28 June - 05 July 2022

Rainfall

Temperature

Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies 

  • Warmer than average temperatures expected in most parts of the region except parts of western Sudan and cross-border regions of Kenya-Ethiopia-Somalia where cooler than average temperatures are expected. 
Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

  • Wetter than average conditions expected over most parts of central and western Sudan and south-western Ethiopia.
  • Drier than average conditions predicted over parts of most parts of South Sudan and Uganda, parts of western Kenya, southern South Sudan, northern Ethiopia and western Eritrea.
Heavy rainfall

Exceptional rainfall

  • Heavy to very heavy (top 10-5%) rainfall expected over parts of western and southern Sudan, central and western Sudan and north-western Eritrea.
Temperature forecast

Mean temperature

  • Hot conditions with temperatures above 32 ℃ expected over central and northern Sudan, Afar region in north-eastern Ethiopia, coastal Eritrea, Djibouti, and north western coastal regions of  Somalia.
  • Moderate temperatures between 20 - 32 ℃ expected over southern, western and coastal Sudan, South Sudan, central to northern Uganda, north-eastern and south-eastern Ethiopia, Somalia, northern and eastern Kenya, and parts of western and eastern Tanzania.
  • Cold conditions with temperatures less than 20℃ expected in parts of central to southern Ethiopia, central to south-western Kenya, southern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of northern, central, and southern Tanzania.
Rainfall forecast

Total rainfall

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