Guam, 2025

Drought in Guam, October 7 to 31, 2025

October 7 to 31, 2025 · NWS GUM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Severe Drought (D2) developed at Kapingamarangi, the southernmost atoll in Pohnpei State, after several weeks of below average rainfall since mid-August. Dry conditions started to occur as La Ni a conditions were developing along the equatorial Pacific, which usually leads to drier than normal pattern near the Equator within in the Western Pacific.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS GUM wrote it up.

Severe Drought (D2) developed at Kapingamarangi, the southernmost atoll in Pohnpei State, after several weeks of below average rainfall since mid-August. Dry conditions started to occur as La Ni a conditions were developing along the equatorial Pacific, which usually leads to drier than normal pattern near the Equator within in the Western Pacific.

Event by event

1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Micronesia

When
October 7, 10:00 PM GST to October 31, 11:59 PM GST
Where
Micronesia forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor

Kapingamarangi degraded into severe (D2) drought in October, after experiencing several weeks of below average rainfall since in mid-August. Kapingamarangi saw 10.11 inches in August, but ended September with 2 inches of rainfall, while the monthly normal for September was 8.82 inches. Dry conditions continued, and on Oct 15th the weather office in Pohnpei shared reports that private (personal) water tanks were below 30% capacity. Public water tanks (used as backups) were still near capacity. Vegetation was still in good shape during that report. Kapingamarangi ended the month of October with 3.66 inches.

What these are

Drought
A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1298422.