Observed Climate for 21-30 November, 2025

Rainfall

Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and a few patches in northern Sudan.
  • 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 Uganda, South Sudan, coastal parts of Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania.

Drier Than Normal Conditions (Yellow and Orange)

  • Drier than Normal (Yellow) and Much Drier than Normal (Orange): These conditions dominate the northern parts of the region.
    • Significant drier areas cover most of S. Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, eastern Kenya, Uganda, parts of 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 northern parts of Sudan, northeastern Ethiopia, northwestern Kenya as well as central northern Somalia.
Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall Accumulation (Dark Green to Light Green)

  • Highest Rainfall (201–300 mm and 101–200 mm): Rainfall amounts between 101 and 300 mm was observed Rwanda, Burundi, and central Kenya.
  • Significant Rainfall (51–100 mm and 26–50 mm): These categories were observed in areas surrounding most of the parts highlighted above including Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Kenya.

Moderate to Low Rainfall (Yellow and Orange)

  • Low Rainfall (11–25 mm and 6–10 mm): These values typically ring the high-rainfall areas and transition into the driest zones. They are concentrated over most countries in the southern parts of the region.

Very Low or No Rain (Light Grey and White)

  • Very Low Rainfall (1–5 mm): Forms a major transitional zone across central most of Sudan, parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, northwestern Kenya.
  • Negligible/No Rain (<1 mm or No Data): These dry conditions dominate Sudan, northern parts of Ethiopia, and northwestern parts of Kenya.
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately Wet to severely Wet Conditions

Only a few pockets in the region observed these conditions in the region.

Moderately Dry to Severely Dry Conditions

These conditions were observed in most countries including Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and S. Sudan.

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, in parts of coastal Kenya, in northwestern, western and southwestern Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 50 mm …

21 - 31 December 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 51-100 mm was observed in northwestern Tanzania, and in a few areas in central and coastal Kenya,

Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 50 mm was observed in southwestern, …

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

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in the central and southern parts of Uganda, in southern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, and in western, southwestern, central and …

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

Drier than usual conditions were observed in central and southern parts of Ethiopia, in southern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi, in southeastern parts of Somalia, and in …

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

Heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in parts of southwestern parts of Kenya and in several parts of Tanzania.

Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 50 mm was observed in parts of central, …

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

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in several parts of Tanzania, northwestern and eastern parts of Uganda, and in southwestern South Sudan.

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

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

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Tanzania, in southwestern South Sudan, in southern part of western Kenya, and in parts of northwestern and eastern Uganda.

Drier than usual conditions were observed …

1 - 10 December 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall exceeding 200mm was observed in parts of eastern Kenya.

Heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in southwestern parts of South Sudan, in western and southern parts of Uganda, in western, central, …

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

Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in western, central, eastern and southern parts of South Sudan, in parts of western, central and southeastern Uganda, in southwestern, central and southeastern parts of Kenya, in …

21 - 30 November 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in western, central and southeastern part of South Sudan, in central Eritrea, in western and southern parts of Uganda, in southwestern, central, southeastern and coastal parts of Kenya, in …

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

Heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in southwestern and southern parts of Ethiopia, in central and southern parts of Somalia, in eastern, central, coastal and western parts of Kenya, in western and southern …

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

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

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

Very heavy rainfall of between 200-300mm was observed in the central parts of Kenya.

Heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in southwestern and south-central parts of Ethiopia, in southern parts of Somalia, in …

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

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in western and central Eritrea, in much of South Sudan, in northwestern, western, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia and Kenya, in southeastern Uganda, southern Burundi, …

1 - 10 November 2023 Read More