Dutsen Wai climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dutsen Wai?

Dutsen Wai has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 950 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dutsen Wai?

The hottest day measured in Dutsen Wai between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1986, reaching 40.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dutsen Wai?

The coldest day measured in Dutsen Wai between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, at 8.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dutsen Wai?

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

Q: Has the climate of Dutsen Wai warmed?

Yes: Dutsen Wai warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dutsen Wai?

The wettest day measured in Dutsen Wai between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2004, with 161 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dutsen Wai?

The windiest day measured in Dutsen Wai between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1992, with winds reaching 28.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dutsen Wai?

The warmest month in Dutsen Wai is April (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (22.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dutsen Wai?

Dutsen Wai receives on average 950 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dutsen Wai?

Dutsen Wai gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dutsen Wai (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 950 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 (28.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (22.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Dutsen Wai averages 0 frost days, 203 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.

Dutsen Wai has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 17 April 1986) and the coldest 8.1 °C (on 8 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

Dutsen WaiKaduna State

coords: 10.85°, 8.20°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.5°C

Average daily high

30.8°C

Average daily low

19.3°C

Annual rainfall

950mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

54%

Average peak wind

14.6km/h

Seasonal range

6.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

203 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

131 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.4 °C

Average feels-like low

19.0 °C

Average peak gust

32.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

168 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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

40.1 °C

17 April 1986

Coldest day

8.1 °C

8 January 1957

Wettest day

161 mm

22 August 2004

Windiest day

28.9 km/h

21 March 1992

Strongest gust

58.7 km/h

5 February 1998

Hottest feels-like

43.2 °C

24 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

3.1 °C

8 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.6 h

25 June 1961

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.3 °C29 March 2025	13.1 °C13 January 2025	25.5 °C	950 mm	266
2024	39.5 °C28 March 2024	12.4 °C5 December 2024	25.2 °C	919 mm	221
2023	37.9 °C5 March 2023	13.4 °C8 January 2023	25.1 °C	781 mm	252
2022	39.1 °C7 April 2022	12.6 °C20 January 2022	24.5 °C	855 mm	208
2021	38.7 °C8 April 2021	13.7 °C15 January 2021	25.0 °C	680 mm	247
2020	38.4 °C1 April 2020	10.1 °C3 January 2020	24.6 °C	836 mm	218
2019	39.2 °C4 April 2019	12.2 °C22 December 2019	24.8 °C	1,124 mm	201
2018	38.3 °C9 March 2018	12.2 °C6 January 2018	24.8 °C	986 mm	207
2017	39.3 °C29 April 2017	12.5 °C11 January 2017	25.1 °C	817 mm	228
2016	38.7 °C20 April 2016	12.4 °C30 December 2016	25.1 °C	896 mm	228
2015	39.0 °C17 May 2015	9.3 °C13 January 2015	25.0 °C	814 mm	233
2014	38.1 °C5 April 2014	10.5 °C26 December 2014	24.7 °C	988 mm	214
2013	37.7 °C28 February 2013	11.4 °C19 December 2013	24.8 °C	916 mm	221
2012	38.4 °C9 April 2012	10.8 °C29 December 2012	24.6 °C	1,015 mm	206
2011	39.5 °C18 April 2011	11.4 °C19 January 2011	24.8 °C	889 mm	217
2010	40.1 °C18 April 2010	10.1 °C22 December 2010	25.4 °C	1,030 mm	226
2009	38.0 °C29 March 2009	10.6 °C27 December 2009	25.2 °C	904 mm	230
2008	38.4 °C22 April 2008	11.1 °C26 January 2008	24.5 °C	987 mm	201
2007	39.7 °C23 March 2007	11.0 °C14 January 2007	24.7 °C	923 mm	214
2006	38.4 °C11 April 2006	11.3 °C30 December 2006	25.3 °C	847 mm	206
2005	39.4 °C14 April 2005	11.8 °C11 January 2005	25.4 °C	860 mm	224
2004	39.1 °C30 March 2004	13.1 °C7 December 2004	24.9 °C	1,070 mm	223
2003	38.6 °C8 April 2003	10.8 °C10 December 2003	25.0 °C	878 mm	223
2002	38.6 °C26 May 2002	11.5 °C26 December 2002	24.6 °C	856 mm	197
2001	37.6 °C15 April 2001	10.8 °C28 January 2001	24.3 °C	892 mm	207
2000	39.1 °C10 April 2000	11.8 °C13 December 2000	24.3 °C	907 mm	194
1999	38.3 °C22 March 1999	11.8 °C10 January 1999	24.9 °C	1,021 mm	202
1998	39.7 °C17 April 1998	12.4 °C15 January 1998	25.0 °C	1,051 mm	213
1997	37.6 °C10 April 1997	12.0 °C17 November 1997	24.4 °C	1,024 mm	213
1996	38.5 °C5 April 1996	12.1 °C11 January 1996	24.5 °C	1,015 mm	186
1995	38.2 °C10 April 1995	12.4 °C1 January 1995	24.3 °C	951 mm	192
1994	38.7 °C29 March 1994	11.1 °C15 January 1994	24.1 °C	1,191 mm	157
1993	37.7 °C21 April 1993	9.6 °C7 January 1993	24.3 °C	901 mm	203
1992	37.3 °C2 April 1992	10.3 °C5 January 1992	23.6 °C	980 mm	146
1991	37.9 °C29 March 1991	12.6 °C1 January 1991	24.5 °C	992 mm	189
1990	38.8 °C5 April 1990	12.0 °C31 December 1990	24.7 °C	931 mm	220
1989	38.5 °C28 April 1989	10.1 °C2 January 1989	23.7 °C	981 mm	159
1988	39.2 °C4 April 1988	11.7 °C30 December 1988	24.6 °C	1,022 mm	204
1987	39.4 °C10 May 1987	11.8 °C8 January 1987	25.0 °C	950 mm	214
1986	40.1 °C17 April 1986	11.8 °C9 December 1986	24.6 °C	959 mm	180
1985	37.8 °C21 March 1985	12.8 °C21 December 1985	24.4 °C	904 mm	194
1984	38.3 °C19 March 1984	12.1 °C7 February 1984	24.3 °C	879 mm	178
1983	39.2 °C30 April 1983	9.9 °C7 January 1983	24.3 °C	769 mm	200
1982	37.6 °C7 April 1982	11.5 °C4 December 1982	24.3 °C	810 mm	176
1981	38.1 °C16 April 1981	12.0 °C12 January 1981	24.0 °C	1,022 mm	175
1980	38.4 °C26 April 1980	10.2 °C27 December 1980	24.8 °C	948 mm	189
1979	39.0 °C19 April 1979	12.6 °C27 December 1979	24.6 °C	1,165 mm	176
1978	38.0 °C21 March 1978	11.2 °C12 January 1978	24.2 °C	1,093 mm	162
1977	38.8 °C19 April 1977	11.8 °C27 December 1977	24.2 °C	950 mm	172
1976	37.2 °C6 April 1976	11.8 °C22 January 1976	24.1 °C	1,168 mm	154
1975	37.6 °C11 April 1975	11.4 °C17 January 1975	23.8 °C	1,143 mm	158
1974	36.8 °C24 March 1974	11.7 °C5 December 1974	24.0 °C	1,047 mm	163
1973	38.9 °C19 March 1973	13.6 °C15 January 1973	25.1 °C	971 mm	225
1972	37.8 °C11 March 1972	12.9 °C10 January 1972	24.4 °C	1,101 mm	176
1971	38.2 °C14 March 1971	10.8 °C10 January 1971	24.3 °C	999 mm	196
1970	38.2 °C6 April 1970	12.1 °C15 December 1970	24.5 °C	898 mm	196
1969	39.0 °C3 May 1969	12.3 °C28 January 1969	24.6 °C	1,205 mm	195
1968	38.1 °C11 April 1968	10.1 °C18 January 1968	24.3 °C	1,246 mm	204
1967	38.8 °C8 April 1967	10.4 °C2 January 1967	24.4 °C	986 mm	204
1966	38.7 °C23 March 1966	11.2 °C2 January 1966	24.6 °C	954 mm	227
1965	38.5 °C5 May 1965	12.7 °C4 February 1965	24.9 °C	859 mm	239
1964	39.6 °C30 April 1964	11.7 °C13 January 1964	24.9 °C	760 mm	227
1963	38.9 °C25 March 1963	12.8 °C9 January 1963	24.7 °C	1,073 mm	199
1962	38.3 °C26 March 1962	11.0 °C7 February 1962	24.5 °C	1,027 mm	206
1961	38.6 °C18 May 1961	12.1 °C13 December 1961	24.3 °C	907 mm	212
1960	39.2 °C29 March 1960	13.2 °C5 February 1960	24.8 °C	887 mm	221
1959	39.1 °C23 April 1959	12.0 °C23 January 1959	24.7 °C	847 mm	243
1958	38.7 °C5 April 1958	12.9 °C8 January 1958	25.0 °C	802 mm	231
1957	36.3 °C17 March 1957	8.1 °C8 January 1957	23.6 °C	1,099 mm	161
1956	37.9 °C1 May 1956	11.2 °C5 January 1956	24.1 °C	1,044 mm	192
1955	37.7 °C25 April 1955	10.6 °C30 December 1955	23.8 °C	1,075 mm	186
1954	37.8 °C21 April 1954	13.0 °C21 January 1954	24.2 °C	819 mm	192
1953	38.6 °C27 April 1953	11.7 °C1 February 1953	24.0 °C	991 mm	188
1952	37.2 °C13 April 1952	12.4 °C6 January 1952	23.8 °C	997 mm	186
1951	37.7 °C14 March 1951	10.6 °C30 December 1951	23.7 °C	1,218 mm	144
1950	38.1 °C8 April 1950	13.2 °C28 October 1950	23.8 °C	885 mm	188
1949	38.6 °C19 April 1949	11.7 °C18 January 1949	25.2 °C	490 mm	274
1948	36.8 °C1 April 1948	10.9 °C27 December 1948	23.3 °C	1,041 mm	155
1947	38.0 °C17 April 1947	11.6 °C20 January 1947	23.8 °C	1,255 mm	169
1946	37.3 °C10 March 1946	11.7 °C1 January 1946	23.6 °C	907 mm	163
1945	38.2 °C27 April 1945	10.1 °C7 February 1945	23.1 °C	1,048 mm	177
1944	38.3 °C15 April 1944	11.5 °C2 February 1944	23.8 °C	1,155 mm	167
1943	38.3 °C5 May 1943	13.7 °C12 January 1943	24.5 °C	664 mm	250
1942	38.2 °C28 April 1942	13.4 °C27 January 1942	24.7 °C	759 mm	254
1941	38.6 °C24 April 1941	11.5 °C27 December 1941	25.0 °C	656 mm	262
1940	38.0 °C19 April 1940	12.8 °C31 January 1940	24.6 °C	613 mm	257

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.2 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

266 d/yr

+63

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

950 mm

0 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.4 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Feb	33.5 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Mar	37.4 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Apr	37.3 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-25 mm
May	34.9 °C	+1.7 °C	51 mm	-40 mm
Jun	30.9 °C	+1.0 °C	106 mm	-33 mm
Jul	28.3 °C	+0.8 °C	236 mm	+50 mm
Aug	27.3 °C	+0.4 °C	291 mm	+45 mm
Sep	29.3 °C	+1.0 °C	225 mm	+26 mm
Oct	31.2 °C	+1.0 °C	40 mm	-20 mm
Nov	32.8 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Dec	32.6 °C	+2.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.3 °C

29 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.1 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

35.1 mm

15 Aug 2025

Windiest day

25.5 km/h

12 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

50.8 km/h

22 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.0 °C

13 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.9 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

10 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dutsen Wai?

Dutsen Wai has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 950 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dutsen Wai?

The hottest day measured in Dutsen Wai between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1986, reaching 40.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dutsen Wai?

The coldest day measured in Dutsen Wai between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, at 8.1 °C.

Does it snow in Dutsen Wai?

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

Has the climate of Dutsen Wai warmed?

Yes: Dutsen Wai warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dutsen Wai?

The wettest day measured in Dutsen Wai between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2004, with 161 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dutsen Wai?

The windiest day measured in Dutsen Wai between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1992, with winds reaching 28.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dutsen Wai?

The warmest month in Dutsen Wai is April (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (22.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Dutsen Wai?

Dutsen Wai receives on average 950 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dutsen Wai?

Dutsen Wai gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Dutsen Wai?

Yes: Dutsen Wai has on average 168 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dutsen Wai?

In Dutsen Wai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.2 °C on 24 April 2024, and the lowest was 3.1 °C on 8 January 1957.

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