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 anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Eritrea, in isolated areas in the southern parts of Sudan, in several parts of South Sudan, in parts of southwestern, and northeastern Ethiopia, in parts …

1 - 10 September 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed a few isolated areas in northwestern Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in northwestern, western and central parts of Ethiopia, …

1 - 10 September 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in southern Eritrea, in several parts of South Sudan, in isolated parts of western, southwestern, central, northeastern and eastern Ethiopia, in parts …

1 - 10 September 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southeastern and south-central parts of Sudan, in northeastern, eastern, central and parts of western South Sudan, in northwestern, western and parts of central Ethiopia, in several …

21 - 31 August 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed in the central parts of Eritrea, in isolated parts of western and southwestern Sudan and northwestern South Sudan, and in northern Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm …

21 - 31 August 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions were observed in southeastern and parts of southwestern and south-central Sudan, in eastern and southern parts of South Sudan, in parts of western and southern Ethiopia, in southeastern Somalia, in western …

21 - 31 August 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in central, western and eastern Sudan, in several parts of Eritrea and Djibouti, in central and southern parts of South Sudan, in northeastern Ethiopia, in …

10 - 20 August 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed in a few isolated parts in western Sudan, and northern and northwestern Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in much of the central to southern …

10 - 20 August 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in several parts of Eritrea and Djibouti, in much of the central western to eastern Sudan, in northeastern part of Ethiopia, in central and parts of southern …

10 - 20 August 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than usual conditions were observed in southwest south-central and southeastern Sudan, in much of western South Sudan, in northern and southwestern Uganda, in parts of western and parts of western Ethiopia, in several parts …

1 - 10 August 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southwestern, south-central and southeastern Sudan, in much of western South Sudan, in western and central Ethiopia, in northwestern, northern and southwestern Uganda and in parts of …

1 - 10 August 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed parts of northern Ethiopia and central Eritrea.

Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in much of the central to southern parts of Sudan, in western Eritrea, …

1 - 10 August 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed parts of western Sudan, northwestern part of South Sudan, and in parts of northern Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in much …

21 - 31 July 2024 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in eastern to western and southwestern parts of Sudan, in central Eritrea, in parts of Djibouti, in northeastern part of Ethiopia, in parts of northern …

21 - 31 July 2024 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southeastern parts of Sudan, in southwestern Eritrea, in northwestern and western Ethiopia, in southeastern Somalia, in parts of eastern and southwestern South Sudan, and part of …

21 - 31 July 2024 Read More