Observed Climate for 11-20 December, 2025

Rainfall

Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily over the southern parts of the region including Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, and 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 equatorial parts of the region including Uganda, Somalia, 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 parts of the region. They include northern Uganda, southeastern South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Kenya. The orange ('Much drier than normal') is evident across most of the countries highlighted.

No Rain (White)

  • No Rain: Concentrated in the northwestern parts of the region including Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia.
Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall Accumulation (Light Green to Dark Green)

  • Highest Rainfall (101–200 mm): These values were concentrated in northwestern and southeastern parts of Tanzania.
  • Significant Rainfall (26–50 mm & 51–100 mm): These values were recorded in most parts south of the region including Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.

Moderate to Low Rainfall (Orange & Yellow)

  • Low Rainfall (6–10 mm & 11–25 mm): These values typically ring the high-rainfall areas and transition into the driest zones. They are concentrated towards the northern parts of the region.

Very Low or No Rain (White & Light Grey)

  • Very Low Rainfall (1–5 mm): Forms a major transitional zone in northeastern South Sudan, parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Uganda.
  • Negligible/No Rain (<1 mm or No Data): These dry conditions dominate Sudan, South Sudan, northwestern and eastern parts of Ethiopia, and several parts of Somalia.

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southwestern and southeastern parts of Sudan, in southeastern Uganda, and in parts of western of Kenya.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in central and south-central …

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

Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in much of South Sudan, the western, northern and central Ethiopia, in western Eritrea, in northern eastern and southeastern Uganda, …

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

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in western parts of Sudan, in southeastern Uganda, and in parts of western Kenya.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in central and south-central parts of Sudan, in central …

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

Heavy rainfall of between 100 – 200 mm was observed in western part of Ethiopia.

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in parts of northwestern and western Ethiopia, in …

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

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern western Ethiopia, in parts of western and southern Sudan, in western parts of South Sudan, in several parts of northern, western, central and eastern Uganda, and …

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

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern western Ethiopia, in parts of western and southern Sudan, in western parts of South Sudan, in several parts of northern, western, central and eastern Uganda, and …

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

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

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

Heavy rainfall of between 100 – 200 mm was observed in western and northern parts of Ethiopia.

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

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

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in parts of western Eritrea, in northern and southwestern Ethiopia, in eastern and southern parts of South Sudan, in northern, western, central and southeastern …

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

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in northern South Sudan, in western Eritrea, in northern part of Ethiopia, in part of Djibouti.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed …

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

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in southwestern Sudan, in western, central and northern South Sudan, and in western and northwestern Ethiopia.

Light rainfall of between 5 - 25 …

1 - 10 June 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

1 - 10 June 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
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, …

21 - 31 May 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
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 …

21 - 31 May 2023 Read More