Observed Climate for 1-10 September, 2026

Rainfall

Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter-than-normal to much-wetter-than-normal conditions

  • Much wetter than normal: These conditions were observed in several parts of Sudan, western Eritrea, northern and central Ethiopia, Djibouti, pockets of northern Somalia, and western South Sudan.
  • Wetter than normal: These conditions occurred in areas surrounding the regions classified as much wetter than normal, covering large parts of the countries listed above.

Near-normal conditions

  • Near-normal rainfall conditions were observed across parts of Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and South Sudan.

Drier-than-normal to much-drier-than-normal conditions

  • These conditions were widespread across the region, particularly over Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, southern Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan.

No-rain conditions

  • Areas receiving no rainfall were observed in parts of Tanzania, Kenya, southeastern Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan.
Recent rainfall totals

  • High rainfall accumulation (>100 mm): These amounts were recorded in a few pockets of western Ethiopia.
  • Moderate to high rainfall (26–100 mm): These amounts were recorded across western Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, a few parts of Uganda, and western Kenya.
  • Moderate to low rainfall (6–25 mm): These amounts were observed surrounding the moderate-to-high rainfall areas, including Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Djibouti and coastal parts of Tanzania and Kenya, as well as Somalia.
  • Very low to no rainfall (0–5 mm): These conditions were observed across several parts of Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, southeastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Sudan.

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in western and central Eritrea, in much of South Sudan, in northwestern, western, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia and Kenya, in southeastern Uganda, southern Burundi, …

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

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in western and central parts of Eritrea, in southern parts of Sudan, in several parts of South Sudan and Somalia, in northwestern, western, southern and eastern Ethiopia, …

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

Heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in northwestern, western and southern parts of Ethiopia, in central and southern parts of Somalia, in northeastern, central western and parts of coastal Kenya, in western parts …

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

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan in much of Eritrea and Djibouti, in several parts of Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia, in northeastern Kenya, and in coastal Tanzania.

Drier …

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

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in southern and southeastern parts of Sudan, in much parts of Eritrea and Djibouti, in several parts of Ethiopia and Somalia, in northeastern Kenya, and in eastern …

21 - 31 October 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall exceeding 100 mm was observed in a few areas in southwestern South Sudan, in northwestern Uganda, and southwestern Ethiopia.

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in much …

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

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in a eastern part of Sudan, in western Eritrea, in northwestern and southern parts of South Sudan, in northwestern, western, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in parts of north and …

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

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

11 - 20 October 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in the northern and western parts of South Sudan, in western and southwestern Ethiopia, in a few areas in central Somalia, and in …

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

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

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

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

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

Heavy rainfall exceeding 200 mm was observed in parts of western Ethiopia.

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 200 mm was observed in the southern parts of Sudan, in much of South Sudan, …

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

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in southwestern and southeastern Sudan, in southwestern Eritrea, in parts of Djibouti, in northeastern, central and southwestern parts of Ethiopia, in northern Somalia, in parts of southeastern South Sudan, …

21 - 30 September 2023 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in parts of western and southeastern Sudan, in parts of southwestern Eritrea, in much of Djibouti, in several parts of southwestern, central and northeastern Ethiopia, in northern parts …

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

Heavy rainfall exceeding 100 mm was observed in parts of western Ethiopia, and southern parts of South Sudan.

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

11 - 20 September 2023 Read More