

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in a few isolated parts …

1 - 10 June 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall of between 26-50mm and exceeding 50mm was recorded in western to southwestern parts of South Sudan, western Ethiopia, parts of western and coastal Kenya, and northern, central to western Uganda.

Light rainfall of …

1 - 10 June 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-200mm was recorded in some parts of western Ethiopia, in parts of western and eastern South Sudan, in northern, central, western and southeastern Uganda, and in parts of western …

21 - 31 May 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in northern parts of South Sudan, in western and central Eritrea, in central, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts …

21 - 31 May 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in the southern parts of Sudan, in southwestern Eritrea, in northern and southwestern parts of South Sudan, in southern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts of northern …

21 - 31 May 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in western and central Eritrea, in northern, central, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in Somalia, northern eastern and coastal Kenya, in northwestern and southwestern South Sudan, …

11 - 20 May 2025 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in the southwestern parts of Sudan extending to northwestern and southwestern South Sudan and much of western and central Uganda, in the northeastern, eastern and southeastern Ethiopia …

11 - 20 May 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-200mm was recorded in many parts of South Sudan, in western Ethiopia, in in northern, central and eastern Uganda, in western, central and coastal Kenya, in western and central …

11 - 20 May 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall of between 25-200mm was recorded in southern and eastern Ethiopia, in northwestern, central and southern Somlai, in western eastern and southern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, Rwanda …

1 - 10 May 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in much of Eritrea and Djibouti, in several parts of central and southern Somalia, in northeastern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts of north, eastern …

1 - 10 May 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in several parts of Eritrea, Djibouti, central and southern Somalia, northeastern and eastern Ethiopia, in central and southeastern Uganda, in northern, eastern and coastal Kenya, and in …

1 - 10 May 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to extremely dry conditions were observed in coastal, and central to southern Eritrea, in several parts of Djibouti, in central to eastern Ethiopia, in northern and central Somalia, in central to southern parts …

21 - 30 April 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall of between 25-200mm was recorded in southwestern Ethiopia, in southeastern Somalia, in southern Uganda, in western, central eastern southern and coastal Kenya, in much of Kenya and Burundi, and in northern …

21 - 30 April 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, central and eastern Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda, in western parts of Kenya, southern parts of Sudan, in …

21 - 30 April 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall exceeding 200mm was recorded in isolated part of southern Tanzania.

High rainfall of between 50-200mm was recorded in southern Ethiopia, in southeastern South Sudan, in northern Uganda, in southern Somalia, in much of north, …

11 - 20 April 2025 Read More