11-20 January, 2021

Rainfall

Recent rainfall totals

  • Heavy rainfall (between 100-200 mm) was recorded in parts of southwest and southeast Tanzania.
  • Moderate rainfall (between 50-100 mm) observed in most southern parts of Burundi, central and southwestern parts of Tanzania.
  • Light rainfall (between 25-50 mm) observed in most parts of north, western Tanzania, northern Burundi, and around the Lake Victoria Basin.
  • Rainfall range between 5-25 mm observed several parts of Rwanda, central Kenya, central and southwestern Uganda and over a few parts of southern Ethiopia.
  • Usual dry (usually dry in this time of season) observed in much of Sudan, southern Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, northern Uganda and northern and eastern Kenya.
Recent rainfall anomalies

  • Much wetter than usual conditions observed over southeast Tanzania and south-central Uganda.
  • Wetter than usual conditions observed in southwestern Tanzania, over much of Lake Victoria peripheral, and in central Uganda.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed in southwest Uganda, eastern and central Rwanda, western parts of Kenya, southern Burundi, and much of northwest and central Tanzania.
  • Moderately drier than usual conditions observed in central to southwest Ethiopia, over much of central and southern Kenya, and eastern parts of Tanzania.
  • Much drier than usual conditions observed over isolated areas southeast Kenya and northeastern Tanzania.
Standardized Precipitation Index

  • Moderately wetter to severely wettest than usual conditions observed over a few areas in southeast and southwest Tanzania, and in southern parts of Uganda.
  • Usual rainfall conditions observed over central to southwest Ethiopia, much of north and western Uganda, much of Kenya, souther Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, and northern and central Tanzania.
  • Moderately drier to severely driest than usual conditions observed in western and southern part of Tanzania.

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Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall Accumulation (101–300mm)

  • High Rainfall (101–200mm): Recorded in a few areas of western Ethiopia.

Moderate to High Rainfall (26–100mm)

  • Predominantly observed in western Eritrea, western Ethiopia, southern Sudan, several parts of South Sudan, eastern …
11 - 20 July 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than normal-to-much wetter than normal conditions

  • Much wetter than normal: This category was observed in western to northern Ethiopia, western Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan and northwestern Uganda.
  • Wetter than normal: This category was observed …
1 - 10 July 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall Accumulation Highest Rainfall (>100mm)

  • These amounts were recorded in a few pockets in western Ethiopia and western South Sudan.

Moderate to high Rainfall of between (26-100mm)

  • These amounts were recorded mostly in the …
1 - 10 July 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal to much wetter than normal Conditions

  • Much wetter than Normal: This category was observed in western South Sudan, southwestern, central and southeastern Sudan, western Ethiopia.
  • Wetter than Normal: This category was observed …
21 - 30 June 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high Rainfall of between (26-200mm)

  • These were observed mostly in the northern parts of the region including western Ethiopia, the border regions of Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia, western South Sudan and southern …
21 - 30 June 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall Accumulation Highest Rainfall (>100mm)

  • These amounts were recorded in western Ethiopia.

Moderate to high Rainfall of between (26-100mm)

  • These were observed in much of the northern sector of the region including western Ethiopia, …
1 - 10 June 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than normal-to-much wetter than normal conditions

  • Much wetter than normal: This category was observed along the border regions of Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia and a few pockets in northern and southern Somalia and …
1 - 10 June 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal to much wetter than normal Conditions

  • Much wetter than Normal: This category was observed in a few pockets in Tanzania, much of the Horn of Africa area in Somalia, western parts of …
21 - 31 May 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Moderate to high Rainfall of between (26-100mm)

  • These were observed in a few pockets in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, western parts of South Sudan, a few pockets in the northern parts of Somalia, and several parts …
21 - 31 May 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall Accumulation (101-300mm)

  • High Rainfall (101-200mm): These amounts were recorded in a few areas in central and western parts of Kenya, northern and eastern parts of Kenya, western and northeastern parts of South Sudan, …
11 - 20 May 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than Normal to much wetter than normal Conditions

  • Much wetter than Normal: This category was observed over Mt. Kilimanjaro area and northwestern pockets in Tanzania, central, western and northwestern parts of Kenya, a few …
11 - 20 May 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

High Rainfall Accumulation Highest Rainfall (>100mm)

  • These amounts were recorded in the northern coast of Tanzania, and the Lake Victoria region of Kenya and Uganda, and southern Ethiopia.

Moderate to high Rainfall of between (26-100mm) …

1 - 10 May 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter than Normal to much wetter than normal Conditions

  • Much wetter than Normal: This category was observed along the coastal parts of Tanzania, western parts of Uganda, western and coastal parts of Kenya, much of …
1 - 10 May 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal to much wetter than normal Conditions

  • Much wetter than Normal: This category was observed in Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, southern Somalia, southern and southeastern parts of Ethiopia, southern South Sudan, western …
21 - 30 April 2026 Read More
Recent rainfall totals
Recent rainfall totals

Very High Rainfall Accumulation (201-300)

  • Rainfall amounts between 201-300 mm were recorded in a few pockets in Kenya, including southern parts and the border region with Tanzania.

High Rainfall Accumulation Highest Rainfall (101–200mm)

  • Rainfall amounts …
21 - 30 April 2026 Read More