Observed Climate for 11-20 December, 2025
Rainfall
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.
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
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in western, central to eastern parts of Sudan, in northwestern part of South Sudan, and in western and south-central Uganda.
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Uganda extending to the southern parts of South Sudan, in western and central Kenya, in southern, central and northern Ethiopia, in …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall exceeding 100mm occurred in isolated part of western Ethiopia.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100mm occurred in western, southern and eastern Sudan, western and central Eritrea, in several parts of South Sudan, …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Uganda, in southern, northern and eastern parts of South Sudan extending into southern parts of Sudan, in northern, central and south-central Ethiopia, in …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in western, southwestern, central and southeastern Sudan, in western Eritrea, in northern, western and northeastern Ethiopia, and in eastern and western parts of South Sudan.
Moderately wet …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100mm occurred in several parts of South Sudan, Uganda, in parts of western Ethiopia, in south-central parts of Sudan, in parts of western Kenya and northern coast of Kenya.
Light rainfall …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in western, central to southeastern Sudan, in southwestern Eritrea, in northern and northeastern Ethiopia, in eastern and southwestern South Sudan, and in northeastern Uganda extending …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall exceeding 100mm occurred in isolated part of western Ethiopia.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100mm occurred in western and northwestern parts of South Sudan, in parts of southwestern and southeastern Sudan, in …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Uganda extending to the southern, central and eastern parts of South Sudan, in south-central Sudan, in parts of western Eritrea, in …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Uganda, in southern, central and eastern parts of South Sudan extending into south-central Sudan, in parts of central and northeastern Ethiopia, and in …
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 …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in several parts of South Sudan, in western Eritrea, in several parts of western, central, northern, eastern and southwestern Ethiopia, …
Standardized Precipitation Index
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 …
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 …
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 …