Ghana’s June 2026 rainfall is the highest ever monthly rainfall recorded in the history of the country, Interior Minister, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has disclosed.
He has described the rains as unprecedented, citing them as a major contributor to the devastating floods that have affected many parts of the country.
He told Parliament on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, that although June is one of the months Ghana usually records heavy rainfall, this year’s volume exceeds historical records, per the Ghana Meteorological Agency’s report.
“In the month of June we normally expect a lot of rains. But what happened yesterday [Monday] gave us 169.2 millimetres of rainfall, and this is the fourth largest volume of rainfall recorded in a single day since 1995,” he said while updating the House on the impact of the floods and the Government’s emergency response.
According to him, Ghana recorded a cumulative 593.2 millimetres of rainfall in June, making it the wettest month ever documented in the country’s meteorological history.
“For the month of June, we had a total of 593.2 millimetres of rainfall. It is the highest our country has ever received in its history in one month,” he stated.
Muntaka explained that the previous highest monthly rainfall was recorded in 2002, when 420.6 millimetres of rain fell, followed by 380.3 millimetres in 2015.
“The closest was in 2002 with 420.6 millimetres, and the other was in 2015 with 380.3 millimetres. I will make these statistics available to the House,” he added.
Indiscriminate dumping of refuse into drains and the construction of buildings on waterways, the Minister acknowledged, as significant contributors to the floods.
He, however, stressed that the extraordinary volume of rainfall meant that flooding would likely have occurred even if drainage systems had been properly maintained.
Muntaka also described the flooding as one of the country’s most challenging natural disasters in recent years.
He assured Parliament that the Government is working with emergency response agencies to provide relief to affected communities while intensifying measures to improve flood resilience and disaster preparedness.
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