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 dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in parts of norther and southeastern Ethiopia, in parts of northern and central Somalia, and in central and southeastern Uganda.
Moderately wet …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed a few isolated areas in western Ethiopia and northwestern South Sudan.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in much of South …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed a few isolated areas in northwestern Ethiopia.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in southern parts of Sudan, in northwestern, western and central parts of Ethiopia, …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in southern parts of Eritrea, in isolated areas in the southern parts of Sudan, in several parts of South Sudan, in parts of southwestern, and northeastern Ethiopia, in parts …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southern parts of Sudan, in southern Eritrea, in several parts of South Sudan, in isolated parts of western, southwestern, central, northeastern and eastern Ethiopia, in parts …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in southeastern and parts of southwestern and south-central Sudan, in eastern and southern parts of South Sudan, in parts of western and southern Ethiopia, in southeastern Somalia, in western …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed in the central parts of Eritrea, in isolated parts of western and southwestern Sudan and northwestern South Sudan, and in northern Ethiopia.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southeastern and south-central parts of Sudan, in northeastern, eastern, central and parts of western South Sudan, in northwestern, western and parts of central Ethiopia, in several …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately wet to severely wet conditions were observed in several parts of Eritrea and Djibouti, in much of the central western to eastern Sudan, in northeastern part of Ethiopia, in central and parts of southern …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed in a few isolated parts in western Sudan, and northern and northwestern Ethiopia.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in much of the central to southern …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Wetter than and much wetter than usual conditions were observed in central, western and eastern Sudan, in several parts of Eritrea and Djibouti, in central and southern parts of South Sudan, in northeastern Ethiopia, in …
Recent rainfall anomalies
Drier than usual conditions were observed in southwest south-central and southeastern Sudan, in much of western South Sudan, in northern and southwestern Uganda, in parts of western and parts of western Ethiopia, in several parts …
Recent rainfall totals
Rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed parts of northern Ethiopia and central Eritrea.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in much of the central to southern parts of Sudan, in western Eritrea, …
Standardized Precipitation Index
Moderately dry to severely dry conditions were observed in southwestern, south-central and southeastern Sudan, in much of western South Sudan, in western and central Ethiopia, in northwestern, northern and southwestern Uganda and in parts of …
Recent rainfall totals
Moderate to heavy rainfall of exceeding 100 mm was observed parts of western Sudan, northwestern part of South Sudan, and in parts of northern Ethiopia.
Moderate rainfall of between 26-100 mm was observed in much …