March - May 2024

Rainfall

Temperature

Probability of 400 mm
  • High chances of rainfall exceeding 400 mm over south-western Ethiopia, the Lake Victoria Basin, and western Rwanda and Burundi.
Onset anomalies
  • Normal onset  forecast over most parts of the region.
  • Late onset indicated in localized areas of southern and northern Ethiopia and western Kenya​.
Probability Onset
  • Normal onset  forecast over most parts of the region.
  • Delayed onset indicated in localized areas of southern and northern Ethiopia and Kenya​.
Temperature forecast
  • Warmer than average temperatures are expected all over the region​.
  • Highest probabilities are indicated over Sudan, northern South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and southern areas of Tanzania​.
Rainfall forecast
  • Wetter than normal conditions expected over most parts of the region, specifically over Kenya, Somalia, southern Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, and north-western Tanzania. ​
  • Highest probabilities of wetter than usual conditions  indicated in central to western Kenya and in cross-border areas of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. ​
  • Drier than normal conditions are expected over parts of eastern Tanzania, western Ethiopia, parts of Eritrea and localized areas in northern and western South Sudan.​