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 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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately to severely wet conditions observed in south-eastern Sudan extending to western Eritrea and north-eastern Ethiopia, and in a few isolated areas of western and central South Sudan and western Ethiopia.
Normal rainfall conditions observed …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter and much wetter than normal conditions observed in a few places in south-eastern Sudan, western Eritrea, and north-eastern parts of Ethiopia.
Normal rainfall conditions observed in south-central and south-eastern Sudan, much of northern and …
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) …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately to extremely wet conditions were observed in south-eastern and parts of south-western Sudan, north-western and northeastern South Sudan, western Ethiopia and western parts of Uganda.
Normal rainfall conditions were observed over southern parts of …
Recent rainfall totals
Heavy rainfall (100-200mm) was observed in western parts of Ethiopia.
Moderate rainfall (50-100 mm) was observed in south-western and south-eastern Sudan, much of western South Sudan, north-western and central highlands of Ethiopia.
Light rainfall (25-50 …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter to much wetter than normal conditions were observed in south-western and south-eastern Sudan, western Ethiopia, north-western, south-western, and northeastern South Sudan, and in western Uganda.
Normal rainfall conditions were observed in north-western and central …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately to extremely wet conditions were observed in southwestern Sudan, and northwestern South Sudan
Usual rainfall conditions were observed over the southern parts of Sudan, southeastern South Sudan, over much of Eritrea, much of north, …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate rainfall between 50 - 100 mm was observed in northwestern and western Ethiopia, and western and northwestern South Sudan.
Light rainfall between 25 - 50 mm was observed in southwestern, south-central and south eastern …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in southwestern Sudan, and northwestern South Sudan.
Usual rainfall conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in a few isolated areas in northeast, northwest, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than and much wetter than normal conditions were observed in south-eastern part of South Sudan, south-western Ethiopia; much of western, northern and central Uganda; north-western and south-western Kenya, over much of Rwanda and Burundi, …