Observed Climate for 21-31 October, 2025
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 eastern Uganda, central Kenya, and northwester Tanzania.
- Significant Rainfall (51–100 mm and 26–50 mm): These categories cover vast areas, forming a wide, central-to-western band and northeastern across the region, including:
- A few pockets in Ethiopia
- Most of southern South Sudan.
- Large sections of Uganda.
- Western and central Kenya, Rwanda, and in 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 GHA region except Djibouti.
Very Low or No Rain (Light Grey and White)
- Very Low Rainfall (1–5 mm): Forms a major transitional zone across central Sudan, parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, eastern Kenya, and most parts of Tanzania.
- Negligible/No Rain (<1 mm or No Data): These dry conditions dominate northern Sudan, northern parts of Ethiopia, and northwestern parts of Kenya and central Tanzania.
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 moderately to severely wet conditions.
Moderately Dry to Severely Dry Conditions
Countries with pronounced rainfall deficit included a few pockets in the border region between Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan, southeastern Ethiopia, Somalia, northeastern parts of Kenya, Burundi and a few pockets in Tanzania.
Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)
- Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily in Uganda, Kenya, northwestern Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and a few patches in Ethiopia and Somalia.
- 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 central Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, 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 and southern parts of the region.
- Significant drier areas cover most of central Sudan, northwestern Eritrea, northern Ethiopia, southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, much of Tanzania, and in Burundi.
- 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, northern Ethiopia, and northwestern Kenya as well as central Tanzania.
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Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than usual conditions were observed in western and central Eritrea, in several parts of South Sudan, in northwestern, western, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia and Kenya, in southeastern and central …
Recent rainfall totals
Very heavy rainfall of between 200-300mm was observed in the central parts of Kenya.
Heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in southwestern and south-central parts of Ethiopia, in southern parts of Somalia, in …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in western and central parts of Eritrea, in southern parts of Sudan, in several parts of South Sudan and Somalia, in northwestern, western, southern and eastern Ethiopia, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than usual conditions were observed in western and central Eritrea, in much of South Sudan, in northwestern, western, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia and Kenya, in southeastern Uganda, southern Burundi, …
Recent rainfall totals
Heavy rainfall of between 51-200 mm was observed in northwestern, western and southern parts of Ethiopia, in central and southern parts of Somalia, in northeastern, central western and parts of coastal Kenya, in western parts …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in southern and southeastern parts of Sudan, in much parts of Eritrea and Djibouti, in several parts of Ethiopia and Somalia, in northeastern Kenya, and in eastern …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan in much of Eritrea and Djibouti, in several parts of Ethiopia, in several parts of Somalia, in northeastern Kenya, and in coastal Tanzania.
Drier …
Recent rainfall totals
Heavy rainfall exceeding 100 mm was observed in a few areas in southwestern South Sudan, in northwestern Uganda, and southwestern Ethiopia.
Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in much …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than usual conditions were observed in a eastern part of Sudan, in western Eritrea, in northwestern and southern parts of South Sudan, in northwestern, western, southern and eastern Ethiopia, in parts of north and …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed eastern part of Sudan, in western Eritrea, in northwestern and southern parts of South Sudan, in northwestern, western, southern and eastern parts of Ethiopia, in parts of …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 100 mm was observed in the northern and western parts of South Sudan, in western and southwestern Ethiopia, in a few areas in central Somalia, and in …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in several parts of Eritrea and Ethiopia, southern parts of South Sudan, in much of northern and southern parts of Somalia, in parts of …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately to extremely dry conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in western Eritrea, in northern, eastern and southern parts of South Sudan, in several parts of Ethiopia, in parts of northern and southern …
Recent rainfall totals
Heavy rainfall exceeding 200 mm was observed in parts of western Ethiopia.
Moderate to heavy rainfall of between 26 - 200 mm was observed in the southern parts of Sudan, in much of South Sudan, …