Amaigbo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Amaigbo?

Amaigbo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 1,584 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Amaigbo?

The hottest day measured in Amaigbo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 2017, reaching 41.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Amaigbo?

The coldest day measured in Amaigbo between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 2022, at 15.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Amaigbo?

Almost never: Amaigbo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Amaigbo warmed?

Yes: Amaigbo warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Amaigbo?

The wettest day measured in Amaigbo between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2011, with 197 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Amaigbo?

The windiest day measured in Amaigbo between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1947, with winds reaching 22.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Amaigbo?

The warmest month in Amaigbo is February (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Amaigbo?

Amaigbo receives on average 1,584 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 223 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Amaigbo?

Amaigbo gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Amaigbo (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 1,584 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is February (28.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (24.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Amaigbo averages 0 frost days, 249 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 223 rainy days per year.

Amaigbo has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.5 °C (on 24 February 2017) and the coldest 15.4 °C (on 31 December 2022).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

AmaigboAbia State

coords: 5.79°, 7.84°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.5°C

Average daily high

31.6°C

Average daily low

23.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,584mm

Sunshine / day

8.6h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

11.6km/h

Seasonal range

3.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

249 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

223 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.4 °C

Average feels-like low

27.3 °C

Average peak gust

26.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

360 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

41.5 °C

24 February 2017

Coldest day

15.4 °C

31 December 2022

Wettest day

197 mm

6 August 2011

Windiest day

22.1 km/h

25 March 1947

Strongest gust

48.2 km/h

1 April 2009

Hottest feels-like

46.3 °C

3 March 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.1 °C

26 January 2020

Sunniest day

12.0 h

4 August 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.8 °C21 February 2025	19.4 °C11 January 2025	27.8 °C	1,707 mm	290
2024	41.1 °C13 February 2024	15.7 °C16 January 2024	28.3 °C	1,504 mm	314
2023	40.3 °C27 February 2023	17.5 °C17 January 2023	27.7 °C	1,682 mm	309
2022	39.9 °C19 February 2022	15.4 °C31 December 2022	27.4 °C	1,327 mm	293
2021	40.5 °C7 March 2021	19.0 °C17 December 2021	27.6 °C	1,410 mm	293
2020	40.3 °C29 February 2020	17.5 °C26 January 2020	27.7 °C	1,467 mm	305
2019	38.8 °C21 February 2019	18.0 °C24 December 2019	27.2 °C	1,768 mm	281
2018	40.7 °C5 February 2018	16.0 °C5 January 2018	27.2 °C	1,615 mm	292
2017	41.5 °C24 February 2017	18.8 °C3 January 2017	27.4 °C	1,693 mm	303
2016	40.9 °C21 February 2016	17.4 °C31 January 2016	27.4 °C	1,922 mm	295
2015	38.0 °C22 January 2015	17.2 °C6 January 2015	27.1 °C	1,760 mm	278
2014	38.3 °C23 February 2014	20.2 °C7 January 2014	26.9 °C	1,817 mm	282
2013	39.4 °C17 January 2013	17.7 °C17 December 2013	26.8 °C	1,761 mm	265
2012	39.8 °C28 March 2012	18.1 °C15 January 2012	26.8 °C	1,614 mm	275
2011	38.6 °C29 January 2011	17.6 °C1 January 2011	27.0 °C	1,673 mm	281
2010	40.2 °C21 February 2010	17.9 °C20 January 2010	27.6 °C	1,489 mm	288
2009	39.7 °C6 February 2009	20.2 °C28 December 2009	27.1 °C	1,750 mm	293
2008	38.5 °C27 February 2008	17.1 °C1 February 2008	26.7 °C	1,788 mm	268
2007	39.3 °C20 February 2007	17.7 °C11 January 2007	26.7 °C	1,658 mm	236
2006	38.7 °C24 January 2006	18.6 °C29 December 2006	27.1 °C	1,572 mm	280
2005	38.7 °C4 February 2005	16.2 °C13 January 2005	27.0 °C	1,467 mm	270
2004	39.2 °C23 March 2004	19.1 °C6 February 2004	26.8 °C	1,729 mm	268
2003	37.8 °C16 March 2003	20.0 °C4 January 2003	26.7 °C	1,363 mm	265
2002	38.0 °C19 February 2002	17.1 °C1 February 2002	26.5 °C	1,563 mm	245
2001	38.0 °C18 February 2001	18.8 °C24 January 2001	26.6 °C	1,423 mm	248
2000	39.9 °C6 March 2000	18.1 °C4 February 2000	26.5 °C	1,537 mm	239
1999	36.6 °C24 February 1999	17.6 °C16 December 1999	26.4 °C	1,697 mm	263
1998	39.8 °C26 February 1998	20.2 °C12 January 1998	27.3 °C	1,362 mm	285
1997	38.6 °C9 March 1997	18.3 °C14 February 1997	26.5 °C	1,688 mm	246
1996	36.8 °C26 February 1996	20.6 °C23 July 1996	26.5 °C	1,629 mm	236
1995	37.5 °C9 February 1995	19.5 °C25 December 1995	26.5 °C	1,980 mm	253
1994	37.3 °C27 February 1994	17.7 °C20 December 1994	26.4 °C	1,676 mm	255
1993	36.8 °C13 February 1993	17.6 °C22 January 1993	26.5 °C	1,683 mm	273
1992	38.5 °C28 February 1992	17.6 °C11 January 1992	26.3 °C	1,627 mm	246
1991	36.4 °C5 February 1991	19.8 °C4 January 1991	26.2 °C	1,831 mm	241
1990	39.6 °C27 March 1990	20.7 °C27 February 1990	26.4 °C	1,715 mm	238
1989	38.2 °C1 March 1989	16.3 °C20 January 1989	26.4 °C	1,651 mm	261
1988	38.9 °C21 February 1988	20.3 °C28 December 1988	26.5 °C	1,689 mm	255
1987	38.7 °C22 January 1987	21.3 °C11 November 1987	26.9 °C	1,561 mm	290
1986	37.8 °C2 February 1986	17.4 °C8 December 1986	26.2 °C	1,605 mm	257
1985	38.0 °C5 March 1985	19.2 °C7 December 1985	26.0 °C	1,724 mm	223
1984	37.4 °C15 February 1984	17.7 °C18 January 1984	26.3 °C	1,778 mm	273
1983	40.1 °C18 March 1983	16.9 °C10 January 1983	26.8 °C	1,408 mm	270
1982	37.0 °C10 March 1982	18.5 °C31 December 1982	26.2 °C	1,669 mm	244
1981	37.9 °C15 February 1981	18.9 °C28 January 1981	26.3 °C	1,619 mm	256
1980	37.2 °C8 February 1980	19.4 °C14 December 1980	26.1 °C	2,107 mm	245
1979	37.3 °C29 January 1979	19.5 °C8 December 1979	26.4 °C	1,906 mm	254
1978	37.5 °C16 January 1978	17.7 °C12 January 1978	26.2 °C	1,533 mm	258
1977	38.2 °C15 March 1977	17.8 °C25 December 1977	26.4 °C	1,482 mm	265
1976	34.9 °C29 January 1976	17.8 °C2 December 1976	25.6 °C	1,689 mm	224
1975	35.9 °C7 January 1975	17.0 °C10 December 1975	25.7 °C	1,604 mm	230
1974	37.0 °C6 February 1974	16.7 °C30 December 1974	25.9 °C	1,845 mm	225
1973	38.7 °C6 February 1973	19.1 °C28 November 1973	26.4 °C	1,656 mm	280
1972	36.3 °C8 February 1972	20.9 °C26 June 1972	26.2 °C	1,642 mm	269
1971	39.1 °C18 February 1971	17.7 °C19 December 1971	25.9 °C	1,728 mm	263
1970	38.4 °C10 February 1970	18.4 °C15 December 1970	26.4 °C	1,619 mm	269
1969	38.8 °C12 February 1969	20.2 °C30 January 1969	26.2 °C	1,826 mm	238
1968	37.3 °C7 February 1968	17.2 °C18 January 1968	25.9 °C	1,931 mm	255
1967	39.0 °C9 March 1967	16.8 °C28 January 1967	26.1 °C	1,668 mm	238
1966	38.0 °C7 March 1966	17.7 °C3 January 1966	26.4 °C	1,364 mm	251
1965	35.1 °C7 February 1965	20.5 °C12 August 1965	26.0 °C	1,367 mm	242
1964	38.3 °C11 February 1964	18.2 °C13 January 1964	26.3 °C	936 mm	234
1963	37.3 °C15 March 1963	18.5 °C1 January 1963	26.4 °C	1,232 mm	269
1962	36.8 °C11 February 1962	18.9 °C5 January 1962	25.8 °C	1,443 mm	206
1961	37.9 °C28 February 1961	19.7 °C1 August 1961	26.2 °C	1,188 mm	244
1960	36.9 °C5 March 1960	20.1 °C15 July 1960	26.1 °C	1,625 mm	241
1959	37.4 °C9 March 1959	18.8 °C23 January 1959	26.2 °C	1,258 mm	252
1958	38.1 °C15 February 1958	19.4 °C7 January 1958	26.1 °C	1,419 mm	203
1957	36.3 °C17 February 1957	16.0 °C11 February 1957	25.6 °C	1,704 mm	197
1956	36.8 °C12 February 1956	19.0 °C18 July 1956	25.4 °C	1,578 mm	172
1955	36.6 °C16 February 1955	19.9 °C29 December 1955	25.8 °C	1,695 mm	196
1954	35.0 °C23 January 1954	17.5 °C3 August 1954	25.6 °C	1,408 mm	200
1953	36.0 °C3 February 1953	18.7 °C1 December 1953	26.0 °C	1,516 mm	201
1952	37.2 °C28 February 1952	19.0 °C4 January 1952	26.0 °C	1,591 mm	225
1951	36.7 °C28 February 1951	20.4 °C8 December 1951	25.9 °C	1,648 mm	224
1950	36.6 °C7 March 1950	17.6 °C18 January 1950	25.7 °C	1,377 mm	222
1949	37.5 °C16 February 1949	16.6 °C10 February 1949	26.1 °C	1,221 mm	211
1948	37.1 °C15 February 1948	17.6 °C5 February 1948	25.9 °C	1,601 mm	195
1947	36.6 °C21 February 1947	18.7 °C20 January 1947	26.0 °C	1,514 mm	203
1946	38.5 °C3 March 1946	18.0 °C1 January 1946	26.0 °C	1,285 mm	193
1945	38.7 °C5 April 1945	15.8 °C10 February 1945	26.2 °C	1,440 mm	211
1944	37.0 °C14 February 1944	17.7 °C1 February 1944	26.0 °C	1,438 mm	232
1943	36.0 °C8 March 1943	18.8 °C23 July 1943	25.5 °C	1,011 mm	208
1942	36.6 °C9 February 1942	19.4 °C16 July 1942	25.6 °C	1,468 mm	180
1941	36.9 °C20 February 1941	20.5 °C22 December 1941	25.8 °C	1,568 mm	196
1940	35.7 °C21 February 1940	19.7 °C4 August 1940	25.6 °C	1,475 mm	188

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.1 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

290 d/yr

+41

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1707 mm

+123 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.6 °C	+2.1 °C	8 mm	-4 mm
Feb	38.1 °C	+2.7 °C	19 mm	-9 mm
Mar	36.6 °C	+2.5 °C	41 mm	-34 mm
Apr	34.4 °C	+1.9 °C	99 mm	-40 mm
May	33.2 °C	+2.1 °C	148 mm	-43 mm
Jun	31.5 °C	+1.8 °C	253 mm	+35 mm
Jul	28.9 °C	+0.1 °C	356 mm	+150 mm
Aug	29.4 °C	+0.5 °C	144 mm	-35 mm
Sep	29.7 °C	+0.3 °C	311 mm	+79 mm
Oct	30.7 °C	+0.7 °C	257 mm	+35 mm
Nov	32.7 °C	+1.4 °C	52 mm	-15 mm
Dec	35.4 °C	+2.2 °C	19 mm	+4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.8 °C

21 Feb 2025

Coldest day

19.4 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

91.3 mm

26 Jun 2025

Windiest day

20.8 km/h

3 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

39.2 km/h

24 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.3 °C

3 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.7 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

14 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Amaigbo?

Amaigbo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 1,584 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Amaigbo?

The hottest day measured in Amaigbo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 2017, reaching 41.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Amaigbo?

The coldest day measured in Amaigbo between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 2022, at 15.4 °C.

Does it snow in Amaigbo?

Almost never: Amaigbo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Amaigbo warmed?

Yes: Amaigbo warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Amaigbo?

The wettest day measured in Amaigbo between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2011, with 197 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Amaigbo?

The windiest day measured in Amaigbo between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1947, with winds reaching 22.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Amaigbo?

The warmest month in Amaigbo is February (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Amaigbo?

Amaigbo receives on average 1,584 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 223 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Amaigbo?

Amaigbo gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Amaigbo?

Yes: Amaigbo has on average 360 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Amaigbo?

In Amaigbo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.3 °C on 3 March 2025, and the lowest was 14.1 °C on 26 January 2020.

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