25 September - 02 October 2024

Rainfall

Temperature

Heavy rainfall

Exceptional rainfall

  • Rainfall amounts exceeding the top 10% on record expected in a few places in north-eastern Somalia, central to western Ethiopia, southern Sudan and eastern South Sudan.  
Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

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

Temperature anomalies

  • Warmer than usual temperatures expected over most parts of the GHA. 
Temperature forecast

Mean temperatures

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

Heat Stress

  • Elevated levels of heat stress expected in most parts of Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, northern Somalia and north-eastern Ethiopia.   
Rainfall forecast

Total rainfall

  • Moderate rainfall (50-200mm) expected over most parts of South Sudan and Uganda, parts of southern Sudan, western Ethiopia,  western Kenya and isolated areas in northern Somalia.
  • Light rainfall (less than 50 mm) expected in parts of northern Somalia, eastern Ethiopia, central Sudan, eastern South Sudan, southern Uganda, and parts of western Kenya.