Observed Climate for 21-28 February, 2026

Rainfall

Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal to much wetter than normal Conditions

  • Much wetter than Normal: This category was observed along the south-north transect of the Rift Valley regions of Kenya and Tanzania, northwestern Tanzania, northeastern Burundi, and northeastern Rwanda.
  • Wetter than Normal: This category was observed in areas surrounding the darkest green areas, covering most of countries highlighted above.

Near Normal Conditions

  • Predominantly observed in southeastern and western parts of Tanzania, western Burundi and western Rwanda, southern and eastern Uganda, western and eastern lowlands of Kenya, southwestern coast of Eritrea, and in northeastern Djibouti.

Drier Than Normal Conditions

  • Drier than Normal and Much Drier than Normal: These conditions were observed in northern Uganda, southern to central South Sudan, several parts of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, southern Somalia, and eastern parts of Kenya.

No Rain

  • Observed in the very northern and the dry parts of the region, particularly in Sudan, northern South Sudan, eastern Eritrea, northwestern and eastern Ethiopia, northeastern tip of Kenya, and in much of Somalia.
Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall Accumulation Highest Rainfall (101–200mm)

  • Rainfall amounts between 101 and 200 mm were recorded in some parts of central Kenya and some areas across the north-south transect in the Rift Valley region of Tanzania.

Moderate to high Rainfall of between (26-100mm)

  • These were observed in much of Rwanda and Burundi and Tanzania, in southern parts of Uganda, and in western, central and southern Kenya.the southern parts of amounts.

Moderate to Low Rainfall of between (6mm–10mm)

  • These were observed over central to northern Uganda, southern tip of South Sudan, southwestern to central Ethiopia, northwestern and some parts in the eastern region of Kenya, and over a few pockets in eastern Tanzania.
  • Very Low or No Rain Very Low Rainfall (1–5mm): These were observed in much of the northern sectors of the region including much of Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and in northern and central South Sudan, nothern, eastern, western and southeastern Ethiopia, and in northeastern and eastern Kenya.

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern western Ethiopia, in parts of western and southern Sudan, in western parts of South Sudan, in several parts of northern, western, central and eastern Uganda, and …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern western Ethiopia, in parts of western and southern Sudan, in western parts of South Sudan, in several parts of northern, western, central and eastern Uganda, and …

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Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall of between 100 – 200 mm was observed in western part of Ethiopia.

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in parts of northwestern and western Ethiopia, in …

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall of between 100 – 200 mm was observed in western and northern parts of Ethiopia.

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in …

11 - 20 June 2023 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, western Eritrea, in eastern and southern parts of South Sudan, in northern and western pats of Ethiopia, in northwestern and central parts of …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in parts of western Eritrea, in northern and southwestern Ethiopia, in eastern and southern parts of South Sudan, in northern, western, central and southeastern …

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Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in southwestern Sudan, in western, central and northern South Sudan, and in western and northwestern Ethiopia.

Light rainfall of between 5 - 25 …

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Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in northern South Sudan, in western Eritrea, in northern part of Ethiopia, in part of Djibouti.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed …

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Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in several parts of central and southern Sudan, western and central Eritrea, in northern parts of South Sudan, and in parts of northwestern Ethiopia.

Drier than usual conditions were …

1 - 10 June 2023 Read More
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Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in western South Sudan, in western, southern, central and eastern parts of Ethiopia, in parts of western Eritrea, in parts of northern Somalia, …

21 - 31 May 2023 Read More
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 …

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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 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 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