Observed Climate for 11-20 January, 2026

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall Accumulation (Light Green to Dark Green)

  • Highest Rainfall (101–200 mm): These values were concentrated in southwestern parts of the region including western parts of Tanzania.
  • Significant Rainfall (26–50 mm & 51–100 mm): These values were recorded mostly in 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 spilling into Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia.

Very Low or No Rain (White & Light Grey)

  • Very Low Rainfall (1–5 mm): Forms a major transitional zone in southeastern South Sudan, parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya.
  • 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.
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 western Tanzania, and Burundi.
  • 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 the southern parts of the region including Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.

Drier Than Normal Conditions (Yellow and Orange)

  • Drier than Normal (Yellow) and Much Drier than Normal (Orange): These conditions dominate regions to the north. They include northern Tanzania, Uganda, 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.

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in western and southwestern Tanzania.

Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred in southwestern Rwanda, in western and southwestern Burundi, and in central, northwestern and southwestern …

21 - 28 February 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in much of Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and southern Uganda, in southeastern South Sudan, in central and southwestern Ethiopia and in western, central, southern and southeastern …

21 - 28 February 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

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

21 - 28 February 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to extremely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Tanzania and Uganda, in western and southwestern parts of Kenya, and in parts of southwestern South Sudan.

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions …

11 - 20 February 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in much of central to southern Uganda, in western and central Kenya, in southern Eritrea, in northern, central and southwestern Ethiopia, and in northern central, …

11 - 20 February 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in western and southwestern Uganda, in western and central parts of Kenya, in northwestern Rwanda, southwestern Burundi, in northern, central, coastal and southeastern parts of Tanzania.

Moderately …

11 - 20 February 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed Rwanda, Burundi and in much of western and parts of central and southern Tanzania.

Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred in southern parts …

11 - 20 February 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in much of Tanzania, Uganda, central to southwestern Ethiopia, in southern parts of South Sudan and in western, central and southern Kenya.

Wetter than and …

11 - 20 February 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in Rwanda, Burundi, northwestern and southern parts of Tanzania.

Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred in southern parts of Uganda, in parts of …

11 - 20 February 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Burundi, in southern parts of Rwanda, and in several parts of western Tanzania.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in northeastern, …

1 - 10 February 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in much of Burundi, in southern parts of Rwanda, in several parts of western Tanzania.

Moderately dry conditions were observed in the southern parts of South Sudan, …

1 - 10 February 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

High rainfall exceeding 100mm was observed in the southwestern Tanzania.

Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in central and southern Rwanda, in several parts of Burundi, and in northwestern, western, central …

1 - 10 February 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in western, central and southern parts of Kenya, in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, and in northwestern, northern, central and parts of southern Tanzania. …

21 - 31 January 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed western, central and southern parts of Kenya, and in much of Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania

Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred southern parts …

21 - 31 January 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet conditions were observed in western central and southern Kenya, in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, and in northeastern, northwestern, central and southwestern Tanzania.

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in …

21 - 31 January 2025 Read More