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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Standardized Precipitation Index
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, …

21 - 30 November 2025 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately Wet to severely Wet Conditions

Observed in southern Tanzania, a few parts in Rwanda and southwestern Uganda, northeastern South Sudan and the border region between South Sudan, Sudan and Ethiopia. …

1 - 10 November 2025 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately Wet to severely Wet Conditions

A large area stretching across Kenya from the coastal parts westwards into Uganda and southern South Sudan as well as several parts of Tanzania and Rwanda were characterized by …

21 - 31 October 2025 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately Wet to severely Wet Conditions

A large area stretching across the northern and central parts of the region was characterized by moderately to severely wet conditions. These areas include central Sudan, western Eritrea …

1 - 10 October 2025 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately Wet to severely Wet Conditions

A large area stretching across the northern and central parts of the region was characterized by moderately to severely wet conditions. These areas include western Sudan, western Eritrea …

11 - 20 September 2025 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Sudan, in northwestern, western and southern Uganda, in Rwanda, southeastern Ethiopia, in parts of southern Somalia and in northwestern parts of Tanzania.

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in eastern parts of Sudan, …

1 - 10 September 2025 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in western, central to eastern parts of Sudan, in northwestern part of South Sudan, and in western and south-central Uganda.

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were …

1 - 10 August 2025 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

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

21 - 31 July 2025 Read More
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in several parts of Eritrea, Djibouti, central and southern Somalia, northeastern and eastern Ethiopia, in central and southeastern Uganda, in northern, eastern and coastal Kenya, and in …

1 - 10 May 2025 Read More
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Standardized Precipitation Index

Moderately dry to extremely dry conditions were observed in coastal, and central to southern Eritrea, in several parts of Djibouti, in central to eastern Ethiopia, in northern and central Somalia, in central to southern parts …

21 - 30 April 2025 Read More