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

Heavy rainfall between 100-200mm was observed in some part in northern Ethiopia, in a few areas in northwest South Sudan, and in part of western Kenya highlands.

Moderate rainfall between 50 - 100 mm was …

11 - 20 August 2022 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in western, central and eastern Sudan, in pars of western Eritrea, in several parts of Djibouti, in northeastern Ethiopia, in northwestern parts of South Sudan, in northwest, central, …

11 - 20 August 2022 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to extremely wet conditions were observed in western, central and eastern Sudan extending to western and central Eritrea, in parts of Djibouti, in northeastern Ethiopia, in parts of northeastern and western South Sudan, in …

1 - 10 August 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall between 100-200mm was observed in a few isolated areas in northwestern Eritrea, in part of southwestern Sudan, and in a few isolated areas in northern Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall between 50 - 100 mm …

1 - 10 August 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

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

1 - 10 August 2022 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet rainfall conditions were observed in western, southwestern and eastern Sudan, parts of western and central Eritrea, in northwestern and western Ethiopia, in parts of north-central and eastern South Sudan, and in …

21 - 31 July 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in western, eastern and southwestern parts of Sudan, in parts of western and central Eritrea, over several parts of Djibouti, in parts of northwestern and …

21 - 31 July 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall between 100-200mm was observed in a northwestern, and western part of Ethiopia, and in a few areas in southwestern Sudan and northwestern South Sudan.

Moderate rainfall between 50 - 100 mm was observed …

21 - 31 July 2022 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in a few isolated areas in central and south-central Sudan, in north-western South Sudan, and in north-eastern Ethiopia.

Near usual rainfall conditions were observed in much of Eritrea, …

11 - 20 July 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall between 100-200mm was observed in a few isolated areas in north-west South Sudan, and north-western Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall between 50 - 100 mm was observed in parts of south-west and south-central Sudan, in …

11 - 20 July 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few isolated areas in central and south-central Sudan, northern Ethiopia, and north-west South Sudan.

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in south-western and south-central …

11 - 20 July 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall between 100-200mm was observed in northwestern and western parts of Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall between 50 - 100 mm was observed in southwestern and southeastern parts of Sudan, southwestern Eritrea, in much of the …

1 - 10 July 2022 Read More
Standardized Precipitation Index
Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southwestern and eastern Sudan, southwestern Eritrea, northern Ethiopia, and in western and eastern South Sudan.

Near usual rainfall conditions were observed in southern and southeastern Sudan, over …

1 - 10 July 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in southwestern Sudan, in southwestern Eritrea, northern Ethiopia, and in a few areas in eastern and western South Sudan

Usual rainfall conditions were observed in …

1 - 10 July 2022 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Heavy rainfall (100-200mm) observed in a few isolated areas of western Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall (50 - 100 mm) observed in north-western and western parts of South Sudan and Ethiopia.

Light rainfall (25 - 50 mm) …

11 - 30 June 2022 Read More