Observed Climate for 1-10 November, 2025

Rainfall

Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately Wet to severely Wet Conditions

Observed in southern Tanzania, a few parts in Rwanda and southwestern Uganda, northeastern South Sudan and the border region between South Sudan, Sudan and Ethiopia.

Moderately Dry to Severely Dry Conditions

Observed in several parts of the region including the border regions between Sudan and South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, much of Somalia, several parts in Kenya and Uganda, western parts of Rwanda and Burundi and central parts of Tanzania.

Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Observed over the northeastern parts of Sudan, southwestern Uganda, Rwanda, northeastern parts of Burundi as well as eastern and southeastern parts of Kenya.
  • Wetter than Normal (Light Green): Forms a wide band surrounding the darkest green area, covering most of countries highlighted above.

Near Normal Conditions (Light Blue)

  • Near Normal: Predominantly observed in several parts of the region including Djibouti, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.

Drier Than Normal Conditions (Yellow and Orange)

  • Drier than Normal (Yellow) and Much Drier than Normal (Orange): These conditions dominate the northern and southern parts of the region.
    • Significant drier areas cover southern Sudan, northern South Sudan, most of northern Ethiopia, southern Somalia, northern Kenya, central Tanzania, and northwestern Eritrea.
    • The orange ('Much drier than normal') is evident across most of the countries highlighted.

No Rain (White)

  • No Rain: Indicated in the very northern and eastern dry areas, particularly in northern parts of Sudan, pockets in Ethiopia, and Somalia, northwestern Kenya as well as central Tanzania.
Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall Accumulation (Dark Green to Light Green)

  • Highest Rainfall (201–300 mm and 101–200 mm): These values are extremely high for a 10-day period. Rainfall amounts between 101 and 300 mm was observed in isolated pockets within the western parts of the region including western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, northwestern Tanzania and a few pockets in western Kenya.
  • Significant Rainfall (51–100 mm and 26–50 mm): These categories cover vast areas, in the western parts of the region, including:
    • A few pockets in western South Sudan
    • Several parts of Uganda and Kenya.
    • In Rwanda, Burundi and in 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:
    • All countries in the GHA south of latitude 9°N.

Very Low or No Rain (Light Grey and White)

  • Very Low Rainfall (1–5 mm): Forms a major transitional zone across northern Sudan, parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia, much of Somalia, northwestern and northern Kenya, and central parts of Tanzania.
  • Negligible/No Rain (<1 mm or No Data): These dry conditions dominate northern Sudan, parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, and several parts of Kenya and Tanzania.

All Products

Filter by Product Type
Filter by Region
Filter by Dekad
Filter by Year
Filter by Month
Showing 161 results
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

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

11 - 20 May 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

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

1 - 10 May 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in parts of Djibouti, in parts of central and southern Eritrea, in parts of northeastern, southeastern and southwestern Ethiopia, in part of southeastern South Sudan, in central …

21 - 30 April 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in parts of Djibouti, in northeastern and eastern Ethiopia, in central and part of northern Somalia, in southeastern part of South Sudan, in part of western Uganda, …

11 - 20 April 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in the northern, central, eastern and parts of western Kenya, in northeastern and eastern South Sudan, in northwestern, western and coastal parts of Tanzania, in southern Somalia, …

1 - 10 April 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in the southern parts of Burundi, in northwestern, western and eastern Tanzania, in central and south-central parts of Kenya, in central and southern Eritrea, in several parts …

21 - 31 March 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

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

11 - 20 March 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in some parts of central and northeastern Ethiopia, in southeastern part of South Sudan, in southeastern part of Uganda, and in part of western Kenya.

Moderately dry …

1 - 10 March 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in several parts of Uganda, in much of western, central and southern parts of Kenya, in central, western and southern Tanzania, and in parts of central and …

21 - 29 February 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in northern and in southeastern Uganda, in some parts of southwestern South Sudan, in part of western Rwanda, and in western and southwestern parts of Tanzania.

Moderately …

11 - 20 February 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in southwestern and central parts of Ethiopia, in northern central and southeastern parts of Uganda, and in western, southwestern and parts of southern Tanzania.

Moderately dry to …

1 - 10 February 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in parts of western Kenya, and in southeastern parts and in the northwestern parts of Tanzania around Lake Victoria

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed …

21 - 31 January 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in several parts of western, central, southern and eastern Kenya, and in much of eastern Tanzania.

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in western, southwestern …

11 - 20 January 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in parts of western and southeastern Uganda, in much of Burundi, in southwestern Rwanda, in western and southern part of Kenya, and in much of northeastern, central …

1 - 10 January 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely conditions were observed in southeastern parts of South Sudan, in eastern, southern and southwestern Uganda, in coastal and parts of western Kenya, in much of Rwanda, in several parts of Burundi, …

21 - 31 December 2023 Read More