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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Standardized Precipitation Index
- Severely wet conditions observed in central Sudan, north-western and eastern Ethiopia, Lake Victoria sides of Kenya, north-western Somalia, eastern and south-eastern South Sudan, Karamoja region of Uganda, south and eastern Burundi, and north-western and Lake …
Recent rainfall totals
- Heavy rainfall (between 100-200 mm) observed in isolated areas in north-western Ethiopia.
- Moderate rainfall (between 50-100 mm) observed in most parts of South Sudan, northern Uganda, central and western Ethiopia, and western Kenya.
- Light rainfall …
Minimum Temperature anomalies
- Warmer than usual minimum temperature recorded over western and eastern parts of Sudan, south and central South Sudan, everywhere in Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, and Tanzania.
- Cooler than usual minimum temperature recorded in central and northern …
Recent rainfall anomalies
- Much wetter than usual conditions observed in most parts of western and central Sudan; western, central and eastern Ethiopia; and north-western Somalia.
- Wetter than usual conditions observed in most parts south-eastern Sudan, eastern South Sudan, …
Recent rainfall totals
- Very Heavy rainfall (above 200 mm) observed in most parts of highlands of central Ethiopia.
- Heavy rainfall (between 100-200 mm) observed in western and south-eastern Sudan, and most parts of Ethiopia.
- Moderate rainfall (between …
Standardized Precipitation Index
- Extremely wet conditions observed in most parts of western, central and south-eastern Sudan; north-western Somalia; and western, central, and eastern Ethiopia.
- Severely wet conditions observed in most parts of south-eastern Sudan, eastern South Sudan, Lake …
Maximum Temperature anomalies
- Warmer than usual maximum temperature recorded over Somalia, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Ethiopia, south-eastern South Sudan and red sea region of Sudan.
- Cooler than usual maximum temperature recorded in most parts of Sudan, South Sudan, …
Recent rainfall totals
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Exceptional rainfall
SPI for the first dekad of June.
Minimum Temperature anomalies
- Warmer than usual minimum temperature recorded in northern and red sea coast of Sudan, southwestern and eastern South Sudan, western and southwestern Ethiopia, northern and northeastern Uganda, most parts of Rwanda and Burundi, most parts …
Recent rainfall anomalies
- Severely dry (much drier than usual) conditions observed in northeast Kenya, central Somalia, southwestern Uganda.
- Moderate dry (drier than usual) conditions observed in most parts of Ethiopia, southern, central and western Sudan, southern, Eritrea, most …
Maximum Temperature anomalies
- Warmer than usual maximum temperature recorded over northern and western Sudan, northern and southwestern and southern South Sudan, most parts of southern, central and eastern Ethiopia, most of Kenya and Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi southern, central …