Geidam climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Geidam?

Geidam has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 308 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Geidam between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1998, reaching 44.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Geidam?

The coldest day measured in Geidam between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1980, at 7.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Geidam?

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

Q: Has the climate of Geidam warmed?

Yes: Geidam warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Geidam?

The wettest day measured in Geidam between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2022, with 125 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Geidam?

The windiest day measured in Geidam between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1988, with winds reaching 32.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Geidam?

The warmest month in Geidam is May (32.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (21.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Geidam?

Geidam receives on average 308 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 49 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Geidam?

Geidam gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Geidam (Nigeria) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 308 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 May (32.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (21.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Geidam averages 0 frost days, 309 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 49 rainy days per year.

Geidam has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.9 °C (on 17 April 1998) and the coldest 7.6 °C (on 26 December 1980).

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

GeidamYobe State

coords: 12.89°, 11.93°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.7°C

Average daily high

34.7°C

Average daily low

21.8°C

Annual rainfall

308mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

36%

Average peak wind

15.8km/h

Seasonal range

11.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

309 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

49 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.0 °C

Average feels-like low

20.5 °C

Average peak gust

33.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

249 d/yr

Solar radiation

23.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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

44.9 °C

17 April 1998

Coldest day

7.6 °C

26 December 1980

Wettest day

125 mm

17 July 2022

Windiest day

32.3 km/h

1 July 1988

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

1 July 1988

Hottest feels-like

47.6 °C

11 April 2016

Coldest feels-like

2.7 °C

26 December 1980

Sunniest day

12.5 h

15 July 1949

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	42.7 °C12 May 2025	12.8 °C10 January 2025	28.2 °C	242 mm	335
2024	43.8 °C17 April 2024	11.8 °C26 December 2024	28.0 °C	526 mm	299
2023	42.6 °C14 May 2023	13.2 °C8 January 2023	28.2 °C	183 mm	322
2022	43.9 °C7 April 2022	11.6 °C2 February 2022	27.1 °C	408 mm	286
2021	43.2 °C8 April 2021	13.4 °C20 December 2021	27.9 °C	345 mm	321
2020	43.7 °C6 April 2020	10.6 °C2 January 2020	28.0 °C	298 mm	307
2019	43.8 °C5 May 2019	11.3 °C16 January 2019	28.5 °C	239 mm	313
2018	43.0 °C7 May 2018	10.6 °C14 January 2018	28.5 °C	287 mm	304
2017	43.1 °C12 May 2017	11.9 °C10 January 2017	28.4 °C	266 mm	326
2016	43.6 °C11 April 2016	11.3 °C22 January 2016	28.7 °C	323 mm	325
2015	42.9 °C19 May 2015	9.2 °C13 January 2015	28.6 °C	250 mm	312
2014	42.8 °C22 April 2014	10.1 °C14 January 2014	28.5 °C	272 mm	331
2013	43.0 °C6 April 2013	11.6 °C19 December 2013	28.7 °C	159 mm	327
2012	43.8 °C9 April 2012	10.8 °C8 January 2012	28.3 °C	231 mm	321
2011	43.6 °C7 May 2011	10.9 °C13 January 2011	28.6 °C	181 mm	322
2010	44.6 °C19 April 2010	12.4 °C8 January 2010	29.2 °C	382 mm	340
2009	43.5 °C8 June 2009	12.1 °C25 December 2009	28.9 °C	181 mm	340
2008	42.6 °C21 April 2008	8.6 °C25 January 2008	28.0 °C	239 mm	309
2007	43.5 °C9 April 2007	11.4 °C14 January 2007	28.3 °C	223 mm	323
2006	43.0 °C23 April 2006	11.0 °C26 December 2006	28.7 °C	217 mm	337
2005	43.1 °C14 April 2005	10.7 °C14 January 2005	28.6 °C	295 mm	323
2004	43.5 °C4 May 2004	11.7 °C15 January 2004	28.3 °C	171 mm	327
2003	43.5 °C20 May 2003	10.6 °C7 January 2003	28.0 °C	256 mm	331
2002	43.0 °C25 April 2002	10.3 °C13 January 2002	28.3 °C	210 mm	309
2001	43.7 °C3 May 2001	10.6 °C28 January 2001	27.7 °C	173 mm	314
2000	43.4 °C21 May 2000	12.0 °C13 December 2000	27.8 °C	245 mm	311
1999	43.1 °C16 April 1999	10.2 °C11 January 1999	28.2 °C	369 mm	323
1998	44.9 °C17 April 1998	11.1 °C15 January 1998	28.6 °C	380 mm	314
1997	42.2 °C16 April 1997	12.6 °C20 December 1997	28.5 °C	186 mm	315
1996	42.8 °C18 May 1996	11.6 °C20 December 1996	28.5 °C	192 mm	352
1995	43.6 °C24 May 1995	10.6 °C13 January 1995	28.1 °C	241 mm	311
1994	43.3 °C22 April 1994	10.0 °C15 January 1994	27.5 °C	450 mm	289
1993	43.0 °C5 May 1993	8.0 °C7 January 1993	28.2 °C	134 mm	310
1992	42.1 °C12 April 1992	10.1 °C5 January 1992	27.6 °C	382 mm	299
1991	43.6 °C23 April 1991	10.5 °C24 December 1991	28.2 °C	286 mm	322
1990	43.6 °C23 April 1990	13.0 °C8 February 1990	28.8 °C	221 mm	335
1989	43.0 °C26 April 1989	10.1 °C2 January 1989	27.3 °C	279 mm	290
1988	43.9 °C30 May 1988	9.8 °C11 January 1988	28.1 °C	445 mm	312
1987	43.9 °C18 May 1987	11.9 °C10 January 1987	28.7 °C	254 mm	331
1986	43.3 °C15 April 1986	12.4 °C7 December 1986	28.5 °C	253 mm	315
1985	42.4 °C1 May 1985	12.2 °C22 December 1985	28.2 °C	297 mm	317
1984	43.0 °C12 May 1984	12.0 °C6 January 1984	28.7 °C	138 mm	315
1983	43.7 °C28 May 1983	8.9 °C7 January 1983	28.1 °C	206 mm	309
1982	42.7 °C20 April 1982	10.6 °C9 February 1982	28.1 °C	235 mm	308
1981	42.8 °C26 April 1981	9.9 °C11 January 1981	28.0 °C	284 mm	310
1980	44.1 °C26 April 1980	7.6 °C26 December 1980	28.4 °C	302 mm	326
1979	42.8 °C19 April 1979	12.6 °C18 December 1979	28.3 °C	297 mm	316
1978	42.3 °C5 April 1978	8.0 °C12 January 1978	27.7 °C	509 mm	318
1977	42.3 °C9 June 1977	9.6 °C27 December 1977	27.3 °C	337 mm	304
1976	42.3 °C6 May 1976	10.3 °C22 January 1976	27.9 °C	265 mm	334
1975	41.9 °C2 May 1975	9.3 °C18 January 1975	27.4 °C	341 mm	298
1974	41.9 °C19 April 1974	11.5 °C8 December 1974	27.3 °C	446 mm	288
1973	44.2 °C21 April 1973	11.7 °C29 January 1973	28.6 °C	290 mm	318
1972	41.9 °C22 May 1972	12.7 °C10 January 1972	28.4 °C	224 mm	330
1971	42.0 °C6 April 1971	8.5 °C10 January 1971	27.7 °C	287 mm	310
1970	43.1 °C10 May 1970	11.8 °C11 December 1970	27.9 °C	301 mm	320
1969	43.2 °C3 May 1969	10.8 °C10 January 1969	28.3 °C	378 mm	336
1968	41.5 °C16 April 1968	10.0 °C19 January 1968	27.3 °C	285 mm	323
1967	41.7 °C17 April 1967	10.2 °C4 January 1967	27.0 °C	433 mm	301
1966	41.8 °C14 May 1966	9.1 °C5 January 1966	27.2 °C	167 mm	318
1965	41.2 °C9 May 1965	11.3 °C4 February 1965	27.2 °C	139 mm	327
1964	43.2 °C2 April 1964	10.8 °C11 January 1964	27.1 °C	273 mm	300
1963	41.2 °C7 April 1963	11.6 °C2 January 1963	27.8 °C	332 mm	328
1962	41.8 °C26 March 1962	10.4 °C14 January 1962	27.3 °C	378 mm	292
1961	42.1 °C22 May 1961	10.2 °C25 December 1961	26.4 °C	315 mm	261
1960	42.6 °C21 April 1960	11.3 °C1 January 1960	27.4 °C	178 mm	320
1959	41.9 °C23 April 1959	9.7 °C25 January 1959	26.6 °C	241 mm	292
1958	41.4 °C18 May 1958	12.0 °C9 January 1958	27.4 °C	392 mm	310
1957	41.4 °C1 May 1957	8.1 °C11 January 1957	26.1 °C	480 mm	297
1956	42.0 °C1 May 1956	9.9 °C6 January 1956	26.3 °C	622 mm	253
1955	41.5 °C25 April 1955	10.2 °C27 December 1955	26.9 °C	279 mm	312
1954	41.5 °C15 May 1954	11.0 °C22 January 1954	26.9 °C	573 mm	293
1953	42.2 °C24 April 1953	11.0 °C31 January 1953	26.5 °C	528 mm	275
1952	41.6 °C24 May 1952	10.9 °C7 January 1952	26.5 °C	552 mm	284
1951	41.2 °C29 April 1951	9.9 °C30 December 1951	27.0 °C	289 mm	308
1950	40.6 °C18 May 1950	12.1 °C12 January 1950	26.4 °C	651 mm	261
1949	41.9 °C4 May 1949	10.3 °C18 January 1949	27.6 °C	119 mm	311
1948	41.7 °C29 April 1948	10.9 °C5 February 1948	26.5 °C	345 mm	265
1947	41.3 °C16 April 1947	10.7 °C21 January 1947	26.0 °C	634 mm	253
1946	42.9 °C8 May 1946	10.1 °C14 December 1946	26.6 °C	327 mm	271
1945	40.4 °C27 April 1945	9.6 °C8 February 1945	25.9 °C	360 mm	283
1944	41.9 °C24 May 1944	11.0 °C1 February 1944	25.9 °C	722 mm	230
1943	41.2 °C11 May 1943	12.1 °C23 December 1943	26.7 °C	421 mm	290
1942	41.7 °C29 April 1942	11.8 °C2 February 1942	27.1 °C	313 mm	307
1941	42.2 °C30 April 1941	10.5 °C27 December 1941	28.4 °C	77 mm	317
1940	41.8 °C16 May 1940	10.7 °C29 January 1940	27.9 °C	96 mm	335

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

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

335 d/yr

+26

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

242 mm

-66 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.9 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Feb	33.3 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Mar	38.9 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Apr	40.2 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
May	40.4 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-7 mm
Jun	38.4 °C	+0.6 °C	2 mm	-17 mm
Jul	32.7 °C	-1.2 °C	92 mm	+3 mm
Aug	31.1 °C	-0.4 °C	80 mm	-62 mm
Sep	33.5 °C	-0.6 °C	68 mm	+24 mm
Oct	36.1 °C	-0.3 °C	1 mm	-5 mm
Nov	34.6 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Dec	32.4 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.7 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest day

12.8 °C

10 Jan 2025

Wettest day

24.6 mm

4 Sep 2025

Windiest day

29.8 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

51.1 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

22 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.2 °C

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

15 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Geidam?

Geidam has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 308 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Geidam?

The hottest day measured in Geidam between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1998, reaching 44.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Geidam?

The coldest day measured in Geidam between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1980, at 7.6 °C.

Does it snow in Geidam?

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

Has the climate of Geidam warmed?

Yes: Geidam warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Geidam?

The wettest day measured in Geidam between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2022, with 125 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Geidam?

The windiest day measured in Geidam between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1988, with winds reaching 32.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Geidam?

The warmest month in Geidam is May (32.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (21.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Geidam?

Geidam receives on average 308 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 49 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Geidam?

Geidam gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Geidam?

Yes: Geidam has on average 249 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Geidam?

In Geidam, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.6 °C on 11 April 2016, and the lowest was 2.7 °C on 26 December 1980.

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