Awgu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Awgu?

Awgu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.6 °C and it receives 1,542 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Awgu between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2025, reaching 41.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Awgu?

The coldest day measured in Awgu between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 1975, at 16.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Awgu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Awgu warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Awgu?

The wettest day measured in Awgu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2011, with 184 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Awgu?

The windiest day measured in Awgu between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1944, with winds reaching 22.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Awgu?

The warmest month in Awgu is February (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Awgu?

Awgu receives on average 1,542 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 215 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Awgu?

Awgu gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Awgu (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.6 °C and it receives 1,542 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 (28.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (24.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Awgu averages 0 frost days, 252 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 215 rainy days per year.

Awgu 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 41.0 °C (on 21 February 2025) and the coldest 16.8 °C (on 10 December 1975).

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

AwguEnugu State

coords: 6.07°, 7.48°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.6°C

Average daily high

31.6°C

Average daily low

23.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,542mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

11.6km/h

Seasonal range

4.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

252 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

215 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.1 °C

Average feels-like low

27.1 °C

Average peak gust

26.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

360 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.6 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

41.0 °C

21 February 2025

Coldest day

16.8 °C

10 December 1975

Wettest day

184 mm

6 August 2011

Windiest day

22.2 km/h

30 January 1944

Strongest gust

50.0 km/h

30 January 1944

Hottest feels-like

45.9 °C

3 March 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.1 °C

8 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.1 h

18 May 2017

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.0 °C21 February 2025	20.7 °C14 January 2025	28.0 °C	1,670 mm	297
2024	40.6 °C13 February 2024	17.1 °C17 January 2024	28.3 °C	1,402 mm	315
2023	39.2 °C27 February 2023	18.2 °C2 January 2023	27.8 °C	1,449 mm	313
2022	39.0 °C18 February 2022	17.3 °C31 December 2022	27.4 °C	1,329 mm	295
2021	40.0 °C7 March 2021	19.4 °C17 December 2021	27.7 °C	1,269 mm	298
2020	39.4 °C29 February 2020	18.3 °C1 February 2020	27.7 °C	1,457 mm	303
2019	38.7 °C20 February 2019	16.9 °C24 December 2019	27.3 °C	1,680 mm	289
2018	40.3 °C6 February 2018	16.8 °C6 January 2018	27.2 °C	1,672 mm	295
2017	40.9 °C24 February 2017	18.9 °C3 January 2017	27.5 °C	1,562 mm	302
2016	40.5 °C21 February 2016	18.8 °C1 February 2016	27.5 °C	1,754 mm	294
2015	37.8 °C22 January 2015	19.2 °C28 December 2015	27.2 °C	1,642 mm	284
2014	37.7 °C23 February 2014	20.0 °C7 January 2014	27.0 °C	1,791 mm	285
2013	38.7 °C17 January 2013	18.1 °C17 December 2013	26.9 °C	1,711 mm	270
2012	39.8 °C28 March 2012	18.1 °C17 January 2012	26.9 °C	1,615 mm	280
2011	38.3 °C29 March 2011	17.6 °C12 December 2011	27.1 °C	1,674 mm	288
2010	40.7 °C21 February 2010	18.6 °C20 January 2010	27.7 °C	1,472 mm	291
2009	39.4 °C6 February 2009	19.9 °C30 December 2009	27.2 °C	1,776 mm	287
2008	38.1 °C7 February 2008	18.1 °C24 January 2008	26.8 °C	1,666 mm	273
2007	38.6 °C18 February 2007	18.6 °C6 January 2007	26.8 °C	1,529 mm	241
2006	38.7 °C24 January 2006	18.8 °C30 December 2006	27.2 °C	1,541 mm	283
2005	38.6 °C4 February 2005	18.0 °C13 January 2005	27.1 °C	1,447 mm	277
2004	38.1 °C11 February 2004	20.5 °C8 February 2004	26.9 °C	1,682 mm	272
2003	37.2 °C7 February 2003	18.8 °C5 January 2003	26.8 °C	1,412 mm	269
2002	38.0 °C23 February 2002	19.2 °C11 January 2002	26.6 °C	1,559 mm	253
2001	37.5 °C18 February 2001	18.8 °C24 January 2001	26.7 °C	1,316 mm	253
2000	39.4 °C6 March 2000	18.4 °C7 December 2000	26.7 °C	1,498 mm	247
1999	36.9 °C24 February 1999	18.2 °C16 December 1999	26.5 °C	1,676 mm	261
1998	39.5 °C26 February 1998	20.3 °C20 January 1998	27.5 °C	1,346 mm	283
1997	38.2 °C5 March 1997	19.2 °C14 February 1997	26.6 °C	1,622 mm	253
1996	36.8 °C25 February 1996	20.6 °C23 July 1996	26.6 °C	1,635 mm	247
1995	37.5 °C9 February 1995	20.1 °C25 December 1995	26.7 °C	1,989 mm	255
1994	37.2 °C27 February 1994	18.0 °C13 December 1994	26.5 °C	1,692 mm	256
1993	36.1 °C13 February 1993	19.0 °C24 January 1993	26.5 °C	1,661 mm	275
1992	37.9 °C28 February 1992	17.8 °C12 January 1992	26.3 °C	1,731 mm	251
1991	36.3 °C5 February 1991	20.1 °C4 January 1991	26.4 °C	1,782 mm	246
1990	39.4 °C27 March 1990	21.0 °C27 February 1990	26.6 °C	1,679 mm	238
1989	37.8 °C4 March 1989	17.1 °C16 January 1989	26.5 °C	1,596 mm	262
1988	38.6 °C21 February 1988	20.4 °C28 December 1988	26.6 °C	1,625 mm	257
1987	38.3 °C22 January 1987	21.2 °C21 December 1987	27.0 °C	1,429 mm	292
1986	37.6 °C2 February 1986	17.2 °C8 December 1986	26.3 °C	1,611 mm	253
1985	37.3 °C3 March 1985	18.9 °C7 December 1985	26.1 °C	1,893 mm	225
1984	38.2 °C27 February 1984	18.4 °C14 December 1984	26.4 °C	1,756 mm	271
1983	39.8 °C25 March 1983	18.8 °C20 January 1983	26.9 °C	1,321 mm	271
1982	37.0 °C20 February 1982	19.0 °C31 December 1982	26.3 °C	1,634 mm	258
1981	37.6 °C15 February 1981	18.9 °C28 January 1981	26.4 °C	1,576 mm	261
1980	37.7 °C10 February 1980	19.1 °C15 December 1980	26.2 °C	2,039 mm	254
1979	36.5 °C29 January 1979	18.4 °C12 December 1979	26.5 °C	1,790 mm	261
1978	37.6 °C12 February 1978	18.8 °C13 January 1978	26.3 °C	1,627 mm	264
1977	38.2 °C15 March 1977	18.2 °C25 December 1977	26.6 °C	1,412 mm	265
1976	35.0 °C23 March 1976	17.7 °C25 January 1976	25.7 °C	1,672 mm	237
1975	35.8 °C20 February 1975	16.8 °C10 December 1975	25.8 °C	1,601 mm	237
1974	36.7 °C6 February 1974	17.3 °C9 January 1974	26.0 °C	1,829 mm	231
1973	38.9 °C6 February 1973	18.4 °C28 November 1973	26.6 °C	1,546 mm	283
1972	36.3 °C23 February 1972	20.9 °C21 October 1972	26.4 °C	1,606 mm	263
1971	39.0 °C18 February 1971	17.5 °C20 December 1971	26.1 °C	1,700 mm	266
1970	38.1 °C2 March 1970	17.7 °C15 December 1970	26.5 °C	1,628 mm	274
1969	38.5 °C12 February 1969	20.1 °C31 January 1969	26.4 °C	1,727 mm	242
1968	37.1 °C7 February 1968	17.5 °C20 January 1968	26.0 °C	1,813 mm	247
1967	38.8 °C9 March 1967	17.6 °C5 January 1967	26.2 °C	1,616 mm	236
1966	37.6 °C7 March 1966	18.7 °C3 January 1966	26.5 °C	1,305 mm	256
1965	35.2 °C7 February 1965	19.8 °C8 December 1965	26.1 °C	1,419 mm	237
1964	37.9 °C11 February 1964	18.7 °C13 January 1964	26.5 °C	926 mm	241
1963	37.2 °C13 March 1963	18.7 °C1 January 1963	26.5 °C	1,217 mm	268
1962	36.5 °C10 February 1962	18.6 °C6 January 1962	25.9 °C	1,437 mm	208
1961	37.6 °C8 March 1961	18.5 °C13 December 1961	26.2 °C	1,197 mm	238
1960	36.2 °C4 February 1960	18.8 °C2 January 1960	26.2 °C	1,475 mm	243
1959	37.0 °C9 March 1959	19.4 °C24 January 1959	26.3 °C	1,243 mm	247
1958	37.4 °C15 February 1958	19.6 °C7 January 1958	26.1 °C	1,295 mm	209
1957	35.9 °C17 February 1957	17.1 °C13 January 1957	25.7 °C	1,807 mm	201
1956	36.2 °C13 February 1956	18.2 °C19 December 1956	25.5 °C	1,544 mm	185
1955	36.5 °C16 February 1955	19.4 °C30 December 1955	25.9 °C	1,644 mm	202
1954	35.0 °C16 January 1954	18.0 °C3 August 1954	25.7 °C	1,299 mm	203
1953	35.8 °C10 February 1953	18.3 °C4 December 1953	26.0 °C	1,415 mm	207
1952	36.8 °C28 February 1952	19.4 °C4 January 1952	26.1 °C	1,438 mm	223
1951	36.2 °C24 February 1951	19.5 °C17 December 1951	25.9 °C	1,574 mm	232
1950	36.7 °C7 March 1950	18.1 °C12 February 1950	25.7 °C	1,271 mm	219
1949	37.3 °C23 February 1949	18.6 °C11 February 1949	26.2 °C	1,204 mm	215
1948	36.8 °C15 February 1948	18.1 °C7 January 1948	26.0 °C	1,603 mm	196
1947	36.2 °C16 March 1947	19.0 °C10 September 1947	26.0 °C	1,454 mm	205
1946	38.1 °C23 February 1946	17.8 °C1 January 1946	26.1 °C	1,243 mm	198
1945	38.1 °C26 March 1945	17.0 °C22 December 1945	26.3 °C	1,399 mm	214
1944	36.9 °C14 February 1944	18.0 °C3 February 1944	26.1 °C	1,480 mm	228
1943	35.7 °C8 March 1943	18.6 °C23 July 1943	25.6 °C	928 mm	215
1942	36.4 °C12 February 1942	19.3 °C17 July 1942	25.7 °C	1,369 mm	180
1941	36.7 °C9 March 1941	19.7 °C22 December 1941	25.9 °C	1,554 mm	201
1940	35.4 °C21 February 1940	19.8 °C4 August 1940	25.7 °C	1,448 mm	195

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.2 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

297 d/yr

+45

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1670 mm

+128 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.4 °C	+2.2 °C	4 mm	-6 mm
Feb	37.9 °C	+2.7 °C	15 mm	-10 mm
Mar	37.0 °C	+2.8 °C	35 mm	-35 mm
Apr	34.9 °C	+2.2 °C	103 mm	-32 mm
May	33.5 °C	+2.2 °C	136 mm	-58 mm
Jun	31.7 °C	+1.9 °C	239 mm	+19 mm
Jul	29.2 °C	+0.4 °C	322 mm	+115 mm
Aug	29.4 °C	+0.6 °C	213 mm	+35 mm
Sep	29.9 °C	+0.5 °C	300 mm	+71 mm
Oct	30.9 °C	+0.8 °C	246 mm	+36 mm
Nov	32.9 °C	+1.5 °C	40 mm	-14 mm
Dec	35.3 °C	+2.2 °C	17 mm	+5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.0 °C

21 Feb 2025

Coldest day

20.7 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

57.5 mm

1 Aug 2025

Windiest day

19.1 km/h

12 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

43.2 km/h

11 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.9 °C

3 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.2 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.8 h

10 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Awgu?

Awgu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.6 °C and it receives 1,542 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Awgu?

The hottest day measured in Awgu between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2025, reaching 41.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Awgu?

The coldest day measured in Awgu between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 1975, at 16.8 °C.

Does it snow in Awgu?

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

Has the climate of Awgu warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Awgu?

The wettest day measured in Awgu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2011, with 184 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Awgu?

The windiest day measured in Awgu between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1944, with winds reaching 22.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Awgu?

The warmest month in Awgu is February (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Awgu?

Awgu receives on average 1,542 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 215 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Awgu?

Awgu gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Awgu?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Awgu?

In Awgu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.9 °C on 3 March 2025, and the lowest was 14.1 °C on 8 January 1957.

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