07 - 14 January 2026

Rainfall

Temperature

Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

  • More than usual rainfall expected over isolated parts of southern Tanzania and eastern Burundi.  
  • Less than usual rainfall expected most over parts of Tanzania. 
Heavy rainfall

Exceptional rainfall

  • Rainfall exceeding the 90th percentile expected over isolated areas in southern Tanzania. 
Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies

  • Warmer than usual temperatures expected over most parts of the GHA.  
Temperature forecast

Mean temperatures

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

Total rainfall

  • Moderate rainfall (50-200mm) expected over parts of central to southern Tanzania and most parts of Burundi. 
  • Light rainfall (less than 50 mm) expected over most parts of Rwanda, and northern and western Tanzania.