Buguma climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Buguma?

Buguma has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.9 °C and it receives 2,691 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Buguma between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 2007, reaching 36.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Buguma?

The coldest day measured in Buguma between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 17.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Buguma?

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

Q: Has the climate of Buguma warmed?

Yes: Buguma warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Buguma?

The wettest day measured in Buguma between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1986, with 195 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Buguma?

The windiest day measured in Buguma between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1950, with winds reaching 24.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Buguma?

The warmest month in Buguma is February (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Buguma?

Buguma receives on average 2,691 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 310 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Buguma?

Buguma gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Buguma (Nigeria) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.9 °C and it receives 2,691 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 (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (24.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Buguma averages 0 frost days, 164 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 310 rainy days per year.

Buguma has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 16 January 2007) and the coldest 17.4 °C (on 9 January 1957).

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

BugumaRivers State

coords: 4.74°, 6.86°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

25.9°C

Average daily high

29.7°C

Average daily low

23.4°C

Annual rainfall

2,691mm

Sunshine / day

8.5h

Mean relative humidity

87%

Average peak wind

11.1km/h

Seasonal range

2.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

164 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

310 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.3 °C

Average feels-like low

28.0 °C

Average peak gust

26.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · 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

36.8 °C

16 January 2007

Coldest day

17.4 °C

9 January 1957

Wettest day

195 mm

18 October 1986

Windiest day

24.7 km/h

8 August 1950

Strongest gust

51.5 km/h

8 August 1950

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

7 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

15.6 °C

8 January 1957

Sunniest day

11.9 h

20 July 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.8 °C3 March 2025	22.3 °C13 January 2025	27.2 °C	2,981 mm	230
2024	36.5 °C5 February 2024	20.9 °C16 January 2024	27.7 °C	2,225 mm	264
2023	35.9 °C14 February 2023	21.0 °C1 January 2023	27.2 °C	3,068 mm	259
2022	35.3 °C11 February 2022	20.2 °C31 December 2022	26.7 °C	2,229 mm	230
2021	35.1 °C7 February 2021	21.3 °C21 December 2021	26.9 °C	2,664 mm	248
2020	36.7 °C1 February 2020	18.9 °C26 January 2020	27.0 °C	2,620 mm	236
2019	34.6 °C5 January 2019	20.7 °C29 December 2019	26.8 °C	3,133 mm	223
2018	35.2 °C31 January 2018	20.1 °C6 January 2018	26.6 °C	2,760 mm	228
2017	35.6 °C14 February 2017	21.5 °C3 January 2017	26.7 °C	2,987 mm	229
2016	36.5 °C10 February 2016	21.7 °C29 January 2016	26.9 °C	3,117 mm	226
2015	35.0 °C29 December 2015	17.8 °C13 January 2015	26.4 °C	2,649 mm	210
2014	33.7 °C6 February 2014	22.0 °C7 January 2014	26.4 °C	2,762 mm	207
2013	34.7 °C4 January 2013	19.4 °C17 December 2013	26.4 °C	2,952 mm	201
2012	33.8 °C4 January 2012	21.1 °C17 January 2012	26.3 °C	2,527 mm	198
2011	35.0 °C28 January 2011	20.3 °C1 January 2011	26.4 °C	2,653 mm	207
2010	34.2 °C19 February 2010	21.0 °C19 January 2010	26.8 °C	2,883 mm	218
2009	33.5 °C1 January 2009	21.5 °C28 November 2009	26.4 °C	3,235 mm	199
2008	36.0 °C18 February 2008	18.7 °C22 January 2008	26.2 °C	2,583 mm	192
2007	36.8 °C16 January 2007	19.7 °C14 January 2007	26.2 °C	2,905 mm	185
2006	34.2 °C29 December 2006	22.3 °C7 September 2006	26.4 °C	2,604 mm	217
2005	35.9 °C21 January 2005	18.0 °C11 January 2005	26.4 °C	2,563 mm	196
2004	34.2 °C10 February 2004	21.2 °C6 February 2004	26.2 °C	2,855 mm	191
2003	33.7 °C6 January 2003	21.4 °C5 January 2003	26.1 °C	2,815 mm	188
2002	34.9 °C3 February 2002	20.4 °C14 January 2002	25.9 °C	2,874 mm	172
2001	34.4 °C16 February 2001	20.6 °C23 July 2001	26.0 °C	2,443 mm	183
2000	36.0 °C9 March 2000	20.6 °C4 February 2000	26.0 °C	2,547 mm	182
1999	33.1 °C9 January 1999	21.2 °C16 December 1999	25.9 °C	2,974 mm	176
1998	35.8 °C6 March 1998	20.8 °C7 January 1998	26.7 °C	2,332 mm	220
1997	34.5 °C22 February 1997	20.9 °C2 February 1997	26.0 °C	2,662 mm	161
1996	33.2 °C8 January 1996	20.3 °C23 July 1996	25.9 °C	2,630 mm	170
1995	33.2 °C27 January 1995	22.0 °C4 February 1995	26.1 °C	2,939 mm	185
1994	34.0 °C21 December 1994	21.5 °C13 December 1994	26.0 °C	2,553 mm	180
1993	33.4 °C8 February 1993	20.3 °C12 January 1993	26.0 °C	2,774 mm	176
1992	35.8 °C28 February 1992	19.2 °C5 January 1992	25.8 °C	2,448 mm	164
1991	33.6 °C26 March 1991	18.8 °C1 January 1991	25.8 °C	2,743 mm	150
1990	34.2 °C10 March 1990	21.7 °C19 August 1990	25.8 °C	2,919 mm	143
1989	35.5 °C19 February 1989	19.9 °C20 January 1989	25.9 °C	2,612 mm	187
1988	33.3 °C25 February 1988	20.0 °C27 December 1988	25.9 °C	2,985 mm	170
1987	33.7 °C27 January 1987	22.1 °C28 September 1987	26.2 °C	3,049 mm	204
1986	32.9 °C22 April 1986	20.1 °C16 January 1986	25.7 °C	3,103 mm	178
1985	33.3 °C28 February 1985	21.4 °C21 September 1985	25.5 °C	3,202 mm	139
1984	33.8 °C8 February 1984	20.7 °C6 September 1984	25.8 °C	2,934 mm	187
1983	36.1 °C22 March 1983	18.6 °C9 January 1983	26.1 °C	2,262 mm	172
1982	33.5 °C3 March 1982	20.3 °C9 February 1982	25.7 °C	2,777 mm	141
1981	33.6 °C2 February 1981	20.2 °C5 January 1981	25.8 °C	2,642 mm	165
1980	33.0 °C7 April 1980	21.2 °C17 December 1980	25.7 °C	3,277 mm	163
1979	33.0 °C27 March 1979	21.3 °C12 December 1979	25.9 °C	2,957 mm	169
1978	33.2 °C10 January 1978	20.3 °C5 July 1978	25.7 °C	2,774 mm	151
1977	33.3 °C6 March 1977	20.5 °C25 December 1977	25.8 °C	2,371 mm	161
1976	32.5 °C15 May 1976	21.2 °C25 January 1976	25.3 °C	2,856 mm	112
1975	33.1 °C4 January 1975	19.7 °C19 August 1975	25.4 °C	2,765 mm	141
1974	32.7 °C20 March 1974	18.5 °C30 December 1974	25.5 °C	3,007 mm	146
1973	33.7 °C20 March 1973	21.0 °C28 November 1973	25.9 °C	3,035 mm	194
1972	33.8 °C21 December 1972	21.5 °C5 January 1972	25.7 °C	2,755 mm	179
1971	33.7 °C3 May 1971	20.3 °C12 January 1971	25.6 °C	2,965 mm	166
1970	34.2 °C7 April 1970	20.8 °C15 December 1970	25.9 °C	2,787 mm	189
1969	33.7 °C14 February 1969	20.7 °C20 July 1969	25.8 °C	2,996 mm	178
1968	32.8 °C20 February 1968	18.9 °C18 January 1968	25.5 °C	3,003 mm	148
1967	34.5 °C24 February 1967	19.0 °C2 January 1967	25.5 °C	2,891 mm	162
1966	33.3 °C27 February 1966	20.2 °C4 January 1966	25.7 °C	2,497 mm	153
1965	32.2 °C16 March 1965	21.0 °C12 August 1965	25.3 °C	2,786 mm	122
1964	33.2 °C8 February 1964	20.0 °C2 August 1964	25.5 °C	2,129 mm	133
1963	32.8 °C10 March 1963	21.3 °C26 November 1963	25.6 °C	2,180 mm	132
1962	33.3 °C5 January 1962	18.6 °C8 February 1962	25.3 °C	2,573 mm	119
1961	33.5 °C28 February 1961	19.9 °C1 August 1961	25.5 °C	2,294 mm	145
1960	33.2 °C4 February 1960	20.4 °C15 July 1960	25.4 °C	2,687 mm	130
1959	32.6 °C31 December 1959	20.8 °C15 August 1959	25.6 °C	2,201 mm	137
1958	33.8 °C13 February 1958	19.0 °C2 August 1958	25.5 °C	2,291 mm	105
1957	33.2 °C16 February 1957	17.4 °C9 January 1957	25.2 °C	2,680 mm	96
1956	32.5 °C22 January 1956	19.3 °C18 July 1956	25.0 °C	2,829 mm	68
1955	32.3 °C21 January 1955	21.0 °C1 August 1955	25.2 °C	2,568 mm	83
1954	32.1 °C18 January 1954	18.0 °C3 August 1954	25.1 °C	2,465 mm	63
1953	32.7 °C20 December 1953	19.4 °C10 August 1953	25.5 °C	2,416 mm	110
1952	33.9 °C6 January 1952	19.1 °C12 August 1952	25.5 °C	2,689 mm	130
1951	33.5 °C28 December 1951	21.5 °C14 July 1951	25.5 °C	2,816 mm	139
1950	33.1 °C29 March 1950	18.9 °C30 August 1950	25.3 °C	2,139 mm	123
1949	33.8 °C30 January 1949	20.9 °C9 August 1949	25.5 °C	2,510 mm	134
1948	32.8 °C8 March 1948	21.3 °C5 February 1948	25.3 °C	2,881 mm	115
1947	32.9 °C13 March 1947	19.1 °C8 September 1947	25.4 °C	2,612 mm	90
1946	33.9 °C23 February 1946	19.4 °C19 August 1946	25.4 °C	2,226 mm	118
1945	35.3 °C25 February 1945	19.8 °C4 February 1945	25.5 °C	2,180 mm	142
1944	35.1 °C4 February 1944	20.4 °C31 January 1944	25.6 °C	1,912 mm	145
1943	31.8 °C7 March 1943	19.0 °C20 July 1943	25.1 °C	1,986 mm	71
1942	32.2 °C24 January 1942	18.8 °C18 July 1942	25.0 °C	2,693 mm	80
1941	33.2 °C14 February 1941	21.4 °C27 July 1941	25.3 °C	2,709 mm	112
1940	32.8 °C4 March 1940	19.4 °C5 August 1940	25.1 °C	2,825 mm	68

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.8 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

230 d/yr

+66

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2981 mm

+290 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.4 °C	+2.1 °C	55 mm	-19 mm
Feb	33.4 °C	+1.8 °C	85 mm	-20 mm
Mar	33.0 °C	+1.9 °C	152 mm	-53 mm
Apr	31.9 °C	+1.3 °C	218 mm	-35 mm
May	31.6 °C	+1.7 °C	289 mm	-3 mm
Jun	30.1 °C	+1.6 °C	338 mm	+13 mm
Jul	27.9 °C	+0.2 °C	385 mm	+97 mm
Aug	28.1 °C	+0.3 °C	170 mm	-48 mm
Sep	28.4 °C	+0.2 °C	580 mm	+272 mm
Oct	29.4 °C	+0.5 °C	427 mm	+85 mm
Nov	30.7 °C	+0.8 °C	188 mm	-10 mm
Dec	31.4 °C	+0.7 °C	94 mm	+12 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.8 °C

3 Mar 2025

Coldest day

22.3 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

142.2 mm

13 Sep 2025

Windiest day

18.2 km/h

13 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

39.6 km/h

29 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.8 °C

11 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

25.4 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.8 h

11 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Buguma?

Buguma has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.9 °C and it receives 2,691 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Buguma?

The hottest day measured in Buguma between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 2007, reaching 36.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Buguma?

The coldest day measured in Buguma between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 17.4 °C.

Does it snow in Buguma?

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

Has the climate of Buguma warmed?

Yes: Buguma warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Buguma?

The wettest day measured in Buguma between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1986, with 195 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Buguma?

The windiest day measured in Buguma between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1950, with winds reaching 24.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Buguma?

The warmest month in Buguma is February (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Buguma?

Buguma receives on average 2,691 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 310 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Buguma?

Buguma gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Buguma?

Yes: Buguma has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Buguma?

In Buguma, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 7 April 2024, and the lowest was 15.6 °C on 8 January 1957.

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