22 February - 01 March 2023

Rainfall

Temperature

Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies 

  • Warmer than usual temperatures expected in most parts of the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA).
  • Cooler than usual temperatures expected in parts of northern Sudan and parts of the coastal regions of Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.
Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

  • Drier than usual conditions expected over parts of southern Tanzania.
  • Wetter than usual conditions expected over parts of western Tanzania, Burundi, and Rwanda.
Heavy rainfall

Exceptional rainfall

  • Heavy (top 10%) rainfall expected over isolated areas of Burundi and western to central Tanzania.
Temperature forecast

Mean temperatures

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

Total rainfall

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