Observed Climate for 11-20 January, 2026
Rainfall
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.
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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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 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 …
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 …
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 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 wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in parts southwestern and southeastern parts of Sudan, in much of northwestern, central, western and southwestern South Sudan, in parts of central Ethiopia, in several parts of …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in western and central Eritrea, in northern, eastern and southern Ethiopia, in much of Somalia, in northern, eastern, central and coastal Kenya, in parts of northeastern South Sudan, in …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed in southern South Sudan and northern parts of Uganda.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in parts of south-central Sudan, in several parts of South Sudan, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, western and parts of southern Eritrea, in northwestern Somalia, in northern and northeastern Ethiopia, in northwestern and eastern South Sudan, …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in parts of western and southern Eritrea, in much of Djibouti, in northwestern, western and eastern South Sudan, in parts of northern …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in western, northern and eastern parts of South Sudan, in southern parts of Sudan, in parts of western and northeastern Ethiopia, in northwestern part of Somalia, in …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in parts of norther and southeastern Ethiopia, in parts of northern and central Somalia, and in central and southeastern Uganda.
Moderately wet …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in western, central to eastern Sudan, in several parts of Eritrea, in coastal Djibouti, in northern and southern Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia, in central to southeastern Uganda, …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed a few isolated areas in western Ethiopia and northwestern South Sudan.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in much of South …