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Climate

Climate affects sectors in society in a number of ways. These effects may be direct, as with heat stress, or indirect, as with infectious diseases such as malaria and meningitis.

This facility aims to explore and inform users about the climate-society relationship with an emphasis on the seasonal nature of that relationship, where appropriate.

Climate Analysis
Dekad Climate Analysis
Rainfall (1981-2021) and temperature (1961-2021) time series reconstructed from station observations and remote sensing proxies. This interface allows users to view rainfall, maximum and minimum temperature climatologies and anomalies.
Monthly Climate Analysis
Rainfall (1981-2021) and temperature (1961-2021) time series reconstructed from station observations and remote sensing proxies. This interface allows users to view rainfall, maximum and minimum temperature climatologies and anomalies.
Daily Precipitation Analysis
The Maproom explores historical daily precipitation by calculating simple seasonal statistics.
Seasonal Climate Analysis
Rainfall time series (1981-2021) and temperature time series (1961-2021) reconstructed from station observations, remote sensing and other proxies. This interface allows users to view rainfall, maximum, minimum and mean temperature seasonal climatologies, anomalies and probability of exceedance.
Seasonal Trend Analysis
Rainfall time series (1981-2021) and temperature time series (1961-2021) reconstructed from station observations, remote sensing and other proxies. This interface allows users to view rainfall, maximum, minimum and mean temperature seasonal trends expressed per year, over the selected period or percent of the average over the selected period.
Extreme Rainfall Analysis
The Maproom facilitates the exploration of the history of extreme monthly and seasonal rainfall characteristics.
Extreme Temperature Analysis
The Maproom facilitates the exploration of the history of extreme monthly and seasonal minimum and maximum temperatures.
Climate Monitoring
Climate Monitoring
This page displays dekadal (approximately 10-day) rainfall amounts over the country. The default map shows rainfall totals for the most recently available dekad, but totals for previous dekads can be displayed as well.
Monthly SPI
The Standardized Precipitation Index is an indicator of extreme rainfall events, whether they are drought or excess rainfall.
Seasonal SPI
The Standardized Precipitation Index is an indicator of extreme rainfall events, whether they are drought or excess rainfall.
Climate Forecast
Precipitation Flexible Seasonal NextGen Forecast
This Maproom shows the next 3 month forecast using a NextGen multi-model approach.
Probability of Rainfall Tercile Conditioned on ENSO
This map shows the historical probability (given in percentile) of seasonal average monthly rainfall falling within the upper (wet), middle (normal), or bottom (dry) one-third ("tercile") of the 1981-2013 historical distribution in the country given the state of ENSO (El Niño, Neutral, La Niña) duringthat same season.
Probability of Temperature Tercile Conditioned on ENSO
This map shows the historical probability (given in percentile) of seasonal average monthly minimum or maximum temperature falling within the upper (hot), middle (normal), or bottom (cold) one-third ("tercile") of the 1981-2012 historical distribution in the country given the state of ENSO (El Niño, Neutral, La Niña) duringthe previous season (e.g. Jan-Mar temperature against Oct-Dec ENSO state).
Probability of Rainfall Tercile Conditioned on IOD
This map shows the historical probability (given in percentile) of seasonal average monthly rainfall falling within the upper (wet), middle (normal), or bottom (dry) one-third ("tercile") of the 1983-2014 historical distribution in Rwanda given the Terciles of IOD (Postive, Neutral, Negative) duringthat same season.
Probability of Temperature Tercile Conditioned on IOD
This map shows the historical probability (given in percentile) of seasonal average monthly temperature falling within the upper (hot), middle (normal), or bottom (cold) one-third ("tercile") of the 1961-2014 historical distribution in Rwanda given the Terciles of IOD (Postive, Neutral, Negative) duringthat same season.