SummaryDuring the past seven days, above-average rainfall was observed over much of Guinea-Conakry, northern Sierra Leone, Liberia, local areas in Mali and Cote d’Ivoire, southern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, eastern CAR, portions of DRC and South Sudan, local areas in Ethiopia and Somalia, and coastal Kenya and Tanzania. In contrast, portions of Burkina Faso and Ghana, much of Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Uganda, northern Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, and portions of Ethiopia had below-average rainfall.
During the past 30 days, rainfall was above-average over eastern Guinea, northern Sierra Leone, Liberia, much of Cote d’Ivoire, parts of Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, portions of Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo Brazzaville, eastern CAR, parts of DRC, South Sudan and the neighboring places of Sudan, western Ethiopia, local areas in Somalia and Tanzania, In contrast, eastern Ghana, local areas in Nigeria, portions of CAR and DRC, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, southern Ethiopia, many parts of Tanzania, and eastern Madagascar had below-average rainfall.
During the past 90 days, portions of Guinea Conakry, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, northern Benin, Gabon, eastern CAR, South Sudan, western Ethiopia, local areas in Somalia, coastal Tanzania, local areas in southern DRC, northern Zambia, eastern Namibia, much of Botswana, and local areas in South Africa received above-average rainfall. In contrast, rainfall was below-average over local areas in coastal Nigeria, DRC, many parts of Angola, Uganda, Kenya, portions of Mozambique, and much of Madagascar.
Week-1 outlooks call for an increased chance for above-average rainfall over parts of Guinea-Conakry, Sierra Leone, Liberia, many parts of Ethiopia, and coastal Kenya and Tanzania. In contrast, there is an increased chance for below-average rainfall over parts of Nigeria.