10 - 17 October 2023

Rainfall

Temperature

Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

  • Wetter than usual conditions expected over southern Ethiopia, northern and south-eastern South Sudan, most parts of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, northern Tanzania, and most parts of Somalia.
  • Drier than usual conditions expected over a few regions in central to south-western South Sudan, western Uganda, western Kenya and northern Ethiopia.
Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies

  • Warmer than usual temperatures predicted over most parts of the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA).
Heavy rainfall

Exceptional rainfall

  • Extremely heavy rainfall expected in parts of south-eastern Ethiopia and  northern Somalia.
  • Heavy to very heavy rainfall expected in parts of south-eastern Ethiopia into central to northern Somalia, parts of Uganda, Rwanda and isolated areas in Kenya.
Temperature forecast

Mean temperatures

  • Hot temperatures (above 32 ℃) expected over isolated regions in Afar region of Ethiopia and a few areas in eastern Sudan.
  • Moderate to high temperatures (20-32℃) expected over most parts of Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, Somalia, South Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, northern and eastern Kenya.
  • Mild temperature conditions (less than 20℃) expected over parts of northern, central to southern Ethiopia, western Kenya, and other isolated regions in Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.
Heat Stress

Heat Stress

  • Elevated levels of heat stress expected in South Sudan, Sudan, coastal Eritrea, eastern Kenya and southern Somalia.
Rainfall forecast

Total rainfall

  • Heavy Rainfall (more than 200mm) expected in parts of south-eastern Ethiopia and isolated areas in northern Somalia.
  • Moderate rainfall (50-200mm) expected over Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, most parts of South Sudan, Somalia,  parts of north-western Tanzania, central to southern Ethiopia, and western Kenya.
  • Light rainfall (less than 50 mm) expected in southern Sudan, Eritrea, parts of South Sudan, central Ethiopia, eastern and northern Tanzania and most parts of eastern, southern and northern Kenya.
  • Dry conditions expected over central to northern Sudan, Djibouti, and parts of northern Ethiopia, north-western Kenya, and central to southern Tanzania.