Gumel climate — normals and trends
Gumel has a hot desert climate, averaging 27.6 °C annually with 412 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
GumelJigawa State
- coords
- 12.63°, 9.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
27.6°C
Average daily high
34.3°C
Average daily low
21.6°C
Annual rainfall
412mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
38%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
10.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
306 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
55 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.4 °C
Average feels-like low
20.4 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
248 d/yr
Solar radiation
23.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
44.3 °C
19 April 2010
Coldest day
7.7 °C
8 January 1957
Wettest day
254 mm
31 August 2017
Windiest day
36.4 km/h
24 June 1944
Strongest gust
63.4 km/h
6 June 1967
Hottest feels-like
46.6 °C
23 May 2025
Coldest feels-like
2.8 °C
11 January 1957
Sunniest day
12.7 h
8 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Feb | 34.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Mar | 39.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Apr | 40.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 40.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 38.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 13 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 32.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 122 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 30.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 131 mm | -55 mm |
| Sep | 33.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 81 mm | +25 mm |
| Oct | 37.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 36.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Dec | 34.2 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Gumel (Nigeria) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 412 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 (32.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (22.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Gumel averages 0 frost days, 306 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 55 rainy days per year.
Gumel has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.3 °C (on 19 April 2010) and the coldest 7.7 °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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gumel?
Gumel has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 412 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gumel?
The hottest day measured in Gumel between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2010, reaching 44.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gumel?
The coldest day measured in Gumel between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, at 7.7 °C.
Does it snow in Gumel?
Almost never: Gumel sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Gumel warmed?
Yes: Gumel warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gumel?
The wettest day measured in Gumel between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 2017, with 254 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gumel?
The windiest day measured in Gumel between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1944, with winds reaching 36.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gumel?
The warmest month in Gumel is May (32.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (22.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Gumel?
Gumel receives on average 412 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 55 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gumel?
Gumel gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Gumel?
Yes: Gumel has on average 248 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gumel?
In Gumel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.6 °C on 23 May 2025, and the lowest was 2.8 °C on 11 January 1957.
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