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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Exceptional rainfall
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in central parts of Tanzania, in central to southwestern Ethiopia, in southern parts of South Sudan,
Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in a few …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in Burundi, in several parts of Rwanda, in southern parts of Uganda, in western and central parts of Kenya, and in northwestern and western parts …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in central to southern Ethiopia, in southern parts of South Sudan extending to northern parts of Uganda, in southern Somalia, northwestern Rwanda, and in several …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in western Ethiopia, in eastern South Sudan, in central and southeastern Kenya, in southern Somalia, in southwestern Uganda, in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, and in …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall exceeding 100 mm was observed in a few areas in central and eastern Kenya, in southern Somalia, in northern Burundi, and in part of northwestern Tanzania.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of central and southern Eritrea, several parts of Ethiopia, in central parts of Somalia, in western and southeastern South Sudan, in northeastern Uganda, in northwestern and …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall exceeding 100 mm was observed in parts of central and eastern Tanzania.
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in much of the rest of Tanzania, in Burundi, and in parts …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in the southern parts of South Sudan, in southwestern Ethiopia, in several parts of Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Kenya, and in parts of northwestern Tanzania.
Moderately wet …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in central to southern Eritrea, in centra to southwestern Ethiopia, in southern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi, and in northwestern part …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed in a few areas in central Kenya, and northwestern and northeastern Burundi.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in much of western Uganda and southwestern Uganda, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Eritrea, Djibouti, South Sudan, Ethiopia, central to eastern Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, and northern and central Tanzania.
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Uganda, in parts of northwestern, eastern and southern South Sudan, in southwestern, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in central, and parts of southern Somalia, …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed in some areas in southwestern Ethiopia.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in western, central and eastern parts of South Sudan, in northwestern, western, southern and …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan extending to northern South Sudan, in southern parts of South Sudan extending to northern and central Uganda, in several parts of Somalia, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in southwestern parts of Sudan, in northwestern and southern parts of South Sudan, in parts of northeastern Ethiopia, in several parts of northeastern, central and southern Somalia, in northern …