Observed Climate for 21-31 December, 2025
Rainfall
Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)
- Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.
- 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, Ethiopia, and Kenya.
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, and Uganda.
- 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, South Sudan, Eritrea, northwestern and eastern Ethiopia, as well as Somalia.
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 Tanzania, and southern 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, Kenya, and southwestern Ethiopia.
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 including S. Sudan and Ethiopia.
Very Low or No Rain (Light Grey and White)
- Very Low Rainfall (1–5 mm): Forms a major transitional zone across most of S. Sudan, parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, and Kenya.
- Negligible/No Rain (<1 mm or No Data): These dry conditions dominate Sudan, S. Sudan, northwestern and eastern parts of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia.
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Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than to much drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of South Sudan, in western, eastern and southern parts of Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia, in several parts of northern and …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, in northwestern, western, eastern and southern Tanzania, in parts of southeastern Uganda, in parts of western and southern …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to extremely dry conditions were observed in southern and central parts of South Sudan, northeastern and southwestern parts of Ethiopia, in much of Uganda, in western Kenya, in parts of southern Rwanda, and …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in Rwanda, western and southern Burundi, and in western southern and coastal parts of Tanzania.
Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred in western …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual and much drier that usual conditions were observed in several parts of Ethiopia, in southern Eritrea, in parts of Djibouti, in southern Somalia, in central and southern parts of South Sudan, in …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed some parts of central and northeastern Ethiopia, in part of south eastern South Sudan, in southeastern part of Uganda, and in part of western Kenya. …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in some parts of central and northeastern Ethiopia, in southeastern part of South Sudan, in southeastern part of Uganda, and in part of western Kenya.
Moderately dry …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in parts of western Kenya, and in parts of western and southern Tanzania.
Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 50 mm was observed in central …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in several parts of Uganda, in much of western, central and southern parts of Kenya, in central, western and southern Tanzania, and in parts of central and …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in much of Uganda, in several parts of western, central, northwestern and southwestern Kenya, in central, southwestern and southern Tanzania, and in parts of central …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in western, central and southern Tanzania, and in parts of western Kenya.
Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 50 mm was observed in southeastern Uganda, …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in northern and in southeastern Uganda, in some parts of southwestern South Sudan, in part of western Rwanda, and in western and southwestern parts of Tanzania.
Moderately …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in northern and southeastern Uganda, in parts of western Kenya, in western Rwanda, in parts of southwestern South Sudan, and in parts of southwestern, western …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in much of western and southern Tanzania and in western Rwanda.
Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 50 mm was observed in several parts of …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in much of western and southern Tanzania.
Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 50 mm was observed in southern Burundi, in part of southwestern Ethiopia, …