There was some exceptionally heavy rain in the first few days of October. We then had a week of beautiful weather before the rains returned on the 16th.
We had a number of rainstorms between the 4-11th and then intermittent, heavy, showers for the remainder of the month, ending with a storm on the 29th.
The security crisis precipitated by the contested election results eased as the two main parties began negotiating a political settlement under the chairmanship of Dr Koffi Annan and his committee of eminent persons.