Observed Climate for 11-20 November, 2025

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall Accumulation (Light Green to Dark Green)

  • Highest Rainfall (101–200 mm & 201–300 mm): These values are extremely high for a 10-day period. Rainfall amounts between 101 and 300 mm was observed in southwestern parts of the region including western Uganda, western Rwanda, Burundi, western and localized areas along the coast of Tanzania and a few areas in central Kenya.
  • Significant Rainfall (26–50 mm & 51–100 mm): These categories form major transitional zones across the countries highlighted in the highest rainfall category.

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 over:
    • All countries in the GHA region except Rwanda and Burundi.

Very Low or No Rain (White & Light Grey)

  • Very Low Rainfall (1–5 mm): Forms a major transitional zone in northeastern Sudan, South Sudan, parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and central Tanzania.
  • Negligible/No Rain (<1 mm or No Data): These dry conditions dominate Sudan, South Sudan, northern parts of Ethiopia, northeastern Somalia, northwestern parts of Kenya and central Tanzania.
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily over the northeastern parts of Sudan, South Sudan, parts of Eritrea, Djibouti, central to eastern parts of Kenya, southwestern parts of Uganda, Burundi, and western as well as coastal parts of Tanzania.
  • 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 of the region.
    • Significant drier areas cover most of central South Sudan, northwestern Eritrea, several parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, northwestern Kenya, and central Tanzania.
    • The orange ('Much drier than normal') is evident across most of the countries highlighted.

No Rain (White)

  • No Rain: Indicated in the very northern and the dry parts of the region, particularly in Sudan, northern parts of South Sudan, Ethiopia, central parts of Somalia, northwestern Kenya as well as central Tanzania.

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

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

21 - 31 May 2023 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in in central and northeastern parts of Ethiopia.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in southeastern Sudan, in much of eastern and southern South Sudan, in northeastern, …

11 - 20 May 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall between 26 - 100 mm was observed in western South Sudan, in western and central Ethiopia, in parts of western, central and southeastern Uganda, in western, central and parts of coastal Kenya, and …

11 - 20 May 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in central parts of Eritrea, and in northeastern and central parts of Ethiopia.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in western Eritrea, in much …

11 - 20 May 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions observed in several parts of the region.

Drier than usual conditions observed in a few areas of western Eritrea and north-eastern Somalia.

Usual rainfall conditions recorded in parts of western Eritrea, …

21 - 30 April 2023 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions observed in several parts of the region.

Moderately to severely dry conditions occurred in a few areas in parts of western Eritrea and northeastern Somalia.

No rainfall for much of …

21 - 30 April 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall (51 - 200 mm) observed in much of the central and southern parts of Ethiopia, central and southern parts of South Sudan, much of Uganda, southern parts of Somalia, several parts …

21 - 30 April 2023 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in northwestern South Sudan, in northern and southwestern Ethiopia, in central Eritrea, in eastern parts of Kenya, and in northeastern and western parts of Tanzania.

Moderately to severely …

11 - 20 April 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in central parts of Eritrea, in northern and western parts of Ethiopia, in northwestern South Sudan, in eastern parts of Kenya, and in several parts of northeastern, northeastern, western …

11 - 20 April 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall between 51 - 200 mm was observed in southwestern part of Ethiopia, in eastern, central and western parts of Kenya in southwestern Somalia, in eastern Rwanda, southeastern Uganda, in much of …

11 - 20 April 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall between 51 -200 mm was observed in central and southwestern parts of Ethiopia, in southern parts of Somalia, in western, central and parts of eastern Kenya, in much of Rwanda and …

1 - 10 April 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in much of Djibouti, in central, northeastern and eastern Ethiopia, in northwestern and southern Somalia, in northwestern, and parts of eastern and western Kenya, in several parts of Rwanda …

1 - 10 April 2023 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in parts of Djibouti, in parts of central and northeastern Ethiopia, in northwestern and southern Somalia, in northwestern, western and eastern parts of Kenya, and in much of …

1 - 10 April 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in eastern and southern parts of Tanzania.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Ethiopia, in southwestern and southeastern parts of South Sudan, in several parts …

1 - 10 February 2023 Read More