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 anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania.
  • Wetter than Normal (Light Green): Forms a wide band surrounding …
21 - 31 December 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily over the southern parts of the region including Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, and Kenya.
  • Wetter than …
11 - 20 December 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Observed over the northeastern parts of Sudan.
  • Wetter than Normal (Light Green): Observed in some parts of western Tanzania.

Near …

1 - 10 December 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and a few patches in northern Sudan.
  • Wetter than Normal (Light Green): …
21 - 30 November 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily over the northeastern parts of Sudan, South Sudan, parts of Eritrea, Djibouti, central to eastern parts …
11 - 20 November 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Observed over the northeastern parts of Sudan, southwestern Uganda, Rwanda, northeastern parts of Burundi as well as eastern …
1 - 10 November 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

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 …
21 - 31 October 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily over the northern parts of the region including Sudan, South Sudan, parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia, …
11 - 20 October 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily over the northern parts of the region including Sudan, South Sudan, parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia, …
1 - 10 October 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily over the northern parts of the region including Sudan, South Sudan, parts of Eritrea, pockets in …
21 - 30 September 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Wetter Than Normal Conditions (Green and Light Green)

  • Much Wetter than Normal (Dark Green): Concentrated heavily over the northern parts of the region including Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and …
11 - 20 September 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in central Sudan, in South Sudan, in parts of eastern Ethiopia, in northern and southern Somalia, in much of Rwanda and Burundi, in southern Uganda, …

1 - 10 September 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in parts of southwestern Sudan and western to eastern Sudan, in parts of northwestern South Sudan, and in western and southwestern Uganda.

Wetter than and …

1 - 10 August 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in several parts of Uganda extending to the southern parts of South Sudan, in western and central Kenya, in southern, central and northern Ethiopia, in …

21 - 31 July 2025 Read More
Recent rainfall anomalies
Recent rainfall anomalies

Drier than and much drier than usual conditions were observed in western, central to southeastern Sudan, in southwestern Eritrea, in northern and northeastern Ethiopia, in eastern and southwestern South Sudan, and in northeastern Uganda extending …

21 - 30 June 2025 Read More