Gembu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gembu?

Gembu has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 3,203 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gembu between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 2024, reaching 34.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gembu?

The coldest day measured in Gembu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1971, at 7.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gembu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gembu warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Gembu?

The wettest day measured in Gembu between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1987, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gembu?

The windiest day measured in Gembu between 1940 and 2025 was 8 September 2001, with winds reaching 19.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gembu?

The warmest month in Gembu is March (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gembu?

Gembu receives on average 3,203 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 219 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gembu?

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

Gembu (Nigeria) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 3,203 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 (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Gembu averages 0 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 219 rainy days per year.

Gembu 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 34.0 °C (on 28 February 2024) and the coldest 7.6 °C (on 25 December 1971).

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

GembuTaraba State

coords: 6.73°, 11.26°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

19.3°C

Average daily high

25.4°C

Average daily low

14.9°C

Annual rainfall

3,203mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

7.3km/h

Seasonal range

4.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

22 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

219 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.2 °C

Average feels-like low

15.1 °C

Average peak gust

30.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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

34.0 °C

28 February 2024

Coldest day

7.6 °C

25 December 1971

Wettest day

150 mm

16 June 1987

Windiest day

19.1 km/h

8 September 2001

Strongest gust

71.6 km/h

8 September 2001

Hottest feels-like

35.7 °C

28 February 2024

Coldest feels-like

5.0 °C

25 December 1971

Sunniest day

12.0 h

15 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.1 °C29 March 2025	11.4 °C11 January 2025	20.5 °C	2,994 mm	68
2024	34.0 °C28 February 2024	9.6 °C18 January 2024	20.7 °C	2,363 mm	45
2023	32.8 °C2 March 2023	10.7 °C10 January 2023	20.3 °C	3,246 mm	46
2022	32.6 °C26 March 2022	10.5 °C1 February 2022	19.8 °C	3,023 mm	23
2021	32.2 °C5 March 2021	11.8 °C18 December 2021	20.1 °C	2,781 mm	23
2020	33.1 °C1 March 2020	8.5 °C26 January 2020	20.2 °C	2,772 mm	44
2019	32.4 °C14 March 2019	10.8 °C24 December 2019	20.1 °C	3,290 mm	35
2018	32.8 °C6 February 2018	9.4 °C19 January 2018	19.8 °C	3,215 mm	22
2017	33.2 °C22 January 2017	11.0 °C2 January 2017	20.1 °C	2,982 mm	66
2016	33.7 °C28 February 2016	10.9 °C20 December 2016	20.2 °C	3,027 mm	45
2015	32.7 °C8 March 2015	8.4 °C11 January 2015	19.8 °C	3,128 mm	35
2014	31.9 °C24 February 2014	10.3 °C7 January 2014	19.7 °C	3,212 mm	27
2013	32.8 °C24 February 2013	9.7 °C19 December 2013	19.7 °C	3,165 mm	38
2012	32.6 °C26 March 2012	10.3 °C28 December 2012	19.6 °C	2,996 mm	39
2011	32.0 °C9 March 2011	9.3 °C16 January 2011	19.7 °C	2,916 mm	36
2010	33.1 °C4 April 2010	9.1 °C11 December 2010	20.3 °C	2,950 mm	61
2009	33.4 °C26 March 2009	11.2 °C28 December 2009	20.0 °C	3,488 mm	52
2008	31.8 °C3 March 2008	9.7 °C1 February 2008	19.6 °C	2,723 mm	23
2007	32.2 °C18 February 2007	8.8 °C3 January 2007	19.6 °C	3,285 mm	42
2006	32.5 °C16 February 2006	9.4 °C30 December 2006	19.9 °C	2,980 mm	48
2005	33.8 °C19 February 2005	10.2 °C8 January 2005	19.9 °C	3,087 mm	39
2004	32.9 °C27 March 2004	11.1 °C3 December 2004	19.7 °C	3,572 mm	51
2003	32.1 °C17 March 2003	10.4 °C4 January 2003	19.7 °C	3,186 mm	48
2002	31.8 °C23 February 2002	10.2 °C28 January 2002	19.4 °C	3,346 mm	14
2001	32.9 °C16 March 2001	10.0 °C4 January 2001	19.5 °C	3,106 mm	20
2000	31.8 °C13 March 2000	10.7 °C5 December 2000	19.3 °C	3,187 mm	31
1999	31.2 °C14 February 1999	10.2 °C15 December 1999	19.3 °C	3,326 mm	11
1998	32.8 °C1 April 1998	10.8 °C21 January 1998	20.2 °C	3,094 mm	59
1997	31.1 °C16 March 1997	10.0 °C31 January 1997	19.4 °C	3,439 mm	21
1996	31.6 °C28 February 1996	11.2 °C1 January 1996	19.4 °C	3,339 mm	22
1995	30.9 °C3 March 1995	10.4 °C24 December 1995	19.4 °C	3,572 mm	12
1994	31.5 °C27 February 1994	10.0 °C13 December 1994	19.4 °C	3,539 mm	23
1993	31.2 °C5 March 1993	9.6 °C23 January 1993	19.2 °C	3,671 mm	8
1992	32.1 °C8 March 1992	9.7 °C12 January 1992	19.1 °C	3,528 mm	17
1991	31.3 °C9 March 1991	11.3 °C1 January 1991	19.2 °C	3,564 mm	17
1990	33.7 °C29 March 1990	11.1 °C23 February 1990	19.4 °C	3,587 mm	25
1989	31.9 °C3 March 1989	8.1 °C21 January 1989	19.0 °C	3,219 mm	18
1988	32.5 °C1 March 1988	10.6 °C25 December 1988	19.4 °C	3,195 mm	15
1987	31.5 °C22 February 1987	10.2 °C7 January 1987	19.9 °C	3,108 mm	18
1986	30.7 °C20 February 1986	9.7 °C21 December 1986	19.1 °C	3,415 mm	4
1985	32.3 °C10 March 1985	10.2 °C9 February 1985	18.7 °C	3,740 mm	7
1984	31.3 °C2 March 1984	9.0 °C14 December 1984	19.0 °C	3,611 mm	14
1983	32.6 °C26 March 1983	8.3 °C7 January 1983	19.5 °C	3,020 mm	34
1982	30.3 °C21 February 1982	9.2 °C9 February 1982	18.8 °C	3,764 mm	1
1981	30.5 °C22 February 1981	9.9 °C18 December 1981	19.0 °C	3,250 mm	6
1980	30.8 °C18 January 1980	9.5 °C8 January 1980	19.1 °C	3,581 mm	12
1979	30.2 °C21 March 1979	9.8 °C19 December 1979	19.0 °C	3,815 mm	3
1978	30.3 °C3 February 1978	9.4 °C13 January 1978	18.8 °C	3,569 mm	4
1977	31.4 °C14 March 1977	9.0 °C28 December 1977	19.2 °C	2,931 mm	6
1976	29.3 °C18 March 1976	10.3 °C23 January 1976	18.5 °C	3,938 mm	0
1975	30.1 °C15 February 1975	9.5 °C18 December 1975	18.4 °C	3,533 mm	2
1974	30.3 °C21 March 1974	8.9 °C28 December 1974	18.5 °C	3,562 mm	1
1973	32.2 °C18 March 1973	10.5 °C26 December 1973	19.4 °C	3,438 mm	21
1972	30.3 °C21 February 1972	9.7 °C8 January 1972	19.0 °C	3,552 mm	1
1971	29.7 °C12 February 1971	7.6 °C25 December 1971	18.6 °C	3,316 mm	0
1970	31.8 °C18 February 1970	9.9 °C15 December 1970	18.9 °C	3,236 mm	8
1969	30.8 °C13 February 1969	10.8 °C24 December 1969	19.0 °C	3,996 mm	5
1968	30.5 °C6 April 1968	9.7 °C18 January 1968	18.8 °C	3,380 mm	1
1967	30.4 °C13 April 1967	9.1 °C2 January 1967	18.7 °C	3,283 mm	1
1966	32.2 °C19 March 1966	10.5 °C3 January 1966	19.4 °C	3,021 mm	31
1965	30.8 °C6 March 1965	10.2 °C5 February 1965	19.2 °C	2,633 mm	8
1964	31.6 °C7 March 1964	11.2 °C17 December 1964	19.3 °C	2,348 mm	25
1963	31.6 °C14 March 1963	10.8 °C1 January 1963	19.3 °C	2,963 mm	29
1962	31.0 °C11 February 1962	10.1 °C4 January 1962	18.8 °C	3,192 mm	15
1961	31.2 °C22 March 1961	10.8 °C13 December 1961	18.8 °C	2,915 mm	15
1960	31.0 °C5 March 1960	11.5 °C1 January 1960	19.2 °C	3,144 mm	18
1959	32.4 °C13 March 1959	10.8 °C29 December 1959	19.3 °C	2,631 mm	30
1958	32.0 °C26 March 1958	11.6 °C28 July 1958	19.2 °C	3,119 mm	38
1957	30.8 °C15 March 1957	8.7 °C8 January 1957	18.6 °C	3,622 mm	6
1956	31.0 °C12 February 1956	10.5 °C1 January 1956	18.6 °C	3,157 mm	6
1955	30.9 °C16 February 1955	11.5 °C30 December 1955	18.9 °C	2,931 mm	11
1954	30.4 °C6 February 1954	10.6 °C3 August 1954	18.6 °C	2,940 mm	3
1953	30.8 °C11 February 1953	10.7 °C15 December 1953	19.0 °C	2,980 mm	13
1952	30.9 °C15 March 1952	11.6 °C3 January 1952	19.1 °C	3,272 mm	7
1951	30.5 °C3 March 1951	11.3 °C30 December 1951	18.8 °C	3,597 mm	2
1950	30.7 °C27 February 1950	10.8 °C31 August 1950	18.6 °C	2,790 mm	3
1949	31.9 °C14 March 1949	11.1 °C10 February 1949	19.0 °C	2,955 mm	33
1948	30.9 °C24 February 1948	10.2 °C22 December 1948	18.7 °C	3,167 mm	10
1947	31.2 °C22 February 1947	11.8 °C18 January 1947	19.0 °C	2,893 mm	24
1946	32.7 °C23 February 1946	11.0 °C9 January 1946	18.9 °C	3,108 mm	36
1945	31.3 °C7 April 1945	10.3 °C22 December 1945	18.9 °C	2,908 mm	25
1944	31.2 °C23 February 1944	10.7 °C14 December 1944	18.9 °C	2,974 mm	11
1943	30.9 °C1 March 1943	11.2 °C26 July 1943	18.7 °C	2,142 mm	8
1942	30.4 °C6 February 1942	11.6 °C18 December 1942	18.7 °C	3,133 mm	6
1941	32.1 °C9 March 1941	10.3 °C23 December 1941	19.0 °C	3,476 mm	19
1940	29.8 °C5 March 1940	11.3 °C3 March 1940	18.7 °C	3,352 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.6 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

68 d/yr

+46

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2994 mm

-209 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.4 °C	+1.4 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Feb	31.0 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-14 mm
Mar	31.2 °C	+2.6 °C	10 mm	-85 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+1.1 °C	294 mm	-19 mm
May	25.8 °C	+1.0 °C	420 mm	-22 mm
Jun	24.6 °C	+1.1 °C	438 mm	-24 mm
Jul	22.5 °C	+0.3 °C	520 mm	+51 mm
Aug	22.8 °C	+0.6 °C	309 mm	-130 mm
Sep	23.6 °C	+0.8 °C	533 mm	+48 mm
Oct	24.3 °C	+0.4 °C	409 mm	+13 mm
Nov	27.1 °C	+1.2 °C	58 mm	-21 mm
Dec	29.0 °C	+1.6 °C	1 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.1 °C

29 Mar 2025

Coldest day

11.4 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

51.1 mm

13 Jul 2025

Windiest day

17.4 km/h

25 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

48.6 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.2 °C

29 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.3 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

14 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gembu?

Gembu has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 3,203 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gembu?

The hottest day measured in Gembu between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 2024, reaching 34.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gembu?

The coldest day measured in Gembu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1971, at 7.6 °C.

Does it snow in Gembu?

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

Has the climate of Gembu warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Gembu?

The wettest day measured in Gembu between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1987, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gembu?

The windiest day measured in Gembu between 1940 and 2025 was 8 September 2001, with winds reaching 19.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gembu?

The warmest month in Gembu is March (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Gembu?

Gembu receives on average 3,203 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 219 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gembu?

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

Are there tropical nights in Gembu?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gembu.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gembu?

In Gembu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.7 °C on 28 February 2024, and the lowest was 5.0 °C on 25 December 1971.

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