23 - 30 July 2025

Rainfall

Temperature

Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

  • More than usual rainfall expected over central to eastern South Sudan, central to western Ethiopia, parts of south-western and eastern Sudan, northern Uganda, and central and north-western Kenya.
  • Less than usual rainfall expected over southern and parts of eastern Sudan, north-western South Sudan, eastern Ethiopia, parts of western Eritrea, Djibouti, central Uganda, and parts of western Kenya.
Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies

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

Mean temperatures

  • High temperatures (> 32℃) expected over parts of northern Sudan, north-eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, coastal regions of north-western Somalia, and central to southern Eritrea.  
  • Moderate to high temperatures (20-32℃) expected over most parts of Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, eastern Ethiopia, western and eastern Tanzania, and southern Sudan. 
  • Mild temperature conditions (less than 20℃) expected over central parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania, southern Uganda, and most parts of Rwanda and Burundi.  
Heat Stress

Heat Stress

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

Total rainfall

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