Observed Climate for 21-31 January, 2026
Rainfall
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 in a few parts in Tanzania.
- Significant Rainfall (51–100 mm and 26–50 mm): These categories were observed in Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.
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 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, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia.
Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)
- Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily in 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 Ethiopia, Uganda, 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 Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Eritrea.
- 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 Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, northwestern and eastern Ethiopia, parts of Kenya, as well as Somalia.
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Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in western, central and southern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Eritrea, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Djibouti, in the northern and central Burundi, …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in western, central to southern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in western and southwestern Tanzania.
Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred in southwestern Rwanda, in western and southwestern Burundi, and in central, northwestern and southwestern …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to extremely dry conditions were observed much of Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania, in southwestern parts of Ethiopia, in western and southern parts of Kenya, in southern Uganda, and in southern parts of South …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in much of Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and southern Uganda, in southeastern South Sudan, in central and southwestern Ethiopia and in western, central, southern and southeastern …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in much of central to southern Uganda, in western and central Kenya, in southern Eritrea, in northern, central and southwestern Ethiopia, and in northern central, …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed Rwanda, Burundi and in much of western and parts of central and southern Tanzania.
Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred in southern parts …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to extremely dry conditions were observed in several parts of Tanzania and Uganda, in western and southwestern parts of Kenya, and in parts of southwestern South Sudan.
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in western and southwestern Uganda, in western and central parts of Kenya, in northwestern Rwanda, southwestern Burundi, in northern, central, coastal and southeastern parts of Tanzania.
Moderately …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in much of Tanzania, Uganda, central to southwestern Ethiopia, in southern parts of South Sudan and in western, central and southern Kenya.
Wetter than and …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in Rwanda, Burundi, northwestern and southern parts of Tanzania.
Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred in southern parts of Uganda, in parts of …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in much of Burundi, in southern parts of Rwanda, in several parts of western Tanzania.
Moderately dry conditions were observed in the southern parts of South Sudan, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Burundi, in southern parts of Rwanda, and in several parts of western Tanzania.
Drier than usual conditions were observed in northeastern, …
Recent rainfall totals
High rainfall exceeding 100mm was observed in the southwestern Tanzania.
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in central and southern Rwanda, in several parts of Burundi, and in northwestern, western, central …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed western, central and southern parts of Kenya, and in much of Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania
Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred southern parts …