Our seasonal forecasts

Our seasonal forecasts help Eastern Africa prepare for the season and mitigate the effects of climate extremes.

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December 2025 - February 2026

Rainfall

Temperature

Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than normal conditions are expected over most parts of the region. 
  • Normal to cooler than normal temperature conditions likely to be recorded over parts of central Kenya and Ethiopia, northern Eritrea and coastal areas of Sudan.  
Rainfall forecast
  • Normal to wetter than normal conditions expected over parts of Burundi, and western to southern areas of Tanzania. 
  • Drier than normal conditions expected over central to southern Kenya, southern Uganda, eastern and western Rwanda, most parts of Burundi, central to northern, and southern Tanzania. 

Seasonal forecasts

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Onset anomalies
Onset anomalies

Regarding the beginning of the season, earlier than usual start of rains is expected across most of the region, especially over northern Tanzania, northern Uganda, western and north-eastern Kenya, south-western Ethiopia, and southern Somalia. A …

MAM - 2020 Read More
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
  • Drier than usual conditions expected over most parts of the country.
JJA - 2025 Read More
Temperature forecast
Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than average conditions are expected over northern an southern Sudan, South Sudan, much of Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. 
  • Near Normal temperatures expected central Sudan, north-western Ethiopia, and parts of south-western …
JJA - 2025 Read More
Temperature forecast
Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than usual conditions expected over most parts of the country.
  • Normal to cooler than normal conditions expected over south-eastern parts of the country.
JJA - 2025 Read More
Temperature forecast
Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than usual conditions are expected over most parts of the country except over north-western parts where cooler than normal conditions are expected.
JJA - 2025 Read More
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
  • Wetter than usual conditions expected over most parts of the country.
  • Drier than usual conditions are expected over parts of north-western and north-eastern areas of South Sudan.
JJA - 2025 Read More
Rainfall forecast
Rainfall forecast
  • Wetter than usual conditions expected over most parts of the northern sector of the region. 
  • Drier than usual conditions expected over few places in southern Sudan, north-western South Sudan, and isolated areas in southern coastal …
JJA - 2025 Read More
Temperature forecast
Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than usual conditions expected over the whole region
JJA - 2024 Read More
Rainfall forecast
Rainfall forecast
  • Wetter than usual conditions expected over most parts of the country
  • Drier than usual conditions expected over north-eastern parts of the country
JJA - 2024 Read More
Temperature anomalies
Temperature anomalies

All parts of the region showed warmer than the average maximum temperature. Mean temperature difference exceeding 2° was observed in parts of central and northern Sudan, in central Eritrea, part of northern Ethiopia, northeastern Somalia, …

JJA - 2024 Read More
Temperature forecast
Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than usual conditions expected over the whole country
JJA - 2024 Read More
Rainfall forecast
Rainfall forecast
  • Wetter than usual conditions expected over few areas in north-western and southern coastal parts of the country
  • The rest of the country is usually dry during this season
JJA - 2024 Read More
Rainfall forecast
Rainfall forecast
  • Wetter than usual conditions expected over most parts of Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, central to northern Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, western and coastal Kenya, and southern coastal Somalia
  • Drier than usual conditions expected over corss border …
JJA - 2024 Read More
Temperature forecast
Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than usual conditions expected over the whole country
JJA - 2024 Read More
Rainfall forecast
Rainfall forecast
  • Wetter than normal conditions expected over most parts of the country except the central and northern areas where normal conditions are expected.
JJA - 2022 Read More