28 October - 04 November 2025

Rainfall

Temperature

Rainfall forecast (anomalies)

Rainfall anomalies

  • More than usual rainfall expected over most parts of Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, southern regions of South Sudan and Ethiopia, northern and western Kenya, and south-western Ethiopia.
  • Less than usual rainfall expected over most parts of Somalia, eastern Kenya and central Tanzania.  
Temperature forecast (Anomalies)

Temperature anomalies

  • Warmer than usual temperatures expected over most parts of the GHA.  
  • Cooler than usual temperatures expected over parts of northern Uganda, south-eastern South Sudan, south-western Ethiopia and north-western Kenya.
Heavy rainfall
  • Rainfall exceeding the 90th percentile expected over most parts of Rwanda and cross-border regions of southern South Sudan, eastern Uganda, western and northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia.  
Floods update
  • There is a likelihood of Flooding incidences over the flood prone areas in south-eastern South Sudan, north-eastern Uganda, and most parts of Rwanda.
Temperature forecast

Mean temperatures

  • Moderate to high temperatures (20-32℃) expected over most parts of the GHA.  
  • Mild temperature conditions (less than 20℃) expected over western regions of Kenya, Burundi and Rwanda, and parts of central Ethiopia. 
Heat Stress

Heat Stress

  • Elevated heat stress levels expected expected in parts of eastern Kenya, southern Somalia, south-eastern Tanzania, central and eastern South Sudan, south-eastern Sudan, and coastal regions of Eritrea.  
Rainfall forecast

Total rainfall

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