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 and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in the southern and southeastern Ethiopia extending to northwestern, central and southern Somalia, in southeastern South Sudan, in northeastern and eastern Uganda, in much of …

11 - 20 April 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in southeastern parts of South Sudan, in the southern, eastern and central parts of Ethiopia extending to the northern, central and southern parts of Somalia, in several …

11 - 20 April 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in Eritrea, Djibouti, northern and central Somalia, in several parts of Ethiopia, in southeastern South Sudan, in northern Kenya, in northeastern to southwestern Uganda, and …

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

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in Eritrea, in parts of Djibouti, in northeastern, central to south-central Ethiopia, in southeastern South Sudan, in northern parts of Somalia in northeastern and western Uganda, in …

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

High rainfall of between 100-200mm was recorded in some places in central Kenya and in coastal and southern part of Tanzania.

Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed southwestern, central to eastern …

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

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed southern parts of Ethiopia, in eastern South Sudan, in southwestern and eastern parts of Uganda, in western, eastern and coastal Kenya, in southern and central parts of …

21 - 31 March 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

High rainfall of between 50-200mm was recorded in southwestern Ethiopia, in southern Uganda, in western, central and eastern parts of Kenya, in southern Burundi, and in several parts of northwestern, western and southern Tanzania.

Moderate …

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

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in the southern parts of Ethiopia, in southeastern and western South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, and in southern Burundi.

Drier …

11 - 20 March 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely extremely conditions were observed southern parts of Ethiopia, in southeastern South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, and in southern Burundi.

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were …

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

High rainfall of between 50-300mm was recorded in southwestern Ethiopia, in eastern and southeastern Uganda, in western, central and southwestern Kenya, and in much of Burundi and Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall of between 26-50 mm was …

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

Moderate to high rainfall exceeding 100mm was recorded in southwestern Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in southwestern Ethiopia, in western and central parts of Kenya, in parts of southwestern and southeastern …

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

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in western, central to southern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in …

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

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in western, central and southern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Eritrea, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Djibouti, in the northern and central Burundi, …

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

Moderately dry to extremely dry conditions were observed much of Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania, in southwestern parts of Ethiopia, in western and southern parts of Kenya, in southern Uganda, and in southern parts of South …

21 - 28 February 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in western and southwestern Tanzania.

Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred in southwestern Rwanda, in western and southwestern Burundi, and in central, northwestern and southwestern …

21 - 28 February 2025 Read More