Epe climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Epe?

Epe has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 1,962 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Epe between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1944, reaching 33.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Epe?

The coldest day measured in Epe between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 18.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Epe?

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

Q: Has the climate of Epe warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Epe?

The wettest day measured in Epe between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1957, with 199 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Epe?

The windiest day measured in Epe between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1950, with winds reaching 30.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Epe?

The warmest month in Epe is March (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Epe?

Epe receives on average 1,962 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 282 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Epe?

Epe gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Epe (Nigeria) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 1,962 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 (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Epe averages 0 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 282 rainy days per year.

Epe 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 33.1 °C (on 4 February 1944) and the coldest 18.8 °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

EpeLagos

coords: 6.58°, 3.98°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.4°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

24.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,962mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

15.7km/h

Seasonal range

3.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

60 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

282 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.6 °C

Average feels-like low

29.0 °C

Average peak gust

29.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · 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

33.1 °C

4 February 1944

Coldest day

18.8 °C

9 January 1957

Wettest day

199 mm

1 July 1957

Windiest day

30.1 km/h

17 August 1950

Strongest gust

51.5 km/h

8 August 1950

Hottest feels-like

40.7 °C

15 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

15.5 °C

9 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

24 May 1959

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.3 °C6 April 2025	23.4 °C1 September 2025	27.3 °C	1,678 mm	150
2024	32.5 °C1 December 2024	23.2 °C22 December 2024	27.7 °C	1,516 mm	202
2023	32.6 °C17 February 2023	21.7 °C1 January 2023	27.5 °C	1,930 mm	186
2022	31.8 °C20 January 2022	21.2 °C31 January 2022	27.0 °C	1,618 mm	142
2021	31.9 °C21 December 2021	23.0 °C26 June 2021	27.3 °C	1,785 mm	134
2020	32.7 °C12 February 2020	21.0 °C25 January 2020	27.1 °C	1,508 mm	148
2019	32.1 °C8 April 2019	23.2 °C30 December 2019	27.2 °C	2,387 mm	155
2018	31.4 °C6 February 2018	21.5 °C5 January 2018	26.9 °C	1,815 mm	111
2017	31.9 °C16 March 2017	23.1 °C27 December 2017	27.0 °C	1,928 mm	135
2016	32.3 °C10 February 2016	22.0 °C4 January 2016	27.1 °C	2,127 mm	161
2015	31.1 °C18 December 2015	20.0 °C14 January 2015	26.7 °C	1,810 mm	102
2014	30.9 °C15 March 2014	22.9 °C14 August 2014	26.7 °C	1,994 mm	61
2013	31.2 °C18 March 2013	21.8 °C19 December 2013	26.7 °C	1,451 mm	91
2012	31.3 °C20 March 2012	21.3 °C15 January 2012	26.7 °C	2,025 mm	66
2011	31.5 °C28 February 2011	21.0 °C16 January 2011	26.8 °C	1,648 mm	93
2010	32.1 °C24 February 2010	23.0 °C31 December 2010	27.3 °C	1,780 mm	137
2009	31.1 °C16 May 2009	22.4 °C24 January 2009	26.8 °C	1,592 mm	92
2008	31.8 °C20 February 2008	20.7 °C27 January 2008	26.6 °C	1,724 mm	65
2007	31.8 °C13 February 2007	20.6 °C15 January 2007	26.6 °C	2,109 mm	82
2006	31.4 °C4 May 2006	23.1 °C3 September 2006	26.9 °C	2,121 mm	103
2005	31.3 °C21 January 2005	20.7 °C13 January 2005	26.8 °C	1,711 mm	91
2004	31.8 °C13 March 2004	22.9 °C4 June 2004	26.6 °C	1,785 mm	53
2003	31.4 °C24 March 2003	23.1 °C9 December 2003	26.8 °C	1,602 mm	67
2002	31.5 °C24 February 2002	21.9 °C1 February 2002	26.5 °C	1,868 mm	45
2001	31.6 °C14 February 2001	22.3 °C16 February 2001	26.5 °C	1,611 mm	61
2000	31.8 °C1 March 2000	21.8 °C2 February 2000	26.5 °C	1,876 mm	74
1999	31.4 °C19 April 1999	22.6 °C15 August 1999	26.5 °C	2,117 mm	67
1998	32.7 °C9 March 1998	21.4 °C20 January 1998	27.0 °C	1,709 mm	139
1997	31.9 °C4 March 1997	22.7 °C2 February 1997	26.5 °C	1,641 mm	57
1996	31.0 °C12 May 1996	23.1 °C24 August 1996	26.4 °C	2,106 mm	26
1995	31.5 °C24 February 1995	22.6 °C26 December 1995	26.6 °C	2,050 mm	77
1994	31.4 °C21 December 1994	21.6 °C19 December 1994	26.4 °C	1,762 mm	61
1993	31.4 °C20 February 1993	21.5 °C12 January 1993	26.5 °C	1,702 mm	57
1992	32.0 °C14 February 1992	20.4 °C11 January 1992	26.2 °C	1,796 mm	65
1991	31.2 °C10 March 1991	21.3 °C1 January 1991	26.4 °C	1,994 mm	37
1990	31.9 °C10 March 1990	22.7 °C12 August 1990	26.4 °C	1,803 mm	51
1989	31.6 °C13 February 1989	20.3 °C3 January 1989	26.2 °C	2,021 mm	58
1988	31.2 °C28 February 1988	22.1 °C27 December 1988	26.5 °C	2,488 mm	62
1987	31.5 °C19 April 1987	22.6 °C28 September 1987	26.8 °C	1,902 mm	83
1986	30.9 °C3 February 1986	21.5 °C21 December 1986	26.1 °C	1,738 mm	43
1985	30.6 °C7 March 1985	21.9 °C6 December 1985	26.2 °C	1,994 mm	38
1984	30.9 °C16 February 1984	22.0 °C7 February 1984	26.3 °C	1,773 mm	39
1983	31.6 °C27 March 1983	20.2 °C19 January 1983	26.3 °C	1,496 mm	87
1982	30.9 °C20 February 1982	22.5 °C7 August 1982	26.2 °C	1,589 mm	37
1981	31.1 °C6 March 1981	22.6 °C30 July 1981	26.4 °C	2,047 mm	37
1980	31.6 °C7 April 1980	22.2 °C21 December 1980	26.3 °C	2,931 mm	35
1979	31.1 °C19 April 1979	22.5 °C11 December 1979	26.4 °C	2,339 mm	27
1978	30.7 °C21 February 1978	21.8 °C31 July 1978	26.0 °C	2,118 mm	19
1977	31.3 °C17 April 1977	21.9 °C27 December 1977	26.2 °C	1,869 mm	27
1976	30.7 °C21 January 1976	22.5 °C9 July 1976	25.7 °C	2,214 mm	13
1975	30.7 °C5 April 1975	21.1 °C1 January 1975	25.8 °C	2,144 mm	19
1974	30.9 °C19 March 1974	20.4 °C29 December 1974	26.0 °C	2,394 mm	23
1973	31.7 °C7 March 1973	22.9 °C2 August 1973	26.5 °C	2,252 mm	83
1972	31.4 °C21 December 1972	22.4 °C27 August 1972	26.3 °C	2,104 mm	42
1971	31.9 °C18 March 1971	20.7 °C26 December 1971	26.0 °C	2,582 mm	32
1970	31.3 °C18 February 1970	22.3 °C16 December 1970	26.3 °C	2,144 mm	69
1969	31.7 °C21 February 1969	22.8 °C2 September 1969	26.3 °C	2,181 mm	62
1968	31.5 °C11 April 1968	20.8 °C18 January 1968	26.0 °C	2,636 mm	18
1967	31.1 °C14 March 1967	20.8 °C2 January 1967	26.0 °C	2,142 mm	38
1966	32.1 °C12 February 1966	20.9 °C6 January 1966	26.3 °C	1,820 mm	66
1965	30.3 °C4 March 1965	22.9 °C16 August 1965	26.0 °C	2,085 mm	13
1964	31.4 °C30 March 1964	21.3 °C13 January 1964	26.1 °C	1,502 mm	69
1963	31.3 °C10 March 1963	22.9 °C11 March 1963	26.2 °C	2,112 mm	25
1962	32.0 °C7 February 1962	20.8 °C8 February 1962	25.9 °C	2,001 mm	38
1961	31.6 °C8 March 1961	21.0 °C12 December 1961	26.1 °C	1,894 mm	34
1960	31.1 °C4 February 1960	21.5 °C3 January 1960	26.0 °C	1,807 mm	13
1959	32.0 °C2 February 1959	21.4 °C15 August 1959	26.0 °C	1,569 mm	27
1958	31.3 °C16 February 1958	21.5 °C2 August 1958	25.9 °C	1,653 mm	36
1957	30.3 °C14 February 1957	18.8 °C9 January 1957	25.6 °C	2,684 mm	5
1956	29.8 °C5 January 1956	21.5 °C10 August 1956	25.5 °C	2,087 mm	0
1955	30.7 °C19 February 1955	22.0 °C30 December 1955	25.7 °C	2,305 mm	9
1954	30.1 °C9 February 1954	21.3 °C5 August 1954	25.7 °C	1,686 mm	1
1953	30.4 °C3 February 1953	21.9 °C3 December 1953	26.0 °C	1,860 mm	8
1952	30.9 °C28 February 1952	21.9 °C3 February 1952	26.0 °C	2,604 mm	37
1951	31.2 °C15 March 1951	22.8 °C19 August 1951	26.0 °C	2,437 mm	29
1950	31.2 °C15 February 1950	21.8 °C2 September 1950	25.7 °C	2,499 mm	27
1949	31.4 °C16 February 1949	22.0 °C15 August 1949	26.0 °C	1,840 mm	22
1948	31.6 °C8 February 1948	21.3 °C5 February 1948	25.9 °C	1,849 mm	36
1947	31.6 °C19 January 1947	21.4 °C21 January 1947	26.0 °C	2,948 mm	33
1946	32.4 °C18 February 1946	21.3 °C1 January 1946	25.9 °C	1,564 mm	61
1945	32.0 °C13 February 1945	20.0 °C5 February 1945	25.9 °C	1,755 mm	83
1944	33.1 °C4 February 1944	21.4 °C31 January 1944	26.0 °C	2,122 mm	46
1943	30.0 °C20 February 1943	20.9 °C17 August 1943	25.5 °C	1,848 mm	2
1942	30.7 °C7 March 1942	21.8 °C19 July 1942	25.8 °C	1,609 mm	10
1941	30.4 °C28 December 1941	22.8 °C4 September 1941	25.9 °C	1,910 mm	4
1940	30.4 °C5 March 1940	21.7 °C5 August 1940	25.8 °C	1,914 mm	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

150 d/yr

+90

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1678 mm

-284 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.7 °C	+1.4 °C	20 mm	-19 mm
Feb	30.8 °C	+0.9 °C	41 mm	-20 mm
Mar	31.0 °C	+1.1 °C	80 mm	-44 mm
Apr	30.5 °C	+0.9 °C	104 mm	-64 mm
May	30.1 °C	+1.2 °C	202 mm	-40 mm
Jun	28.7 °C	+1.1 °C	304 mm	-7 mm
Jul	27.0 °C	+0.5 °C	201 mm	-83 mm
Aug	26.4 °C	+0.2 °C	139 mm	-40 mm
Sep	27.5 °C	+0.7 °C	237 mm	+25 mm
Oct	28.5 °C	+0.6 °C	190 mm	-1 mm
Nov	29.7 °C	+0.8 °C	105 mm	+5 mm
Dec	29.7 °C	+0.6 °C	54 mm	+3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.3 °C

6 Apr 2025

Coldest day

23.4 °C

1 Sep 2025

Wettest day

48.4 mm

16 Sep 2025

Windiest day

25.6 km/h

12 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

46.4 km/h

31 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.4 °C

5 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

24.5 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

11 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Epe?

Epe has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 1,962 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Epe?

The hottest day measured in Epe between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1944, reaching 33.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Epe?

The coldest day measured in Epe between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 18.8 °C.

Does it snow in Epe?

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

Has the climate of Epe warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Epe?

The wettest day measured in Epe between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1957, with 199 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Epe?

The windiest day measured in Epe between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1950, with winds reaching 30.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Epe?

The warmest month in Epe is March (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Epe?

Epe receives on average 1,962 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 282 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Epe?

Epe gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Epe?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Epe?

In Epe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 15 March 2024, and the lowest was 15.5 °C on 9 January 1957.

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