Our seasonal forecasts

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

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April - June 2025

Rainfall

Temperature

Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than usual conditions are expected over most parts of the region.  
  • Normal to cooler than normal temperatures are expected over the cross-border areas of South Sudan-Uganda-Kenya. 
Rainfall forecast
  • Drier than usual conditions expected over south-eastern Ethiopia, central to southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, and isolated areas in western Uganda and South Sudan.  
  • Wetter than usual conditions expected over western Kenya, eastern Uganda, much of South Sudan, southern Sudan, parts of central to south-western Ethiopia, Rwanda, parts of Burundi and Tanzania. 

Seasonal forecasts

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Rainfall forecast
Rainfall forecast
  • Drier than usual rainfall expected over southern parts of the country.
DJF - (2022 - 2023) Read More
Temperature forecast
Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than usual conditions are expected over much of Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, eastern and western Tanzania, southern Burundi, eastern Sudan, and Djibouti.
  • Usual temperature conditions are likely over central Tanzania, the Karamoja …
DJF - (2021 - 2022) Read More
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
  • Usual conditions are expected over most parts of Ethiopia, western and southern Kenya, areas in central to northern Somalia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and much of Tanzania.
  • Drier than usual conditions are expected over northern and …
DJF - (2021 - 2022) Read More
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
  • Usual conditions are likely over central and northern parts of the country.
  • Drier than usual conditions are likely over southern parts of the country.
DJF - (2021 - 2022) Read More
Temperature forecast
Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than usual conditions are expected over much of the country.
  • Usual conditions are expected over south-eastern and north-western parts of the country.
DJF - (2021 - 2022) Read More
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
  • Wetter than usual conditions are expected over few areas.
  • Usual conditions are expected over most parts of the country.
DJF - (2021 - 2022) Read More
Temperature forecast
Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than usual conditions are expected over much of the country.
  • Usual temperatures are likely to be recorded over northern areas of the country.
DJF - (2021 - 2022) Read More
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
  • Wetter than usual conditions likely to be recorded over parts of central and north-western areas of the country.
  • Average rainfall conditions likely to be recorded over much of central and western parts of the country. …
DJF - (2020 - 2021) Read More
Temperature forecast
Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than usual temperature conditions likely to be recorded over Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, northern and north-western South Sudan, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern and western Tanzania.
  • Average temperatures likely to be recorded …
DJF - (2020 - 2021) Read More
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
  • Wetter than usual conditions likely over north-eastern parts of the country.
  • Drier than usual conditions likely over the rest of the country.
DJF - (2020 - 2021) Read More
Temperature forecast
Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than usual conditions likely to be recorded all over the country.
DJF - (2020 - 2021) Read More
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
Rainfall forecast (Total mm)
  • Drier than usual conditions likely to be recorded over Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, and much of Ethiopia. 
  • Average conditions likely to be recorded over much of south-eastern Ethiopia, central and western South Sudan, …
DJF - (2020 - 2021) Read More
Temperature forecast
Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than usual conditions likely to be experienced over part of southern, much of northern, and western parts of the country.
  • Average temperature conditions likely to be recorded over a small area in the south, …
DJF - (2020 - 2021) Read More
Onset anomalies
Onset anomalies
  • A delayed onset is expected in the east, including southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, and eastern Tanzania.
OND - 2024 Read More
Probability Onset
Probability Onset
  • A delayed onset is expected in the east, including southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, and eastern Tanzania.​
  • Normal to early onset is forecasted for the western region, especially in northern Uganda, western Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, and …
OND - 2024 Read More