10 - 17 September 2025

Rainfall

Temperature

Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

  • More than usual rainfall expected over most parts of South Sudan, Rwanda, western and northern Uganda, central to northern Ethiopia and western Eritrea. 
  • Less than usual rainfall expected over a few regions in southern Sudan, northern Somalia and southern Ethiopia. 
Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies

  • Warmer than usual temperatures expected over most parts of the GHA
  • Cooler than average temperatures expected over eastern regions of South Sudan. 
Heavy rainfall
  • Rainfall exceeding the 90th percentile (the highest 10% on record) expected over northern parts of South Sudan as well as north-western Ethiopia. 
Floods update
  • There is a likelihood of Flooding incidences over the flood prone areas in central and north-eastern South Sudan, pockets in central-eastern Sudan, and north-western parts of Ethiopia.
Temperature forecast

Mean temperatures

  • High temperatures (>32℃) expected in central to northern Sudan, Afar region in Ethiopia, and parts of the coastal regions along the Red Sea. 
  • Moderate to high temperatures (20-32℃) expected over most parts of South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, south-eastern Ethiopia, eastern and northern Kenya, and eastern and western regions of Tanzania.  
  • Mild temperature conditions (less than 20℃) expected over central Ethiopia, central to south-western Kenya and parts of central Tanzania. 
Heat Stress

Heat Stress

  • Elevated heat stress levels expected in parts of the Red Sea coast, Afar region in Ethiopia, and most parts of Sudan.
Rainfall forecast

Total rainfall

  • Heavy rainfall (above 200mm) expected over northern regions of South Sudan and Ethiopia. 
  • Moderate rainfall (50-200mm) expected in most parts of Uganda, South Sudan, central to western Ethiopia and southern Sudan. 
  • Light rainfall (less than 50 mm) expected in parts of central Sudan, coastal regions along the Red Sea, north-eastern Ethiopia, Rwanda and coastal regions of Kenya and Tanzania.