Dikwa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dikwa?

Dikwa has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 446 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Dikwa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 2022, reaching 46.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dikwa?

The coldest day measured in Dikwa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1978, at 7.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dikwa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Dikwa warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Dikwa?

The wettest day measured in Dikwa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2024, with 169 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dikwa?

The windiest day measured in Dikwa between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 1971, with winds reaching 33.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dikwa?

The warmest month in Dikwa is April (33.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dikwa?

Dikwa receives on average 446 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 70 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dikwa?

Dikwa gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dikwa (Nigeria) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 446 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 (33.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (23.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Dikwa averages 0 frost days, 331 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 70 rainy days per year.

Dikwa 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 46.6 °C (on 7 April 2022) and the coldest 7.2 °C (on 12 January 1978).

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

DikwaBorno State

coords: 12.04°, 13.92°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

28.3°C

Average daily high

35.5°C

Average daily low

21.6°C

Annual rainfall

446mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

41%

Average peak wind

15.2km/h

Seasonal range

9.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

331 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

70 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.4 °C

Average feels-like low

21.2 °C

Average peak gust

32.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

250 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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

46.6 °C

7 April 2022

Coldest day

7.2 °C

12 January 1978

Wettest day

169 mm

6 August 2024

Windiest day

33.1 km/h

2 June 1971

Strongest gust

62.6 km/h

2 June 1971

Hottest feels-like

47.7 °C

2 May 2019

Coldest feels-like

3.9 °C

12 January 1978

Sunniest day

12.1 h

9 July 1949

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	44.6 °C23 April 2025	12.2 °C15 February 2025	29.1 °C	354 mm	344
2024	45.9 °C30 March 2024	10.7 °C26 December 2024	28.9 °C	767 mm	338
2023	44.1 °C6 April 2023	13.8 °C9 December 2023	29.2 °C	350 mm	346
2022	46.6 °C7 April 2022	12.5 °C30 December 2022	28.5 °C	372 mm	321
2021	44.6 °C8 April 2021	13.5 °C19 February 2021	29.1 °C	402 mm	349
2020	44.6 °C1 April 2020	12.8 °C28 January 2020	28.8 °C	416 mm	336
2019	44.8 °C22 March 2019	12.6 °C24 December 2019	29.0 °C	511 mm	349
2018	43.3 °C23 April 2018	10.1 °C18 January 2018	29.0 °C	405 mm	340
2017	44.2 °C23 April 2017	13.0 °C11 January 2017	28.9 °C	449 mm	347
2016	45.0 °C26 April 2016	11.0 °C31 January 2016	29.2 °C	377 mm	341
2015	44.3 °C9 April 2015	8.3 °C13 January 2015	29.1 °C	363 mm	317
2014	43.7 °C15 April 2014	10.6 °C15 January 2014	29.1 °C	370 mm	352
2013	43.8 °C5 March 2013	10.3 °C19 December 2013	29.4 °C	358 mm	336
2012	45.6 °C10 April 2012	10.4 °C30 December 2012	28.8 °C	456 mm	341
2011	44.4 °C6 May 2011	11.0 °C13 January 2011	29.2 °C	347 mm	337
2010	46.5 °C19 April 2010	12.3 °C21 December 2010	29.6 °C	468 mm	343
2009	43.8 °C21 April 2009	12.0 °C25 December 2009	29.5 °C	273 mm	362
2008	43.4 °C21 April 2008	9.2 °C26 January 2008	28.4 °C	522 mm	334
2007	44.9 °C2 April 2007	10.7 °C15 January 2007	28.7 °C	396 mm	323
2006	44.0 °C23 April 2006	10.1 °C26 December 2006	29.0 °C	217 mm	358
2005	44.5 °C8 March 2005	10.2 °C13 January 2005	29.1 °C	421 mm	340
2004	43.9 °C31 March 2004	11.6 °C30 December 2004	28.6 °C	330 mm	348
2003	44.8 °C8 April 2003	10.0 °C9 December 2003	28.5 °C	368 mm	341
2002	44.4 °C9 April 2002	8.9 °C13 January 2002	28.8 °C	240 mm	327
2001	43.3 °C12 April 2001	10.6 °C28 January 2001	28.2 °C	358 mm	333
2000	43.7 °C8 April 2000	11.3 °C30 December 2000	28.2 °C	386 mm	328
1999	44.5 °C16 April 1999	10.7 °C11 January 1999	28.6 °C	570 mm	331
1998	46.5 °C21 April 1998	11.0 °C15 January 1998	29.4 °C	445 mm	336
1997	42.9 °C26 March 1997	12.7 °C23 January 1997	28.8 °C	369 mm	348
1996	43.0 °C11 March 1996	10.7 °C21 December 1996	28.8 °C	443 mm	359
1995	44.2 °C16 March 1995	11.3 °C8 February 1995	28.6 °C	383 mm	336
1994	44.4 °C19 April 1994	10.9 °C15 January 1994	28.3 °C	573 mm	312
1993	43.3 °C19 April 1993	9.6 °C7 January 1993	28.9 °C	279 mm	332
1992	43.4 °C28 March 1992	9.1 °C5 January 1992	28.0 °C	484 mm	324
1991	43.6 °C30 March 1991	11.1 °C24 December 1991	28.6 °C	369 mm	337
1990	45.3 °C23 April 1990	13.3 °C2 January 1990	29.4 °C	285 mm	355
1989	44.2 °C25 April 1989	10.0 °C21 January 1989	27.7 °C	504 mm	315
1988	44.5 °C14 April 1988	11.6 °C12 January 1988	28.4 °C	773 mm	320
1987	44.7 °C21 March 1987	12.9 °C16 January 1987	29.4 °C	358 mm	355
1986	45.0 °C15 April 1986	11.8 °C9 December 1986	28.9 °C	388 mm	335
1985	43.9 °C12 March 1985	12.8 °C22 December 1985	28.7 °C	431 mm	340
1984	43.8 °C22 March 1984	12.0 °C5 January 1984	29.2 °C	281 mm	340
1983	44.9 °C29 April 1983	10.3 °C7 January 1983	28.7 °C	323 mm	326
1982	43.8 °C7 April 1982	9.7 °C9 February 1982	28.7 °C	405 mm	342
1981	43.9 °C18 April 1981	11.6 °C22 January 1981	28.4 °C	459 mm	330
1980	44.8 °C26 April 1980	9.5 °C27 December 1980	28.7 °C	448 mm	347
1979	43.6 °C27 April 1979	12.4 °C19 December 1979	28.3 °C	450 mm	339
1978	43.2 °C5 April 1978	7.2 °C12 January 1978	27.8 °C	556 mm	334
1977	44.4 °C21 April 1977	9.8 °C27 December 1977	27.7 °C	457 mm	329
1976	42.6 °C13 April 1976	10.8 °C2 January 1976	28.1 °C	430 mm	349
1975	42.0 °C9 April 1975	9.3 °C17 January 1975	27.5 °C	477 mm	304
1974	43.1 °C19 April 1974	10.6 °C30 December 1974	27.5 °C	680 mm	299
1973	44.7 °C21 April 1973	11.8 °C29 January 1973	29.1 °C	391 mm	342
1972	42.7 °C1 April 1972	12.0 °C7 January 1972	28.5 °C	366 mm	360
1971	43.0 °C16 April 1971	9.7 °C25 December 1971	28.3 °C	432 mm	330
1970	43.9 °C6 April 1970	11.0 °C12 December 1970	28.3 °C	436 mm	345
1969	44.7 °C3 May 1969	9.9 °C10 January 1969	28.6 °C	488 mm	348
1968	43.1 °C16 April 1968	8.0 °C18 January 1968	27.9 °C	396 mm	335
1967	43.7 °C17 April 1967	9.1 °C1 January 1967	27.6 °C	535 mm	320
1966	43.3 °C26 March 1966	8.6 °C6 January 1966	28.2 °C	263 mm	339
1965	42.9 °C15 May 1965	10.4 °C4 February 1965	28.0 °C	236 mm	346
1964	44.2 °C3 April 1964	9.8 °C11 January 1964	27.8 °C	363 mm	325
1963	41.9 °C26 March 1963	10.3 °C8 December 1963	28.1 °C	393 mm	353
1962	42.4 °C25 March 1962	10.2 °C18 January 1962	27.9 °C	378 mm	317
1961	42.9 °C18 May 1961	8.8 °C28 December 1961	27.1 °C	455 mm	303
1960	44.2 °C21 April 1960	11.1 °C10 January 1960	28.2 °C	294 mm	344
1959	42.7 °C12 April 1959	9.1 °C25 January 1959	27.7 °C	314 mm	331
1958	42.5 °C11 April 1958	11.4 °C9 January 1958	27.5 °C	552 mm	319
1957	42.2 °C1 May 1957	8.1 °C14 January 1957	26.6 °C	687 mm	312
1956	43.6 °C2 May 1956	10.7 °C27 January 1956	27.5 °C	798 mm	280
1955	42.7 °C27 April 1955	10.3 °C27 December 1955	27.4 °C	409 mm	321
1954	42.5 °C9 April 1954	11.9 °C21 January 1954	27.4 °C	865 mm	299
1953	43.8 °C27 April 1953	10.3 °C8 February 1953	27.0 °C	815 mm	287
1952	41.5 °C5 May 1952	11.2 °C7 January 1952	27.4 °C	749 mm	303
1951	42.4 °C4 May 1951	9.2 °C30 December 1951	27.4 °C	546 mm	324
1950	42.7 °C2 April 1950	11.7 °C1 January 1950	27.4 °C	990 mm	304
1949	43.2 °C4 May 1949	10.5 °C11 February 1949	28.7 °C	177 mm	343
1948	43.0 °C30 April 1948	10.8 °C29 December 1948	27.4 °C	456 mm	309
1947	43.5 °C17 April 1947	11.9 °C20 January 1947	26.8 °C	805 mm	287
1946	43.8 °C8 May 1946	10.6 °C14 December 1946	27.1 °C	571 mm	303
1945	42.8 °C30 April 1945	8.3 °C9 February 1945	26.9 °C	456 mm	311
1944	42.9 °C15 April 1944	10.5 °C6 February 1944	27.2 °C	691 mm	284
1943	42.1 °C4 May 1943	11.8 °C31 December 1943	28.3 °C	312 mm	320
1942	42.5 °C29 April 1942	12.2 °C22 January 1942	28.3 °C	393 mm	337
1941	43.9 °C12 April 1941	10.5 °C25 January 1941	29.3 °C	220 mm	354
1940	43.4 °C16 May 1940	11.7 °C29 January 1940	28.9 °C	216 mm	364

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

36.5 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

344 d/yr

+13

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

354 mm

-92 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.3 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Feb	35.5 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Mar	40.5 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Apr	41.7 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
May	41.3 °C	+1.3 °C	5 mm	-15 mm
Jun	38.4 °C	+1.1 °C	21 mm	-17 mm
Jul	32.4 °C	-0.9 °C	92 mm	-24 mm
Aug	31.1 °C	+0.1 °C	151 mm	-29 mm
Sep	33.2 °C	+0.2 °C	81 mm	+8 mm
Oct	37.1 °C	+0.7 °C	4 mm	-10 mm
Nov	37.2 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Dec	35.9 °C	+3.2 °C	0 mm	0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.6 °C

23 Apr 2025

Coldest day

12.2 °C

15 Feb 2025

Wettest day

36.2 mm

25 Aug 2025

Windiest day

29.1 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

51.1 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.6 °C

28 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

8.7 °C

15 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

21 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dikwa?

Dikwa has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 446 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dikwa?

The hottest day measured in Dikwa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 2022, reaching 46.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dikwa?

The coldest day measured in Dikwa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1978, at 7.2 °C.

Does it snow in Dikwa?

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

Has the climate of Dikwa warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Dikwa?

The wettest day measured in Dikwa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2024, with 169 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dikwa?

The windiest day measured in Dikwa between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 1971, with winds reaching 33.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dikwa?

The warmest month in Dikwa is April (33.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Dikwa?

Dikwa receives on average 446 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 70 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dikwa?

Dikwa gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Dikwa?

Yes: Dikwa has on average 250 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dikwa?

In Dikwa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.7 °C on 2 May 2019, and the lowest was 3.9 °C on 12 January 1978.

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