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 rainfall of between 26-100mm occurred in several parts of South Sudan, Uganda, in parts of western Ethiopia, in south-central parts of Sudan, in parts of western Kenya and northern coast of Kenya.

Light rainfall …

21 - 30 June 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in western, central to southeastern Sudan, in southwestern Eritrea, in northern and northeastern Ethiopia, in eastern and southwestern South Sudan, and in northeastern Uganda extending …

21 - 30 June 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in western, southwestern, central and southeastern Sudan, in western Eritrea, in northern, western and northeastern Ethiopia, and in eastern and western parts of South Sudan.

Moderately wet …

21 - 30 June 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall exceeding 100mm occurred in isolated part of western Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 26-100mm occurred in western and northwestern parts of South Sudan, in parts of southwestern and southeastern Sudan, in …

11 - 20 June 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Uganda, in southern, central and eastern parts of South Sudan extending into south-central Sudan, in parts of central and northeastern Ethiopia, and in …

11 - 20 June 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Uganda extending to the southern, central and eastern parts of South Sudan, in south-central Sudan, in parts of western Eritrea, in …

11 - 20 June 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate rainfall of between 26-50mm and exceeding 50mm was recorded in western to southwestern parts of South Sudan, western Ethiopia, parts of western and coastal Kenya, and northern, central to western Uganda.

Light rainfall of …

1 - 10 June 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

southwestern Eritrea, in several parts of South Sudan, in north, western and central Ethiopia, and in parts of central and south-central Kenya.

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in a few isolated parts …

1 - 10 June 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in several parts of South Sudan, in western Eritrea, in several parts of western, central, northern, eastern and southwestern Ethiopia, …

1 - 10 June 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in northern parts of South Sudan, in western and central Eritrea, in central, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts …

21 - 31 May 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in the southern parts of Sudan, in southwestern Eritrea, in northern and southwestern parts of South Sudan, in southern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts of northern …

21 - 31 May 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-200mm was recorded in some parts of western Ethiopia, in parts of western and eastern South Sudan, in northern, central, western and southeastern Uganda, and in parts of western …

21 - 31 May 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-200mm was recorded in many parts of South Sudan, in western Ethiopia, in in northern, central and eastern Uganda, in western, central and coastal Kenya, in western and central …

11 - 20 May 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in western and central Eritrea, in northern, central, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in Somalia, northern eastern and coastal Kenya, in northwestern and southwestern South Sudan, …

11 - 20 May 2025 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in the southwestern parts of Sudan extending to northwestern and southwestern South Sudan and much of western and central Uganda, in the northeastern, eastern and southeastern Ethiopia …

11 - 20 May 2025 Read More