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
Moderately wet conditions were observed in western central and southern Kenya, in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, and in northeastern, northwestern, central and southwestern Tanzania.
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in …
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 …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in parts of western, central and southern Kenya extending to northern, western and central Tanzania, in several parts of Burundi, and in western and eastern …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in western, central and southeastern Uganda, in southeastern South Sudan, in several parts of Burundi, in northwestern, western and southern Tanzania, in parts of northwestern and southeastern …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in central to southwestern Ethiopia, in southern parts of South Sudan, and in several parts of Uganda, Kenya, Burundi and Tanzania.
Wetter than and much …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in northeastern, central to southwestern Ethiopia, in southern Uganda, in much of southern Kenya, in much of Rwanda and northern Burundi, and in northern, central …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southern Uganda, western Kenya, in Rwanda, in northern Burundi, and in north-central to central and southeastern Tanzania.
Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed southern Burundi, and in several parts of western, central and southern Tanzania.
Light rainfall of between 6- 25 mm occurred in parts of southern Uganda, …
Exceptional rainfall
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in central parts of Tanzania, in central to southwestern Ethiopia, in southern parts of South Sudan,
Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in a few …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in Burundi, in several parts of Rwanda, in southern parts of Uganda, in western and central parts of Kenya, and in northwestern and western parts …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in central to southern Ethiopia, in southern parts of South Sudan extending to northern parts of Uganda, in southern Somalia, northwestern Rwanda, and in several …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall exceeding 100 mm was observed in a few areas in central and eastern Kenya, in southern Somalia, in northern Burundi, and in part of northwestern Tanzania.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of central and southern Eritrea, several parts of Ethiopia, in central parts of Somalia, in western and southeastern South Sudan, in northeastern Uganda, in northwestern and …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to extremely wet conditions were observed in western Ethiopia, in eastern South Sudan, in central and southeastern Kenya, in southern Somalia, in southwestern Uganda, in several parts of Rwanda and Burundi, and in …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall exceeding 100 mm was observed in parts of central and eastern Tanzania.
Moderate to high rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in much of the rest of Tanzania, in Burundi, and in parts …