Igbor climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Igbor?

Igbor has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 927 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Igbor between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 2010, reaching 41.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Igbor?

The coldest day measured in Igbor between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1975, at 16.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Igbor?

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

Q: Has the climate of Igbor warmed?

Yes: Igbor warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Igbor?

The wettest day measured in Igbor between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2025, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Igbor?

The windiest day measured in Igbor between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1990, with winds reaching 26.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Igbor?

The warmest month in Igbor is March (30.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Igbor?

Igbor receives on average 927 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Igbor?

Igbor gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Igbor (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 927 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 (30.7 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Igbor averages 0 frost days, 282 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.

Igbor has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.7 °C (on 4 April 2010) and the coldest 16.9 °C (on 18 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

IgborBenue State

coords: 7.45°, 8.61°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.7°C

Average daily high

32.7°C

Average daily low

23.8°C

Annual rainfall

927mm

Sunshine / day

9.1h

Mean relative humidity

66%

Average peak wind

13.8km/h

Seasonal range

5.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

282 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

137 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.3 °C

Average feels-like low

26.3 °C

Average peak gust

29.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

362 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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

41.7 °C

4 April 2010

Coldest day

16.9 °C

18 December 1975

Wettest day

113 mm

5 July 2025

Windiest day

26.3 km/h

31 March 1990

Strongest gust

55.4 km/h

12 April 2006

Hottest feels-like

46.8 °C

28 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

12.4 °C

8 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.2 h

23 June 1959

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.7 °C4 March 2025	19.9 °C13 January 2025	29.1 °C	1,148 mm	309
2024	40.6 °C28 March 2024	19.0 °C16 January 2024	29.1 °C	800 mm	330
2023	39.9 °C1 March 2023	19.5 °C10 January 2023	28.7 °C	903 mm	335
2022	40.2 °C1 April 2022	19.8 °C31 December 2022	28.1 °C	1,116 mm	300
2021	40.1 °C6 April 2021	19.7 °C10 December 2021	28.6 °C	709 mm	324
2020	40.3 °C11 March 2020	18.1 °C3 January 2020	28.3 °C	885 mm	311
2019	40.3 °C4 April 2019	18.8 °C22 December 2019	28.0 °C	1,289 mm	300
2018	39.9 °C6 February 2018	19.0 °C7 January 2018	28.2 °C	960 mm	311
2017	40.5 °C24 February 2017	20.4 °C27 November 2017	28.6 °C	701 mm	320
2016	40.8 °C21 February 2016	20.3 °C21 December 2016	28.2 °C	1,198 mm	311
2015	40.0 °C30 April 2015	18.9 °C13 January 2015	28.2 °C	829 mm	315
2014	39.5 °C9 February 2014	18.5 °C5 January 2014	28.0 °C	1,073 mm	297
2013	40.6 °C15 March 2013	19.8 °C1 January 2013	28.1 °C	872 mm	292
2012	40.1 °C30 March 2012	18.8 °C21 December 2012	27.9 °C	1,221 mm	292
2011	40.2 °C29 March 2011	17.7 °C3 December 2011	28.1 °C	871 mm	304
2010	41.7 °C4 April 2010	17.6 °C11 December 2010	28.7 °C	906 mm	321
2009	41.2 °C25 March 2009	18.1 °C28 December 2009	28.3 °C	886 mm	318
2008	38.8 °C5 February 2008	19.8 °C24 January 2008	27.8 °C	1,122 mm	292
2007	39.9 °C18 February 2007	18.4 °C20 December 2007	28.0 °C	977 mm	291
2006	41.0 °C10 April 2006	19.6 °C25 December 2006	28.6 °C	841 mm	308
2005	40.7 °C19 February 2005	19.8 °C14 January 2005	28.6 °C	765 mm	308
2004	39.8 °C26 March 2004	19.7 °C30 November 2004	28.2 °C	855 mm	301
2003	39.7 °C24 March 2003	19.6 °C10 December 2003	28.2 °C	720 mm	304
2002	39.7 °C31 March 2002	20.3 °C24 January 2002	27.9 °C	926 mm	298
2001	38.7 °C25 March 2001	19.3 °C4 January 2001	27.9 °C	861 mm	277
2000	39.2 °C6 March 2000	20.0 °C19 December 2000	27.8 °C	870 mm	279
1999	40.2 °C13 February 1999	19.3 °C17 December 1999	27.9 °C	1,276 mm	281
1998	40.9 °C5 February 1998	21.0 °C19 December 1998	28.6 °C	969 mm	301
1997	39.0 °C10 March 1997	20.2 °C3 December 1997	27.5 °C	1,012 mm	282
1996	38.7 °C7 April 1996	19.0 °C2 January 1996	27.7 °C	1,137 mm	268
1995	39.6 °C10 April 1995	19.0 °C17 November 1995	27.7 °C	1,099 mm	277
1994	40.2 °C29 March 1994	20.1 °C28 November 1994	27.6 °C	1,233 mm	277
1993	39.3 °C30 March 1993	18.8 °C17 January 1993	27.6 °C	970 mm	312
1992	38.8 °C20 February 1992	19.4 °C3 December 1992	27.2 °C	1,003 mm	273
1991	38.4 °C8 March 1991	20.7 °C26 December 1991	27.5 °C	1,155 mm	261
1990	40.8 °C29 March 1990	21.2 °C25 February 1990	27.9 °C	922 mm	277
1989	39.7 °C14 March 1989	19.2 °C22 January 1989	27.5 °C	1,029 mm	294
1988	39.9 °C1 April 1988	20.7 °C25 December 1988	27.9 °C	1,016 mm	278
1987	39.6 °C2 May 1987	19.3 °C7 January 1987	28.4 °C	876 mm	329
1986	39.6 °C2 February 1986	18.1 °C10 December 1986	27.6 °C	854 mm	285
1985	39.3 °C6 March 1985	20.1 °C8 February 1985	27.2 °C	960 mm	265
1984	39.1 °C3 March 1984	20.0 °C18 December 1984	27.6 °C	1,040 mm	296
1983	40.3 °C23 March 1983	18.7 °C7 January 1983	28.0 °C	781 mm	286
1982	38.9 °C21 February 1982	17.7 °C14 December 1982	27.4 °C	976 mm	279
1981	39.0 °C16 March 1981	17.5 °C15 December 1981	27.3 °C	932 mm	274
1980	40.1 °C1 April 1980	17.9 °C9 January 1980	27.4 °C	1,249 mm	276
1979	38.2 °C12 April 1979	18.1 °C5 December 1979	27.4 °C	1,100 mm	291
1978	39.5 °C24 February 1978	19.4 °C26 November 1978	27.2 °C	1,015 mm	278
1977	39.7 °C17 April 1977	20.0 °C18 December 1977	27.8 °C	877 mm	295
1976	37.8 °C6 April 1976	18.2 °C3 January 1976	26.9 °C	1,026 mm	260
1975	37.9 °C27 February 1975	16.9 °C18 December 1975	26.9 °C	1,096 mm	257
1974	38.7 °C9 March 1974	18.9 °C14 January 1974	27.1 °C	918 mm	262
1973	39.3 °C11 April 1973	19.8 °C24 November 1973	27.9 °C	1,031 mm	311
1972	39.9 °C11 March 1972	19.6 °C5 January 1972	27.6 °C	946 mm	305
1971	39.4 °C18 March 1971	18.9 °C21 December 1971	27.4 °C	1,004 mm	280
1970	39.8 °C17 February 1970	18.2 °C18 December 1970	27.6 °C	1,037 mm	281
1969	39.2 °C26 February 1969	19.7 °C23 November 1969	27.5 °C	1,025 mm	276
1968	39.1 °C4 April 1968	19.6 °C20 January 1968	27.3 °C	1,101 mm	280
1967	39.8 °C21 April 1967	17.5 °C13 November 1967	27.3 °C	953 mm	274
1966	39.8 °C19 March 1966	19.2 °C7 January 1966	27.9 °C	718 mm	299
1965	38.4 °C5 March 1965	19.1 °C4 February 1965	27.9 °C	587 mm	300
1964	39.5 °C20 March 1964	20.3 °C13 December 1964	28.3 °C	421 mm	310
1963	39.2 °C14 March 1963	19.5 °C9 December 1963	27.7 °C	855 mm	298
1962	39.2 °C3 March 1962	18.9 °C28 January 1962	27.2 °C	907 mm	256
1961	38.2 °C21 February 1961	18.9 °C10 January 1961	27.4 °C	626 mm	264
1960	38.3 °C27 March 1960	20.3 °C28 November 1960	27.5 °C	804 mm	286
1959	39.0 °C15 March 1959	19.6 °C30 December 1959	27.8 °C	750 mm	280
1958	39.3 °C10 April 1958	19.5 °C8 January 1958	27.5 °C	641 mm	242
1957	37.7 °C16 March 1957	17.9 °C8 January 1957	26.8 °C	1,021 mm	218
1956	37.5 °C14 February 1956	20.0 °C5 January 1956	26.8 °C	846 mm	235
1955	37.5 °C28 January 1955	19.6 °C25 December 1955	27.0 °C	1,134 mm	223
1954	38.0 °C4 March 1954	18.1 °C8 December 1954	27.1 °C	683 mm	241
1953	38.5 °C6 March 1953	19.8 °C22 December 1953	27.2 °C	961 mm	244
1952	38.2 °C25 March 1952	18.8 °C2 December 1952	27.1 °C	1,127 mm	250
1951	38.4 °C14 March 1951	19.1 °C4 December 1951	27.1 °C	1,093 mm	267
1950	38.3 °C8 April 1950	19.5 °C15 July 1950	27.0 °C	742 mm	242
1949	38.7 °C16 February 1949	19.5 °C8 December 1949	27.7 °C	503 mm	285
1948	38.6 °C21 February 1948	19.6 °C23 December 1948	27.0 °C	969 mm	237
1947	39.0 °C14 March 1947	20.0 °C22 July 1947	27.3 °C	1,090 mm	232
1946	39.5 °C23 February 1946	18.8 °C20 January 1946	27.2 °C	870 mm	224
1945	39.3 °C6 April 1945	19.1 °C23 December 1945	27.2 °C	965 mm	243
1944	38.0 °C11 March 1944	19.5 °C30 November 1944	27.1 °C	1,008 mm	248
1943	37.8 °C1 March 1943	19.0 °C3 February 1943	27.2 °C	434 mm	288
1942	38.2 °C18 March 1942	20.3 °C27 December 1942	27.3 °C	655 mm	260
1941	38.4 °C27 March 1941	19.6 °C24 December 1941	27.4 °C	644 mm	257
1940	37.5 °C21 February 1940	19.1 °C1 December 1940	27.0 °C	717 mm	231

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.4 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

309 d/yr

+27

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1148 mm

+221 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.7 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Feb	38.5 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Mar	39.3 °C	+2.7 °C	2 mm	-16 mm
Apr	37.4 °C	+2.3 °C	27 mm	-22 mm
May	35.2 °C	+2.5 °C	56 mm	-41 mm
Jun	33.1 °C	+2.4 °C	67 mm	-56 mm
Jul	29.7 °C	+0.5 °C	441 mm	+280 mm
Aug	29.3 °C	+0.3 °C	266 mm	+91 mm
Sep	30.6 °C	+1.0 °C	208 mm	+28 mm
Oct	31.5 °C	+1.0 °C	79 mm	-24 mm
Nov	35.1 °C	+2.2 °C	1 mm	-11 mm
Dec	36.9 °C	+2.3 °C	1 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.7 °C

4 Mar 2025

Coldest day

19.9 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

113.2 mm

5 Jul 2025

Windiest day

24.5 km/h

14 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

49.3 km/h

29 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.2 °C

15 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.8 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

14 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Igbor?

Igbor has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 927 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Igbor?

The hottest day measured in Igbor between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 2010, reaching 41.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Igbor?

The coldest day measured in Igbor between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1975, at 16.9 °C.

Does it snow in Igbor?

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

Has the climate of Igbor warmed?

Yes: Igbor warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Igbor?

The wettest day measured in Igbor between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2025, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Igbor?

The windiest day measured in Igbor between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1990, with winds reaching 26.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Igbor?

The warmest month in Igbor is March (30.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Igbor?

Igbor receives on average 927 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Igbor?

Igbor gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Igbor?

Yes: Igbor has on average 362 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Igbor?

In Igbor, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.8 °C on 28 March 2024, and the lowest was 12.4 °C on 8 January 1957.

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