Burutu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Burutu?

Burutu has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.1 °C and it receives 2,829 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Burutu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2016, reaching 33.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Burutu?

The coldest day measured in Burutu between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 19.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Burutu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Burutu warmed?

Yes: Burutu warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Burutu?

The wettest day measured in Burutu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1980, with 191 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Burutu?

The windiest day measured in Burutu between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1950, with winds reaching 26.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Burutu?

The warmest month in Burutu is March (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Burutu?

Burutu receives on average 2,829 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 320 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Burutu?

Burutu gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Burutu (Nigeria) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.1 °C and it receives 2,829 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 March (27.3 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Burutu averages 0 frost days, 76 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 320 rainy days per year.

Burutu has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 25 January 2016) and the coldest 19.2 °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

BurutuDelta

coords: 5.35°, 5.51°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.1°C

Average daily high

28.6°C

Average daily low

24.5°C

Annual rainfall

2,829mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

12.9km/h

Seasonal range

2.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

76 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

320 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.9 °C

Average feels-like low

28.7 °C

Average peak gust

27.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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

33.9 °C

25 January 2016

Coldest day

19.2 °C

9 January 1957

Wettest day

191 mm

26 June 1980

Windiest day

26.9 km/h

29 August 1950

Strongest gust

51.8 km/h

29 August 1950

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

9 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

17.8 °C

13 January 2015

Sunniest day

12.0 h

15 May 1958

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.7 °C10 January 2025	23.2 °C11 January 2025	27.1 °C	2,814 mm	174
2024	33.3 °C9 April 2024	22.9 °C21 December 2024	27.6 °C	2,879 mm	217
2023	33.4 °C17 February 2023	22.6 °C2 January 2023	27.3 °C	3,411 mm	189
2022	33.0 °C11 February 2022	21.8 °C31 January 2022	26.8 °C	2,399 mm	153
2021	32.6 °C21 December 2021	22.6 °C20 February 2021	27.0 °C	2,815 mm	152
2020	33.8 °C25 January 2020	20.5 °C3 January 2020	27.0 °C	2,833 mm	172
2019	33.0 °C8 April 2019	23.3 °C24 July 2019	26.9 °C	2,876 mm	160
2018	32.1 °C22 February 2018	21.8 °C6 January 2018	26.7 °C	2,709 mm	145
2017	33.1 °C16 April 2017	22.8 °C19 August 2017	26.8 °C	2,842 mm	149
2016	33.9 °C25 January 2016	22.3 °C1 February 2016	26.9 °C	3,496 mm	170
2015	32.3 °C25 December 2015	19.3 °C13 January 2015	26.5 °C	2,659 mm	148
2014	31.7 °C7 March 2014	22.9 °C4 July 2014	26.5 °C	2,923 mm	94
2013	32.2 °C26 March 2013	21.7 °C18 December 2013	26.5 °C	2,902 mm	111
2012	32.1 °C7 April 2012	22.6 °C17 January 2012	26.4 °C	2,757 mm	97
2011	31.9 °C8 May 2011	21.3 °C16 January 2011	26.5 °C	2,859 mm	114
2010	32.5 °C9 April 2010	22.3 °C20 January 2010	26.9 °C	2,700 mm	151
2009	31.8 °C24 March 2009	23.0 °C30 June 2009	26.6 °C	3,037 mm	120
2008	32.7 °C19 February 2008	21.2 °C23 January 2008	26.3 °C	2,691 mm	95
2007	33.4 °C18 January 2007	21.3 °C14 January 2007	26.4 °C	2,793 mm	115
2006	32.2 °C14 April 2006	22.8 °C26 July 2006	26.6 °C	3,327 mm	113
2005	31.6 °C19 March 2005	20.3 °C10 January 2005	26.5 °C	2,638 mm	115
2004	31.7 °C5 February 2004	22.9 °C27 July 2004	26.3 °C	3,146 mm	94
2003	31.4 °C29 March 2003	23.0 °C4 July 2003	26.4 °C	2,867 mm	94
2002	31.8 °C27 January 2002	22.0 °C1 February 2002	26.2 °C	3,016 mm	72
2001	31.7 °C16 February 2001	22.3 °C23 July 2001	26.2 °C	2,726 mm	88
2000	32.4 °C1 March 2000	22.5 °C3 February 2000	26.1 °C	2,870 mm	82
1999	32.4 °C22 March 1999	22.2 °C10 September 1999	26.2 °C	3,018 mm	87
1998	32.8 °C8 March 1998	22.9 °C7 January 1998	26.8 °C	2,343 mm	151
1997	32.0 °C1 February 1997	22.6 °C6 August 1997	26.2 °C	2,614 mm	73
1996	31.1 °C17 May 1996	22.8 °C13 July 1996	26.1 °C	2,645 mm	49
1995	31.4 °C27 January 1995	23.0 °C27 July 1995	26.3 °C	3,013 mm	78
1994	31.8 °C27 March 1994	22.7 °C21 August 1994	26.2 °C	2,794 mm	92
1993	31.4 °C8 February 1993	21.4 °C12 January 1993	26.2 °C	2,597 mm	71
1992	32.5 °C14 February 1992	20.0 °C6 January 1992	26.0 °C	2,505 mm	84
1991	32.2 °C26 March 1991	21.9 °C1 January 1991	26.1 °C	2,480 mm	54
1990	32.1 °C11 March 1990	22.6 °C7 August 1990	26.0 °C	2,996 mm	51
1989	33.8 °C21 February 1989	21.6 °C20 January 1989	26.0 °C	2,752 mm	75
1988	31.8 °C10 April 1988	21.7 °C27 December 1988	26.2 °C	3,152 mm	92
1987	31.6 °C28 April 1987	23.0 °C28 September 1987	26.4 °C	3,061 mm	101
1986	31.5 °C30 April 1986	21.9 °C21 December 1986	25.9 °C	2,611 mm	60
1985	31.5 °C15 February 1985	22.5 °C8 July 1985	25.8 °C	3,387 mm	57
1984	31.3 °C16 January 1984	22.3 °C11 July 1984	26.1 °C	2,760 mm	63
1983	32.7 °C27 March 1983	19.7 °C9 January 1983	26.1 °C	2,192 mm	105
1982	32.1 °C4 March 1982	22.2 °C6 January 1982	25.9 °C	2,799 mm	48
1981	31.5 °C12 February 1981	22.0 °C5 January 1981	26.0 °C	2,850 mm	59
1980	31.5 °C7 April 1980	22.1 °C27 December 1980	26.0 °C	3,473 mm	47
1979	31.7 °C15 March 1979	22.5 °C12 December 1979	26.2 °C	2,956 mm	69
1978	31.7 °C12 February 1978	21.9 °C5 July 1978	25.8 °C	2,781 mm	43
1977	31.9 °C17 April 1977	22.3 °C25 December 1977	26.0 °C	2,671 mm	52
1976	31.4 °C23 March 1976	22.0 °C21 June 1976	25.5 °C	3,108 mm	35
1975	31.1 °C12 March 1975	21.9 °C22 July 1975	25.6 °C	2,969 mm	35
1974	31.2 °C3 February 1974	19.9 °C29 December 1974	25.7 °C	3,349 mm	46
1973	31.8 °C7 March 1973	22.6 °C3 August 1973	26.2 °C	3,068 mm	90
1972	31.5 °C19 February 1972	22.6 °C21 August 1972	26.0 °C	2,948 mm	82
1971	31.6 °C3 May 1971	21.7 °C12 January 1971	25.8 °C	3,334 mm	72
1970	32.1 °C1 April 1970	22.4 °C4 August 1970	26.1 °C	2,807 mm	92
1969	31.6 °C21 February 1969	21.8 °C3 September 1969	26.0 °C	3,224 mm	84
1968	30.9 °C20 February 1968	21.2 °C18 January 1968	25.8 °C	3,281 mm	39
1967	31.6 °C24 February 1967	21.2 °C27 January 1967	25.7 °C	3,183 mm	64
1966	31.4 °C28 February 1966	21.9 °C5 January 1966	26.0 °C	2,750 mm	57
1965	31.3 °C2 April 1965	22.2 °C16 July 1965	25.7 °C	2,948 mm	24
1964	31.0 °C7 April 1964	21.3 °C3 August 1964	25.8 °C	2,290 mm	53
1963	31.7 °C9 March 1963	22.7 °C22 September 1963	25.9 °C	2,797 mm	36
1962	30.8 °C5 January 1962	20.4 °C8 February 1962	25.6 °C	2,816 mm	25
1961	31.6 °C28 February 1961	21.8 °C1 August 1961	25.8 °C	2,459 mm	32
1960	30.7 °C4 March 1960	20.8 °C16 July 1960	25.7 °C	2,699 mm	14
1959	31.1 °C2 February 1959	21.9 °C15 August 1959	25.8 °C	2,231 mm	30
1958	32.2 °C15 February 1958	21.0 °C28 July 1958	25.7 °C	2,492 mm	32
1957	30.9 °C15 February 1957	19.2 °C9 January 1957	25.5 °C	3,022 mm	13
1956	30.1 °C22 January 1956	21.8 °C13 August 1956	25.3 °C	3,064 mm	4
1955	30.5 °C23 April 1955	22.4 °C6 July 1955	25.5 °C	2,983 mm	7
1954	30.4 °C18 January 1954	21.0 °C30 July 1954	25.4 °C	2,497 mm	9
1953	31.1 °C15 December 1953	22.2 °C10 August 1953	25.8 °C	2,666 mm	36
1952	31.6 °C21 March 1952	21.7 °C12 August 1952	25.8 °C	2,883 mm	45
1951	32.3 °C23 April 1951	22.5 °C6 February 1951	25.8 °C	3,012 mm	52
1950	31.3 °C17 April 1950	21.1 °C2 September 1950	25.5 °C	2,560 mm	40
1949	31.7 °C9 February 1949	22.4 °C27 July 1949	25.8 °C	2,505 mm	55
1948	31.8 °C17 March 1948	22.6 °C5 February 1948	25.6 °C	2,992 mm	23
1947	31.2 °C13 March 1947	21.3 °C10 September 1947	25.7 °C	3,190 mm	28
1946	31.5 °C11 January 1946	21.9 °C14 July 1946	25.6 °C	2,430 mm	60
1945	32.6 °C13 February 1945	20.1 °C4 February 1945	25.7 °C	2,427 mm	69
1944	32.6 °C31 January 1944	21.9 °C19 July 1944	25.8 °C	2,324 mm	50
1943	30.7 °C7 March 1943	21.0 °C3 August 1943	25.4 °C	2,172 mm	7
1942	30.1 °C12 March 1942	21.1 °C16 July 1942	25.5 °C	2,682 mm	7
1941	30.8 °C21 December 1941	22.1 °C27 July 1941	25.6 °C	2,824 mm	21
1940	30.3 °C20 February 1940	21.2 °C5 August 1940	25.5 °C	2,877 mm	11

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.5 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

174 d/yr

+98

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2814 mm

-15 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.8 °C	+1.3 °C	63 mm	-17 mm
Feb	31.0 °C	+1.1 °C	95 mm	-14 mm
Mar	31.1 °C	+1.1 °C	138 mm	-64 mm
Apr	30.8 °C	+1.0 °C	185 mm	-70 mm
May	30.4 °C	+1.2 °C	256 mm	-68 mm
Jun	29.1 °C	+1.3 °C	384 mm	+17 mm
Jul	27.1 °C	+0.4 °C	356 mm	+8 mm
Aug	27.0 °C	+0.4 °C	161 mm	-73 mm
Sep	27.7 °C	+0.6 °C	519 mm	+222 mm
Oct	28.6 °C	+0.6 °C	366 mm	+44 mm
Nov	29.9 °C	+0.8 °C	181 mm	-16 mm
Dec	29.9 °C	+0.5 °C	112 mm	+15 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.7 °C

10 Jan 2025

Coldest day

23.2 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

100.9 mm

16 Sep 2025

Windiest day

21.9 km/h

20 May 2025

Strongest gust

41.4 km/h

23 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.9 °C

7 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

26.4 °C

24 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

15 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Burutu?

Burutu has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.1 °C and it receives 2,829 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Burutu?

The hottest day measured in Burutu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2016, reaching 33.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Burutu?

The coldest day measured in Burutu between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 19.2 °C.

Does it snow in Burutu?

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

Has the climate of Burutu warmed?

Yes: Burutu warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Burutu?

The wettest day measured in Burutu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1980, with 191 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Burutu?

The windiest day measured in Burutu between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1950, with winds reaching 26.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Burutu?

The warmest month in Burutu is March (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Burutu?

Burutu receives on average 2,829 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 320 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Burutu?

Burutu gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Burutu?

Yes: Burutu has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Burutu?

In Burutu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 9 April 2024, and the lowest was 17.8 °C on 13 January 2015.

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