07 - 14 January 2025

Rainfall

Temperature

Heavy rainfall

Exceptional rainfall

  • Rainfall amounts exceeding the top 10% on record expected over parts of central Tanzania.  
Floods update
  • The expected very heavy rainfall over a few places in parts of central Tanzania is likely to lead to isolated flood incidences.
  • Communities in high-risk areas are advised to exercise caution during this period.
Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

  • More than usual rainfall expected parts of central Tanzania to south-western Kenya. 
  • Less than usual rainfall expected over southern and western regions of Tanzania.
Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies

  • Warmer than usual temperatures expected over most parts of the GHA.  
  • Cooler than usual temperatures expected over parts of central Sudan and south-eastern Kenya.
Temperature forecast

Mean temperatures

  • Moderate to high temperatures (20-32℃) expected over most parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and southern and north-eastern Ethiopia. 
  • Mild temperature conditions (less than 20℃) expected over most parts of Sudan, central Ethiopia, and parts of northern Somalia, central to western Kenya and western regions of Rwanda and Burundi.  
Heat Stress

Heat Stress

  • Cautionary heat stress levels expected in regions of eastern regions of Tanzania and Kenya, and southern Somalia. 
Rainfall forecast

Total rainfall

  • Moderate rainfall (50-200mm) expected over most parts of central to western Tanzania, Burundi, and a few parts of southern Rwanda and south-western Kenya.
  • Light rainfall (less than 50 mm) expected over parts of Rwanda, northern Burundi, southern and western Kenya, south-eastern Uganda, eastern Tanzania, and regions along the Red Sea coast.