Observed Climate for 21-31 December, 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 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.
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 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 totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to heavy rainfall 100 -200mm was observed in the western parts of Ethiopia.

Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in much of the southern parts of Sudan, in western Eritrea, …

21 - 31 July 2023 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in a few isolated areas in southwestern Ethiopia and southeastern South Sudan.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in central and eastern parts of Sudan, in several parts of …

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

Moderate rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in much of South Sudan, the western, northern and central Ethiopia, in western Eritrea, in northern eastern and southeastern Uganda, …

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

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in western parts of Sudan, in southeastern Uganda, and in parts of western Kenya.

Drier than usual conditions were observed in central and south-central parts of Sudan, in central …

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

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southwestern and southeastern parts of Sudan, in southeastern Uganda, and in parts of western of Kenya.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed in central and south-central …

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

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern western Ethiopia, in parts of western and southern Sudan, in western parts of South Sudan, in several parts of northern, western, central and eastern Uganda, and …

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

Heavy rainfall of between 100 – 200 mm was observed in western part of Ethiopia.

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in parts of northwestern and western Ethiopia, in …

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

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern western Ethiopia, in parts of western and southern Sudan, in western parts of South Sudan, in several parts of northern, western, central and eastern Uganda, and …

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

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, western Eritrea, in eastern and southern parts of South Sudan, in northern and western pats of Ethiopia, in northwestern and central parts of …

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

Heavy rainfall of between 100 – 200 mm was observed in western and northern parts of Ethiopia.

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in …

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

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in parts of western Eritrea, in northern and southwestern Ethiopia, in eastern and southern parts of South Sudan, in northern, western, central and southeastern …

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

Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in southwestern Sudan, in western, central and northern South Sudan, and in western and northwestern Ethiopia.

Light rainfall of between 5 - 25 …

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

Moderately to severely wet conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in northern South Sudan, in western Eritrea, in northern part of Ethiopia, in part of Djibouti.

Moderately to severely dry conditions were observed …

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

Wetter than usual conditions were observed in several parts of central and southern Sudan, western and central Eritrea, in northern parts of South Sudan, and in parts of northwestern Ethiopia.

Drier than usual conditions were …

1 - 10 June 2023 Read More