Deba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Deba?

Deba has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.9 °C and it receives 454 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Deba between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 2021, reaching 44.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Deba?

The coldest day measured in Deba between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1957, at 9.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Deba?

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

Q: Has the climate of Deba warmed?

Yes: Deba warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Deba?

The wettest day measured in Deba between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1987, with 156 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Deba?

The windiest day measured in Deba between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2005, with winds reaching 33.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Deba?

The warmest month in Deba is April (32.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Deba?

Deba receives on average 454 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Deba?

Deba gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Deba (Nigeria) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.9 °C and it receives 454 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 April (32.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Deba averages 0 frost days, 321 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 73 rainy days per year.

Deba has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.1 °C (on 8 April 2021) and the coldest 9.8 °C (on 12 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

DebaGombe State

coords: 10.21°, 11.39°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.9°C

Average daily high

34.4°C

Average daily low

22.1°C

Annual rainfall

454mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

48%

Average peak wind

13.7km/h

Seasonal range

8.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

321 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

73 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.2 °C

Average feels-like low

22.6 °C

Average peak gust

29.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

262 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.19 · 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

44.1 °C

8 April 2021

Coldest day

9.8 °C

12 January 1957

Wettest day

156 mm

1 June 1987

Windiest day

33.7 km/h

30 April 2005

Strongest gust

65.9 km/h

30 April 2005

Hottest feels-like

47.2 °C

20 April 1998

Coldest feels-like

5.9 °C

12 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.3 h

19 July 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	42.2 °C21 March 2025	13.9 °C13 January 2025	28.6 °C	478 mm	338
2024	43.4 °C31 March 2024	11.8 °C18 January 2024	28.4 °C	558 mm	335
2023	40.7 °C2 March 2023	13.8 °C15 January 2023	28.2 °C	415 mm	340
2022	42.3 °C7 April 2022	14.4 °C20 January 2022	27.5 °C	627 mm	298
2021	44.1 °C8 April 2021	15.2 °C15 January 2021	28.2 °C	489 mm	329
2020	42.6 °C16 April 2020	12.4 °C31 January 2020	28.2 °C	441 mm	328
2019	43.0 °C4 April 2019	14.1 °C24 December 2019	28.4 °C	540 mm	332
2018	40.9 °C18 March 2018	11.1 °C19 January 2018	28.2 °C	440 mm	335
2017	41.6 °C25 March 2017	14.4 °C10 January 2017	28.2 °C	438 mm	345
2016	42.1 °C17 March 2016	13.0 °C21 January 2016	28.3 °C	394 mm	333
2015	42.0 °C22 April 2015	10.7 °C13 January 2015	28.5 °C	372 mm	320
2014	41.4 °C18 May 2014	12.2 °C14 January 2014	28.0 °C	453 mm	332
2013	42.2 °C6 April 2013	12.7 °C19 December 2013	28.3 °C	427 mm	313
2012	42.0 °C1 April 2012	11.3 °C29 December 2012	27.7 °C	718 mm	305
2011	41.1 °C7 March 2011	12.3 °C22 January 2011	28.2 °C	329 mm	330
2010	42.8 °C12 April 2010	12.2 °C22 December 2010	29.0 °C	419 mm	337
2009	41.3 °C3 June 2009	13.4 °C26 December 2009	28.9 °C	264 mm	358
2008	41.4 °C26 March 2008	12.5 °C25 January 2008	27.8 °C	483 mm	323
2007	41.9 °C23 March 2007	12.7 °C15 January 2007	28.0 °C	383 mm	309
2006	42.0 °C11 April 2006	12.6 °C30 December 2006	28.5 °C	267 mm	343
2005	41.6 °C4 March 2005	13.4 °C13 January 2005	28.7 °C	367 mm	325
2004	42.3 °C30 March 2004	15.0 °C5 February 2004	28.1 °C	292 mm	337
2003	41.5 °C11 May 2003	11.8 °C1 January 2003	27.9 °C	452 mm	327
2002	40.8 °C11 May 2002	11.9 °C13 January 2002	27.9 °C	228 mm	317
2001	40.1 °C31 March 2001	11.8 °C29 January 2001	27.3 °C	499 mm	306
2000	41.0 °C30 March 2000	13.0 °C31 December 2000	27.7 °C	333 mm	323
1999	42.6 °C24 March 1999	12.5 °C11 January 1999	28.0 °C	580 mm	298
1998	42.5 °C16 April 1998	12.4 °C15 January 1998	28.4 °C	481 mm	325
1997	41.8 °C21 March 1997	15.0 °C24 December 1997	28.2 °C	319 mm	352
1996	40.7 °C24 April 1996	12.0 °C1 January 1996	27.6 °C	474 mm	322
1995	41.7 °C1 April 1995	13.1 °C13 January 1995	27.7 °C	432 mm	316
1994	41.5 °C22 May 1994	12.9 °C15 January 1994	27.3 °C	724 mm	298
1993	41.7 °C4 March 1993	12.8 °C8 January 1993	28.3 °C	267 mm	332
1992	41.8 °C2 April 1992	13.1 °C5 January 1992	27.4 °C	446 mm	309
1991	40.8 °C30 March 1991	15.0 °C1 January 1991	27.9 °C	411 mm	323
1990	42.7 °C29 March 1990	13.6 °C3 January 1990	28.5 °C	304 mm	352
1989	41.6 °C28 April 1989	11.0 °C22 January 1989	26.9 °C	446 mm	298
1988	42.1 °C31 March 1988	14.2 °C30 December 1988	27.8 °C	723 mm	299
1987	42.4 °C2 May 1987	14.8 °C11 January 1987	28.5 °C	561 mm	349
1986	41.9 °C2 April 1986	12.4 °C9 December 1986	28.5 °C	417 mm	335
1985	41.7 °C16 March 1985	14.5 °C22 December 1985	28.1 °C	411 mm	337
1984	41.2 °C21 March 1984	12.8 °C26 January 1984	28.2 °C	319 mm	344
1983	43.0 °C19 April 1983	12.0 °C25 January 1983	27.8 °C	270 mm	319
1982	40.5 °C21 March 1982	13.4 °C27 November 1982	27.8 °C	349 mm	330
1981	41.3 °C18 April 1981	13.8 °C14 January 1981	27.2 °C	526 mm	305
1980	42.0 °C9 April 1980	12.7 °C9 January 1980	28.0 °C	507 mm	327
1979	42.0 °C19 April 1979	13.2 °C19 December 1979	28.2 °C	349 mm	351
1978	41.0 °C21 March 1978	12.5 °C12 January 1978	27.7 °C	523 mm	323
1977	42.7 °C19 April 1977	13.8 °C28 December 1977	27.7 °C	461 mm	324
1976	40.8 °C13 April 1976	13.9 °C3 January 1976	28.0 °C	515 mm	336
1975	40.7 °C6 April 1975	12.6 °C17 January 1975	27.2 °C	563 mm	289
1974	40.9 °C16 April 1974	13.8 °C2 January 1974	27.4 °C	685 mm	300
1973	42.6 °C27 April 1973	13.1 °C26 December 1973	28.7 °C	461 mm	339
1972	41.5 °C21 March 1972	12.1 °C8 January 1972	28.2 °C	360 mm	356
1971	41.9 °C16 April 1971	12.0 °C29 December 1971	27.7 °C	442 mm	303
1970	42.2 °C7 April 1970	13.5 °C11 December 1970	27.8 °C	432 mm	323
1969	42.0 °C2 May 1969	13.1 °C10 January 1969	27.8 °C	509 mm	322
1968	40.0 °C30 April 1968	11.0 °C19 January 1968	27.6 °C	376 mm	340
1967	41.6 °C3 April 1967	12.7 °C1 January 1967	27.4 °C	473 mm	311
1966	41.4 °C10 March 1966	12.5 °C6 January 1966	28.5 °C	266 mm	353
1965	41.0 °C5 May 1965	12.7 °C5 February 1965	28.2 °C	235 mm	356
1964	42.9 °C31 March 1964	13.9 °C12 January 1964	28.0 °C	398 mm	328
1963	40.7 °C25 March 1963	12.7 °C10 December 1963	27.9 °C	420 mm	354
1962	40.2 °C7 April 1962	11.4 °C6 January 1962	27.7 °C	508 mm	312
1961	41.1 °C18 April 1961	12.0 °C28 December 1961	27.2 °C	590 mm	293
1960	40.9 °C29 March 1960	14.6 °C9 January 1960	28.3 °C	287 mm	339
1959	41.3 °C13 April 1959	14.1 °C26 January 1959	27.9 °C	383 mm	325
1958	41.8 °C11 April 1958	14.2 °C9 January 1958	28.1 °C	434 mm	316
1957	39.8 °C17 April 1957	9.8 °C12 January 1957	26.5 °C	633 mm	283
1956	41.1 °C6 May 1956	13.0 °C5 January 1956	27.3 °C	758 mm	274
1955	40.3 °C24 April 1955	13.0 °C27 December 1955	26.9 °C	430 mm	295
1954	39.5 °C22 May 1954	14.0 °C8 December 1954	27.2 °C	528 mm	280
1953	41.7 °C24 April 1953	12.5 °C14 December 1953	27.1 °C	635 mm	287
1952	40.4 °C23 May 1952	13.8 °C8 January 1952	27.4 °C	506 mm	316
1951	41.2 °C13 March 1951	12.3 °C30 December 1951	27.4 °C	492 mm	343
1950	42.3 °C8 April 1950	15.3 °C1 January 1950	27.5 °C	461 mm	308
1949	41.3 °C19 April 1949	14.1 °C8 February 1949	28.7 °C	240 mm	340
1948	39.8 °C29 March 1948	11.9 °C30 December 1948	26.7 °C	712 mm	280
1947	40.4 °C21 April 1947	14.0 °C20 January 1947	26.5 °C	802 mm	254
1946	40.8 °C15 March 1946	13.1 °C21 January 1946	26.9 °C	613 mm	280
1945	40.9 °C10 April 1945	12.2 °C8 February 1945	26.7 °C	470 mm	302
1944	41.0 °C14 April 1944	13.4 °C8 December 1944	26.8 °C	655 mm	275
1943	40.9 °C21 February 1943	15.2 °C31 December 1943	27.9 °C	453 mm	303
1942	41.0 °C30 March 1942	15.7 °C20 January 1942	28.1 °C	370 mm	318
1941	41.2 °C9 March 1941	12.9 °C26 January 1941	28.9 °C	224 mm	361
1940	41.4 °C8 April 1940	15.9 °C9 January 1940	28.5 °C	287 mm	358

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

338 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

478 mm

+24 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.2 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Feb	35.8 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Mar	40.1 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Apr	39.3 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-8 mm
May	37.6 °C	+0.2 °C	3 mm	-26 mm
Jun	35.7 °C	+0.9 °C	19 mm	-26 mm
Jul	31.8 °C	+0.2 °C	129 mm	+24 mm
Aug	29.8 °C	-0.2 °C	214 mm	+52 mm
Sep	31.4 °C	+0.3 °C	102 mm	+20 mm
Oct	34.6 °C	+0.2 °C	11 mm	-10 mm
Nov	36.5 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Dec	35.5 °C	+2.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.2 °C

21 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.9 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

29.6 mm

14 Aug 2025

Windiest day

23.5 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

46.1 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.3 °C

21 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.6 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

6 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Deba?

Deba has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.9 °C and it receives 454 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Deba?

The hottest day measured in Deba between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 2021, reaching 44.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Deba?

The coldest day measured in Deba between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1957, at 9.8 °C.

Does it snow in Deba?

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

Has the climate of Deba warmed?

Yes: Deba warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Deba?

The wettest day measured in Deba between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1987, with 156 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Deba?

The windiest day measured in Deba between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2005, with winds reaching 33.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Deba?

The warmest month in Deba is April (32.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Deba?

Deba receives on average 454 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Deba?

Deba gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Deba?

Yes: Deba has on average 262 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Deba?

In Deba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.2 °C on 20 April 1998, and the lowest was 5.9 °C on 12 January 1957.

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