The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, has disclosed that Ghana recorded its highest monthly rainfall on record in June 2026, attributing the devastating floods that hit parts of the Greater Accra Region to an unprecedented volume of rainfall.
Addressing Parliament on Tuesday, June 30, the Minister revealed that the country recorded 593.2 millimetres of rainfall in June the highest monthly total ever recorded since rainfall data began being tracked in 1995.
According to him, the intense downpour that triggered Monday June 29’s floods alone produced 169.2 millimetres of rainfall within a single day, making it the fourth-highest daily rainfall ever recorded in the country over the same period.
“The closest was in 2002 and that was 420.6 millimeters and the other one was 2015 380.3 millimeters,” he added.
The Interior Minister explained that while human activities such as indiscriminate dumping of refuse into drains and the construction of buildings on waterways contributed to the flooding, the sheer volume of rainfall would still have overwhelmed drainage systems.
“Naturally, it clearly shows that even if we had everything right, the kind of rains that we received in June and yesterday would have necessarily created some overflow and created some problem for us,” he said.
He further disclosed that government only received an indication around midnight before the rains that weather conditions were expected to worsen, although the full magnitude of the rainfall could not be accurately predicted at the time.
The Minister’s remarks come as government agencies continue rescue, relief and recovery efforts following Monday’s floods, which claimed lives, displaced thousands of residents and caused extensive damage to homes, businesses and public infrastructure across the Greater Accra Region.
