Gboko climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gboko?

Gboko has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 936 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gboko between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 2010, reaching 41.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gboko?

The coldest day measured in Gboko between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 1975, at 16.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gboko?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gboko warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Gboko?

The wettest day measured in Gboko between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2010, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gboko?

The windiest day measured in Gboko between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1973, with winds reaching 26.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gboko?

The warmest month in Gboko is March (30.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gboko?

Gboko receives on average 936 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gboko?

Gboko gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gboko (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 936 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 (30.0 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Gboko averages 0 frost days, 269 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.

Gboko 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 41.1 °C (on 4 April 2010) and the coldest 16.2 °C (on 7 December 1975).

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

GbokoBenue State

coords: 7.32°, 9.00°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.2°C

Average daily high

32.3°C

Average daily low

23.2°C

Annual rainfall

936mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

14.7km/h

Seasonal range

4.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

269 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

144 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.6 °C

Average feels-like low

25.6 °C

Average peak gust

31.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

355 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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

41.1 °C

4 April 2010

Coldest day

16.2 °C

7 December 1975

Wettest day

138 mm

24 October 2010

Windiest day

26.1 km/h

13 March 1973

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

6 March 1973

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

28 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

11.6 °C

8 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.3 h

23 July 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.6 °C4 March 2025	19.2 °C14 January 2025	28.5 °C	986 mm	303
2024	40.5 °C28 March 2024	18.5 °C22 January 2024	28.6 °C	800 mm	326
2023	39.8 °C27 February 2023	18.9 °C10 January 2023	28.2 °C	1,099 mm	323
2022	39.5 °C1 April 2022	19.5 °C24 November 2022	27.7 °C	1,073 mm	285
2021	39.6 °C10 April 2021	18.7 °C13 December 2021	28.1 °C	754 mm	313
2020	40.1 °C11 March 2020	17.7 °C3 January 2020	28.0 °C	1,002 mm	300
2019	38.6 °C20 February 2019	18.0 °C17 December 2019	27.6 °C	1,233 mm	281
2018	39.8 °C16 February 2018	17.8 °C7 January 2018	27.7 °C	1,001 mm	301
2017	40.3 °C24 February 2017	19.2 °C26 November 2017	28.1 °C	706 mm	306
2016	40.4 °C21 February 2016	19.1 °C6 December 2016	27.7 °C	1,004 mm	300
2015	39.4 °C14 March 2015	18.1 °C13 January 2015	27.6 °C	919 mm	305
2014	39.1 °C9 February 2014	17.8 °C5 January 2014	27.4 °C	1,071 mm	292
2013	39.9 °C15 March 2013	18.8 °C17 December 2013	27.6 °C	883 mm	279
2012	39.7 °C14 March 2012	17.4 °C17 December 2012	27.5 °C	1,224 mm	274
2011	39.7 °C29 March 2011	17.5 °C30 November 2011	27.6 °C	930 mm	288
2010	41.1 °C4 April 2010	16.5 °C23 December 2010	28.2 °C	1,060 mm	303
2009	40.6 °C25 March 2009	16.9 °C27 December 2009	28.0 °C	1,004 mm	308
2008	38.3 °C5 February 2008	18.9 °C16 January 2008	27.3 °C	1,112 mm	281
2007	39.8 °C31 March 2007	17.6 °C20 December 2007	27.5 °C	911 mm	282
2006	40.4 °C10 April 2006	18.3 °C25 December 2006	28.1 °C	810 mm	302
2005	40.0 °C23 February 2005	19.8 °C9 January 2005	28.0 °C	896 mm	292
2004	39.5 °C26 March 2004	18.9 °C30 November 2004	27.7 °C	876 mm	291
2003	39.0 °C16 March 2003	18.6 °C7 January 2003	27.7 °C	728 mm	292
2002	39.4 °C21 March 2002	19.0 °C21 January 2002	27.3 °C	894 mm	284
2001	38.4 °C24 February 2001	19.1 °C3 January 2001	27.3 °C	847 mm	272
2000	38.7 °C6 March 2000	19.0 °C3 December 2000	27.3 °C	907 mm	263
1999	39.2 °C27 March 1999	18.3 °C17 December 1999	27.3 °C	1,297 mm	265
1998	40.7 °C5 February 1998	20.3 °C26 December 1998	28.1 °C	990 mm	295
1997	38.7 °C26 February 1997	19.6 °C19 December 1997	27.1 °C	1,143 mm	266
1996	38.1 °C24 February 1996	18.8 °C3 January 1996	27.2 °C	1,084 mm	257
1995	39.0 °C10 April 1995	17.8 °C15 November 1995	27.2 °C	1,057 mm	274
1994	39.3 °C29 March 1994	19.4 °C13 January 1994	27.1 °C	1,253 mm	270
1993	38.4 °C10 April 1993	18.1 °C8 January 1993	27.1 °C	941 mm	294
1992	38.6 °C22 February 1992	18.8 °C17 December 1992	26.7 °C	992 mm	263
1991	37.8 °C11 February 1991	20.1 °C2 February 1991	27.0 °C	1,231 mm	247
1990	40.1 °C29 March 1990	20.1 °C11 January 1990	27.3 °C	909 mm	262
1989	39.5 °C14 March 1989	18.6 °C9 February 1989	27.0 °C	1,045 mm	285
1988	39.2 °C21 February 1988	19.5 °C20 December 1988	27.3 °C	1,038 mm	273
1987	38.7 °C22 January 1987	18.8 °C7 January 1987	27.9 °C	905 mm	312
1986	38.6 °C2 February 1986	18.1 °C11 December 1986	27.1 °C	804 mm	269
1985	39.4 °C6 March 1985	18.6 °C12 February 1985	26.7 °C	1,031 mm	244
1984	38.9 °C3 March 1984	19.0 °C11 January 1984	27.1 °C	1,002 mm	286
1983	40.1 °C23 March 1983	17.9 °C7 January 1983	27.5 °C	709 mm	276
1982	38.4 °C21 February 1982	18.1 °C4 December 1982	26.9 °C	952 mm	266
1981	39.1 °C16 March 1981	16.2 °C4 December 1981	26.8 °C	893 mm	267
1980	38.8 °C6 April 1980	16.5 °C9 January 1980	26.9 °C	1,275 mm	265
1979	37.6 °C12 April 1979	16.7 °C4 January 1979	26.8 °C	1,016 mm	277
1978	39.1 °C24 February 1978	18.6 °C11 January 1978	26.6 °C	924 mm	269
1977	39.0 °C21 April 1977	18.9 °C18 December 1977	27.3 °C	852 mm	282
1976	36.8 °C29 January 1976	18.1 °C3 January 1976	26.4 °C	954 mm	246
1975	37.1 °C16 February 1975	16.2 °C7 December 1975	26.4 °C	1,009 mm	252
1974	37.8 °C6 March 1974	17.9 °C23 November 1974	26.6 °C	903 mm	248
1973	38.3 °C8 March 1973	18.4 °C22 January 1973	27.3 °C	1,098 mm	302
1972	38.9 °C11 March 1972	18.2 °C5 January 1972	27.1 °C	854 mm	291
1971	37.7 °C3 March 1971	18.2 °C2 February 1971	26.8 °C	991 mm	276
1970	38.7 °C17 February 1970	17.4 °C18 December 1970	27.0 °C	957 mm	267
1969	38.4 °C21 February 1969	19.5 °C25 November 1969	27.0 °C	989 mm	259
1968	38.0 °C4 April 1968	19.0 °C18 January 1968	26.7 °C	1,080 mm	271
1967	38.5 °C19 March 1967	18.2 °C13 November 1967	26.6 °C	942 mm	250
1966	39.4 °C19 March 1966	18.6 °C8 January 1966	27.5 °C	772 mm	291
1965	37.8 °C5 March 1965	18.3 °C5 February 1965	27.3 °C	650 mm	287
1964	38.7 °C20 March 1964	19.4 °C14 December 1964	27.6 °C	431 mm	284
1963	38.9 °C14 March 1963	18.5 °C5 January 1963	27.2 °C	809 mm	282
1962	38.5 °C3 March 1962	19.3 °C27 January 1962	26.7 °C	804 mm	235
1961	38.0 °C7 March 1961	18.0 °C9 January 1961	26.8 °C	722 mm	253
1960	37.9 °C25 February 1960	19.4 °C4 January 1960	27.0 °C	786 mm	259
1959	38.8 °C9 March 1959	19.4 °C22 December 1959	27.2 °C	725 mm	262
1958	37.6 °C28 March 1958	19.2 °C5 January 1958	27.0 °C	683 mm	226
1957	37.0 °C15 March 1957	17.3 °C8 January 1957	26.4 °C	916 mm	207
1956	37.0 °C14 February 1956	17.7 °C5 January 1956	26.3 °C	840 mm	222
1955	37.0 °C16 February 1955	18.6 °C26 December 1955	26.4 °C	1,233 mm	218
1954	37.0 °C4 March 1954	18.1 °C9 December 1954	26.5 °C	788 mm	228
1953	37.8 °C6 March 1953	18.8 °C27 January 1953	26.7 °C	979 mm	234
1952	37.4 °C25 March 1952	18.2 °C1 December 1952	26.6 °C	1,223 mm	246
1951	37.8 °C14 March 1951	18.7 °C29 December 1951	26.6 °C	1,085 mm	254
1950	37.6 °C15 March 1950	19.2 °C22 February 1950	26.5 °C	719 mm	232
1949	38.4 °C16 February 1949	18.6 °C8 December 1949	27.1 °C	525 mm	256
1948	38.7 °C21 February 1948	19.1 °C23 November 1948	26.5 °C	1,043 mm	223
1947	38.7 °C22 February 1947	19.3 °C13 January 1947	26.8 °C	1,203 mm	221
1946	39.0 °C23 February 1946	17.8 °C20 January 1946	26.7 °C	918 mm	217
1945	39.0 °C6 April 1945	18.4 °C20 January 1945	26.7 °C	975 mm	233
1944	37.2 °C13 February 1944	18.5 °C29 November 1944	26.6 °C	1,031 mm	242
1943	37.8 °C8 March 1943	17.8 °C2 February 1943	26.6 °C	532 mm	265
1942	37.4 °C20 March 1942	18.6 °C6 January 1942	26.7 °C	805 mm	239
1941	37.9 °C8 March 1941	17.7 °C27 January 1941	26.8 °C	687 mm	234
1940	37.2 °C21 February 1940	19.3 °C3 March 1940	26.6 °C	749 mm	220

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.9 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

303 d/yr

+34

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

986 mm

+50 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	35.9 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Feb	38.3 °C	+2.4 °C	3 mm	-4 mm
Mar	38.7 °C	+2.8 °C	3 mm	-18 mm
Apr	36.8 °C	+2.4 °C	34 mm	-18 mm
May	34.6 °C	+2.3 °C	73 mm	-25 mm
Jun	32.5 °C	+2.2 °C	55 mm	-53 mm
Jul	29.6 °C	+0.7 °C	254 mm	+121 mm
Aug	29.0 °C	+0.3 °C	227 mm	+63 mm
Sep	30.3 °C	+0.9 °C	184 mm	-2 mm
Oct	31.2 °C	+0.9 °C	145 mm	+10 mm
Nov	34.0 °C	+1.7 °C	4 mm	-18 mm
Dec	36.1 °C	+2.1 °C	2 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.6 °C

4 Mar 2025

Coldest day

19.2 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

38.0 mm

1 Oct 2025

Windiest day

24.0 km/h

7 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

48.6 km/h

29 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.1 °C

15 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.0 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

4 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gboko?

Gboko has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 936 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gboko?

The hottest day measured in Gboko between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 2010, reaching 41.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gboko?

The coldest day measured in Gboko between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 1975, at 16.2 °C.

Does it snow in Gboko?

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

Has the climate of Gboko warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Gboko?

The wettest day measured in Gboko between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2010, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gboko?

The windiest day measured in Gboko between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1973, with winds reaching 26.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gboko?

The warmest month in Gboko is March (30.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Gboko?

Gboko receives on average 936 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gboko?

Gboko gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Gboko?

Yes: Gboko has on average 355 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gboko?

In Gboko, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 28 March 2024, and the lowest was 11.6 °C on 8 January 1957.

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