Gombe climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gombe?

Gombe has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 451 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gombe between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2024, reaching 43.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gombe?

The coldest day measured in Gombe between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, at 9.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gombe?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gombe warmed?

Yes: Gombe warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gombe?

The wettest day measured in Gombe between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1987, with 144 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gombe?

The windiest day measured in Gombe between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2005, with winds reaching 33.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gombe?

The warmest month in Gombe is April (31.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gombe?

Gombe receives on average 451 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gombe?

Gombe gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gombe (Nigeria) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 451 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 (31.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Gombe averages 0 frost days, 302 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.

Gombe has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.2 °C (on 31 March 2024) and the coldest 9.0 °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

GombeGombe State

coords: 10.29°, 11.17°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.2°C

Average daily high

33.7°C

Average daily low

21.2°C

Annual rainfall

451mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

47%

Average peak wind

15.2km/h

Seasonal range

7.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

302 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

71 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.1 °C

Average feels-like low

21.0 °C

Average peak gust

33.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

247 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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

43.2 °C

31 March 2024

Coldest day

9.0 °C

8 January 1957

Wettest day

144 mm

1 June 1987

Windiest day

33.1 km/h

30 April 2005

Strongest gust

64.4 km/h

30 April 2005

Hottest feels-like

46.5 °C

26 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

5.0 °C

12 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.4 h

12 July 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.3 °C29 March 2025	13.4 °C13 January 2025	28.0 °C	529 mm	325
2024	43.2 °C31 March 2024	12.1 °C21 January 2024	27.9 °C	551 mm	313
2023	40.8 °C14 May 2023	14.0 °C19 January 2023	27.7 °C	392 mm	324
2022	41.8 °C7 April 2022	13.9 °C20 January 2022	27.0 °C	603 mm	276
2021	42.9 °C8 April 2021	15.0 °C12 February 2021	27.8 °C	431 mm	316
2020	41.6 °C19 April 2020	12.5 °C3 January 2020	27.6 °C	466 mm	308
2019	41.7 °C4 April 2019	14.0 °C19 January 2019	27.7 °C	511 mm	316
2018	40.7 °C26 February 2018	10.5 °C20 January 2018	27.7 °C	438 mm	310
2017	41.4 °C23 April 2017	12.7 °C11 January 2017	27.6 °C	456 mm	324
2016	41.8 °C24 April 2016	12.6 °C21 January 2016	27.8 °C	388 mm	311
2015	41.7 °C17 May 2015	9.8 °C13 January 2015	27.9 °C	367 mm	294
2014	41.1 °C18 May 2014	11.2 °C14 January 2014	27.5 °C	428 mm	309
2013	41.4 °C6 April 2013	11.9 °C19 December 2013	27.7 °C	410 mm	293
2012	41.4 °C10 April 2012	11.1 °C29 December 2012	27.1 °C	670 mm	275
2011	41.0 °C20 April 2011	11.6 °C22 January 2011	27.7 °C	361 mm	320
2010	42.0 °C12 April 2010	11.1 °C22 December 2010	28.3 °C	416 mm	318
2009	40.5 °C2 April 2009	12.7 °C26 December 2009	28.3 °C	286 mm	348
2008	40.9 °C26 March 2008	11.5 °C25 January 2008	27.0 °C	510 mm	300
2007	41.1 °C23 March 2007	12.3 °C15 January 2007	27.4 °C	410 mm	291
2006	41.0 °C11 April 2006	12.2 °C30 December 2006	27.9 °C	275 mm	334
2005	42.0 °C9 March 2005	12.5 °C9 January 2005	28.2 °C	372 mm	313
2004	41.7 °C30 March 2004	13.8 °C30 December 2004	27.5 °C	276 mm	325
2003	41.2 °C8 April 2003	10.7 °C9 December 2003	27.4 °C	404 mm	313
2002	40.5 °C11 May 2002	11.1 °C13 January 2002	27.4 °C	201 mm	305
2001	39.8 °C30 March 2001	10.0 °C29 January 2001	26.8 °C	483 mm	277
2000	40.2 °C8 May 2000	12.6 °C13 December 2000	27.0 °C	355 mm	295
1999	41.4 °C24 March 1999	11.4 °C11 January 1999	27.3 °C	581 mm	284
1998	42.4 °C17 April 1998	12.0 °C15 January 1998	27.9 °C	439 mm	309
1997	41.1 °C16 April 1997	13.9 °C25 January 1997	27.4 °C	328 mm	338
1996	39.9 °C5 April 1996	11.2 °C21 December 1996	27.1 °C	429 mm	306
1995	41.1 °C1 April 1995	11.9 °C13 January 1995	27.1 °C	437 mm	301
1994	40.7 °C31 March 1994	11.4 °C15 January 1994	26.7 °C	673 mm	266
1993	40.6 °C4 March 1993	11.1 °C8 January 1993	27.5 °C	298 mm	320
1992	40.8 °C2 April 1992	11.7 °C5 January 1992	26.7 °C	425 mm	283
1991	40.6 °C30 March 1991	14.0 °C1 January 1991	27.2 °C	424 mm	306
1990	41.4 °C29 March 1990	13.7 °C3 January 1990	27.7 °C	341 mm	338
1989	40.5 °C28 April 1989	10.9 °C21 January 1989	26.2 °C	469 mm	273
1988	41.9 °C3 March 1988	13.3 °C30 December 1988	27.1 °C	702 mm	276
1987	41.3 °C2 May 1987	13.8 °C11 February 1987	27.7 °C	601 mm	327
1986	41.4 °C17 April 1986	11.8 °C9 December 1986	27.7 °C	397 mm	313
1985	40.8 °C16 March 1985	13.6 °C22 December 1985	27.3 °C	413 mm	307
1984	41.3 °C21 March 1984	12.3 °C26 January 1984	27.5 °C	306 mm	329
1983	42.0 °C19 April 1983	11.2 °C7 January 1983	27.1 °C	288 mm	304
1982	40.3 °C20 April 1982	12.3 °C4 December 1982	27.1 °C	368 mm	302
1981	41.3 °C18 April 1981	12.9 °C14 January 1981	26.7 °C	528 mm	285
1980	41.4 °C26 April 1980	11.0 °C27 December 1980	27.4 °C	505 mm	305
1979	41.6 °C19 April 1979	13.2 °C17 January 1979	27.5 °C	368 mm	333
1978	39.8 °C28 March 1978	10.7 °C22 December 1978	27.0 °C	546 mm	306
1977	42.5 °C21 April 1977	12.5 °C28 December 1977	27.1 °C	432 mm	309
1976	39.9 °C13 April 1976	12.8 °C22 January 1976	27.1 °C	481 mm	320
1975	40.3 °C6 April 1975	11.3 °C18 January 1975	26.5 °C	567 mm	260
1974	40.5 °C16 April 1974	11.3 °C2 January 1974	26.7 °C	673 mm	277
1973	42.0 °C27 April 1973	12.0 °C26 December 1973	28.1 °C	425 mm	329
1972	40.4 °C21 May 1972	12.1 °C8 January 1972	27.5 °C	369 mm	344
1971	41.5 °C16 April 1971	11.5 °C29 December 1971	27.1 °C	457 mm	283
1970	41.5 °C7 April 1970	13.2 °C15 December 1970	27.1 °C	425 mm	298
1969	41.6 °C6 April 1969	12.5 °C11 January 1969	27.2 °C	486 mm	304
1968	39.6 °C30 April 1968	9.7 °C19 January 1968	27.0 °C	376 mm	327
1967	41.2 °C6 May 1967	11.0 °C1 January 1967	26.6 °C	496 mm	293
1966	41.0 °C27 March 1966	11.2 °C6 January 1966	27.8 °C	242 mm	343
1965	39.7 °C5 May 1965	10.6 °C6 December 1965	27.5 °C	209 mm	348
1964	41.8 °C31 March 1964	12.2 °C12 January 1964	27.2 °C	414 mm	297
1963	40.8 °C25 March 1963	11.9 °C9 December 1963	27.2 °C	428 mm	343
1962	40.0 °C26 March 1962	9.9 °C7 January 1962	27.0 °C	531 mm	289
1961	40.3 °C28 March 1961	10.3 °C28 December 1961	26.5 °C	551 mm	274
1960	41.1 °C2 April 1960	13.4 °C24 January 1960	27.6 °C	326 mm	323
1959	40.9 °C23 April 1959	12.7 °C26 January 1959	27.3 °C	366 mm	306
1958	41.1 °C10 April 1958	13.5 °C10 January 1958	27.4 °C	422 mm	286
1957	39.4 °C17 April 1957	9.0 °C8 January 1957	25.8 °C	659 mm	254
1956	40.0 °C4 April 1956	11.8 °C6 January 1956	26.6 °C	744 mm	257
1955	40.0 °C24 April 1955	11.8 °C27 December 1955	26.4 °C	392 mm	272
1954	39.1 °C4 May 1954	12.5 °C13 December 1954	26.5 °C	530 mm	263
1953	41.5 °C24 April 1953	11.7 °C14 December 1953	26.4 °C	625 mm	265
1952	39.7 °C23 May 1952	12.5 °C8 January 1952	26.7 °C	512 mm	285
1951	40.3 °C29 April 1951	10.9 °C30 December 1951	26.5 °C	465 mm	314
1950	41.2 °C8 April 1950	12.8 °C1 January 1950	26.6 °C	477 mm	289
1949	40.5 °C19 April 1949	12.6 °C18 January 1949	27.8 °C	271 mm	328
1948	39.4 °C29 March 1948	10.7 °C29 December 1948	26.0 °C	719 mm	254
1947	39.9 °C17 April 1947	12.9 °C20 January 1947	25.9 °C	796 mm	235
1946	40.2 °C12 March 1946	10.1 °C21 January 1946	26.2 °C	624 mm	258
1945	40.3 °C2 May 1945	11.5 °C8 February 1945	25.9 °C	439 mm	275
1944	40.4 °C14 April 1944	12.6 °C7 February 1944	26.1 °C	647 mm	252
1943	39.8 °C21 February 1943	12.1 °C31 December 1943	27.1 °C	476 mm	288
1942	40.2 °C30 March 1942	14.4 °C20 January 1942	27.2 °C	401 mm	297
1941	40.5 °C1 April 1941	11.5 °C26 January 1941	28.1 °C	204 mm	356
1940	40.2 °C8 April 1940	13.5 °C10 January 1940	27.6 °C	276 mm	349

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.5 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

325 d/yr

+23

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

529 mm

+78 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.2 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Feb	35.2 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Mar	39.6 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Apr	38.9 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-8 mm
May	37.2 °C	+0.5 °C	7 mm	-20 mm
Jun	35.2 °C	+1.1 °C	24 mm	-21 mm
Jul	31.1 °C	+0.3 °C	145 mm	+38 mm
Aug	29.0 °C	-0.2 °C	235 mm	+72 mm
Sep	30.8 °C	+0.4 °C	113 mm	+34 mm
Oct	34.0 °C	+0.3 °C	4 mm	-15 mm
Nov	35.4 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Dec	34.7 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.3 °C

29 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.4 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

36.6 mm

14 Aug 2025

Windiest day

25.1 km/h

16 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

48.6 km/h

16 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.0 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.6 °C

2 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

9 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gombe?

Gombe has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 451 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gombe?

The hottest day measured in Gombe between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2024, reaching 43.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gombe?

The coldest day measured in Gombe between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, at 9.0 °C.

Does it snow in Gombe?

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

Has the climate of Gombe warmed?

Yes: Gombe warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gombe?

The wettest day measured in Gombe between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1987, with 144 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gombe?

The windiest day measured in Gombe between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2005, with winds reaching 33.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gombe?

The warmest month in Gombe is April (31.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Gombe?

Gombe receives on average 451 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gombe?

Gombe gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Gombe?

Yes: Gombe has on average 247 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gombe?

In Gombe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 26 April 2024, and the lowest was 5.0 °C on 12 January 1957.

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