Ikere-Ekiti climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ikere-Ekiti?

Ikere-Ekiti has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 1,352 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ikere-Ekiti?

The hottest day measured in Ikere-Ekiti between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2024, reaching 39.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ikere-Ekiti?

The coldest day measured in Ikere-Ekiti between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1957, at 14.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ikere-Ekiti?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ikere-Ekiti warmed?

Yes: Ikere-Ekiti warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ikere-Ekiti?

The wettest day measured in Ikere-Ekiti between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1995, with 134 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ikere-Ekiti?

The windiest day measured in Ikere-Ekiti between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1973, with winds reaching 26.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ikere-Ekiti?

The warmest month in Ikere-Ekiti is February (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ikere-Ekiti?

Ikere-Ekiti receives on average 1,352 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 215 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ikere-Ekiti?

Ikere-Ekiti gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ikere-Ekiti (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 1,352 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 February (26.8 °C on average) and the coldest is August (23.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Ikere-Ekiti averages 0 frost days, 189 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 215 rainy days per year.

Ikere-Ekiti has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 13 February 2024) and the coldest 14.8 °C (on 13 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

Ikere-EkitiEkiti State

coords: 7.50°, 5.23°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

24.9°C

Average daily high

30.1°C

Average daily low

21.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,352mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

11.0km/h

Seasonal range

3.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

189 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

215 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.1 °C

Average feels-like low

24.9 °C

Average peak gust

27.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

338 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

39.3 °C

13 February 2024

Coldest day

14.8 °C

13 January 1957

Wettest day

134 mm

5 August 1995

Windiest day

26.6 km/h

3 September 1973

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

9 May 1995

Hottest feels-like

44.2 °C

15 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

10.7 °C

9 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

19 July 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.2 °C3 March 2025	17.9 °C13 January 2025	26.3 °C	1,121 mm	250
2024	39.3 °C13 February 2024	17.3 °C17 January 2024	26.6 °C	1,039 mm	259
2023	37.2 °C23 February 2023	17.2 °C27 December 2023	26.3 °C	1,201 mm	269
2022	38.1 °C9 March 2022	17.5 °C23 January 2022	25.8 °C	1,143 mm	243
2021	38.5 °C5 March 2021	18.3 °C24 January 2021	26.2 °C	1,074 mm	259
2020	38.2 °C22 February 2020	16.1 °C3 January 2020	25.9 °C	1,146 mm	234
2019	36.6 °C26 January 2019	16.6 °C2 January 2019	25.7 °C	1,537 mm	216
2018	37.9 °C4 February 2018	15.4 °C6 January 2018	25.5 °C	1,351 mm	224
2017	38.0 °C24 February 2017	17.3 °C2 January 2017	25.7 °C	1,383 mm	235
2016	37.9 °C22 February 2016	17.2 °C29 December 2016	25.9 °C	1,475 mm	241
2015	36.3 °C9 March 2015	16.4 °C11 January 2015	25.5 °C	1,339 mm	221
2014	35.7 °C22 February 2014	17.0 °C26 December 2014	25.3 °C	1,510 mm	203
2013	35.6 °C8 March 2013	16.5 °C20 December 2013	25.3 °C	1,141 mm	189
2012	36.6 °C21 March 2012	16.1 °C17 January 2012	25.2 °C	1,477 mm	206
2011	36.3 °C30 January 2011	15.1 °C4 December 2011	25.4 °C	1,426 mm	228
2010	37.9 °C3 March 2010	16.2 °C11 December 2010	25.9 °C	1,458 mm	229
2009	36.0 °C20 February 2009	17.7 °C25 January 2009	25.4 °C	1,318 mm	224
2008	35.4 °C14 February 2008	16.4 °C25 January 2008	25.2 °C	1,333 mm	209
2007	36.3 °C5 March 2007	16.7 °C21 December 2007	25.2 °C	1,423 mm	192
2006	36.7 °C8 February 2006	17.5 °C30 December 2006	25.4 °C	1,468 mm	211
2005	36.0 °C12 February 2005	14.9 °C14 January 2005	25.4 °C	1,387 mm	203
2004	35.7 °C10 February 2004	18.7 °C8 February 2004	25.2 °C	1,397 mm	193
2003	36.7 °C24 March 2003	16.3 °C9 December 2003	25.2 °C	1,223 mm	205
2002	35.1 °C15 March 2002	16.6 °C29 December 2002	25.0 °C	1,357 mm	195
2001	36.6 °C2 March 2001	16.8 °C10 January 2001	25.1 °C	1,253 mm	197
2000	37.1 °C6 March 2000	16.0 °C17 December 2000	25.1 °C	1,286 mm	205
1999	35.8 °C6 February 1999	16.9 °C15 December 1999	24.9 °C	1,709 mm	194
1998	37.7 °C5 February 1998	17.0 °C17 December 1998	25.7 °C	1,114 mm	230
1997	36.3 °C7 March 1997	18.0 °C31 January 1997	24.9 °C	1,322 mm	173
1996	35.7 °C30 January 1996	18.8 °C7 November 1996	24.9 °C	1,411 mm	193
1995	36.5 °C24 February 1995	16.5 °C26 December 1995	25.1 °C	1,653 mm	195
1994	36.0 °C7 March 1994	16.8 °C16 January 1994	24.8 °C	1,433 mm	177
1993	35.1 °C20 February 1993	17.0 °C24 January 1993	24.9 °C	1,361 mm	192
1992	37.0 °C22 February 1992	16.8 °C5 January 1992	24.6 °C	1,328 mm	164
1991	36.2 °C4 March 1991	17.2 °C1 January 1991	24.8 °C	1,321 mm	167
1990	37.2 °C27 March 1990	19.2 °C13 February 1990	25.0 °C	1,298 mm	177
1989	36.4 °C26 February 1989	15.2 °C16 January 1989	24.7 °C	1,324 mm	187
1988	36.3 °C28 February 1988	17.8 °C24 December 1988	24.9 °C	1,532 mm	183
1987	36.2 °C22 January 1987	17.7 °C22 December 1987	25.4 °C	1,253 mm	231
1986	35.5 °C3 February 1986	15.9 °C8 December 1986	24.5 °C	1,550 mm	175
1985	36.2 °C7 March 1985	17.1 °C4 December 1985	24.5 °C	1,531 mm	166
1984	35.8 °C21 February 1984	17.5 °C18 January 1984	24.8 °C	1,382 mm	183
1983	37.6 °C23 March 1983	16.8 °C6 January 1983	25.1 °C	1,148 mm	197
1982	34.3 °C20 February 1982	17.2 °C10 February 1982	24.7 °C	1,334 mm	163
1981	36.6 °C8 March 1981	16.4 °C3 December 1981	24.8 °C	1,332 mm	185
1980	35.1 °C2 February 1980	16.1 °C17 December 1980	24.7 °C	1,611 mm	175
1979	35.7 °C6 March 1979	15.1 °C12 December 1979	24.9 °C	1,570 mm	180
1978	36.3 °C24 February 1978	16.9 °C11 January 1978	24.5 °C	1,543 mm	168
1977	35.8 °C15 March 1977	16.7 °C25 December 1977	24.8 °C	1,195 mm	181
1976	34.7 °C28 January 1976	16.2 °C3 December 1976	24.1 °C	1,444 mm	131
1975	35.4 °C12 March 1975	15.7 °C11 December 1975	24.1 °C	1,483 mm	157
1974	34.9 °C6 February 1974	16.3 °C31 December 1974	24.4 °C	1,490 mm	172
1973	36.8 °C27 January 1973	16.8 °C29 November 1973	25.1 °C	1,507 mm	213
1972	35.3 °C21 December 1972	17.6 °C16 December 1972	24.8 °C	1,404 mm	187
1971	35.7 °C17 February 1971	15.3 °C25 December 1971	24.4 °C	1,569 mm	197
1970	37.0 °C9 February 1970	15.7 °C1 December 1970	24.8 °C	1,533 mm	206
1969	37.1 °C18 February 1969	18.3 °C31 January 1969	24.7 °C	1,366 mm	182
1968	34.9 °C7 February 1968	15.3 °C19 January 1968	24.3 °C	1,735 mm	163
1967	36.6 °C20 February 1967	15.4 °C2 January 1967	24.5 °C	1,380 mm	157
1966	37.6 °C16 March 1966	16.6 °C7 January 1966	25.0 °C	1,250 mm	202
1965	35.1 °C6 March 1965	18.1 °C8 December 1965	24.6 °C	1,245 mm	190
1964	37.0 °C8 March 1964	15.8 °C16 January 1964	24.8 °C	928 mm	199
1963	36.0 °C5 February 1963	17.5 °C10 March 1963	24.8 °C	1,297 mm	180
1962	36.3 °C11 February 1962	16.6 °C6 January 1962	24.4 °C	1,323 mm	153
1961	36.0 °C8 March 1961	15.0 °C12 December 1961	24.6 °C	1,153 mm	184
1960	35.5 °C15 February 1960	15.0 °C3 January 1960	24.5 °C	1,473 mm	175
1959	34.8 °C10 March 1959	15.2 °C23 January 1959	24.4 °C	1,224 mm	167
1958	35.8 °C26 February 1958	17.2 °C18 February 1958	24.4 °C	1,176 mm	154
1957	35.5 °C19 February 1957	14.8 °C13 January 1957	23.9 °C	1,558 mm	124
1956	35.4 °C14 February 1956	16.2 °C24 December 1956	23.9 °C	1,440 mm	134
1955	35.1 °C19 February 1955	16.2 °C28 December 1955	24.2 °C	1,344 mm	168
1954	35.1 °C9 February 1954	17.0 °C1 August 1954	24.0 °C	1,343 mm	147
1953	35.1 °C6 March 1953	15.7 °C8 December 1953	24.4 °C	1,166 mm	165
1952	35.5 °C3 March 1952	15.7 °C5 January 1952	24.3 °C	1,406 mm	162
1951	34.2 °C15 March 1951	16.0 °C21 December 1951	24.3 °C	1,500 mm	162
1950	35.5 °C15 February 1950	17.6 °C19 January 1950	24.0 °C	1,339 mm	150
1949	36.7 °C16 February 1949	16.3 °C9 February 1949	24.5 °C	1,057 mm	165
1948	36.2 °C21 February 1948	16.5 °C8 January 1948	24.4 °C	1,392 mm	165
1947	36.4 °C21 February 1947	16.3 °C21 January 1947	24.4 °C	1,583 mm	170
1946	37.4 °C23 February 1946	15.4 °C1 January 1946	24.4 °C	1,155 mm	169
1945	37.4 °C14 April 1945	15.5 °C24 December 1945	24.6 °C	1,139 mm	200
1944	35.5 °C14 February 1944	16.0 °C7 December 1944	24.3 °C	1,315 mm	190
1943	36.1 °C20 February 1943	17.4 °C17 August 1943	23.9 °C	1,121 mm	164
1942	35.4 °C13 March 1942	17.2 °C17 July 1942	24.2 °C	1,132 mm	151
1941	34.8 °C14 February 1941	15.8 °C27 December 1941	24.2 °C	1,491 mm	146
1940	34.3 °C23 February 1940	18.7 °C4 August 1940	24.2 °C	1,314 mm	154

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.8 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

250 d/yr

+61

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1121 mm

-231 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.9 °C	+2.3 °C	1 mm	-11 mm
Feb	36.3 °C	+2.8 °C	17 mm	-11 mm
Mar	35.5 °C	+2.7 °C	40 mm	-38 mm
Apr	33.4 °C	+2.1 °C	74 mm	-46 mm
May	31.3 °C	+1.4 °C	211 mm	+46 mm
Jun	29.8 °C	+1.5 °C	155 mm	-32 mm
Jul	27.6 °C	+0.6 °C	140 mm	-33 mm
Aug	27.4 °C	+0.5 °C	136 mm	-29 mm
Sep	29.0 °C	+1.2 °C	178 mm	-21 mm
Oct	29.9 °C	+1.0 °C	124 mm	-50 mm
Nov	32.5 °C	+1.9 °C	44 mm	+2 mm
Dec	33.8 °C	+2.1 °C	2 mm	-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.2 °C

3 Mar 2025

Coldest day

17.9 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

85.1 mm

29 May 2025

Windiest day

17.6 km/h

18 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

42.5 km/h

18 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.8 °C

3 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.2 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

15 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ikere-Ekiti?

Ikere-Ekiti has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 1,352 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ikere-Ekiti?

The hottest day measured in Ikere-Ekiti between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2024, reaching 39.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ikere-Ekiti?

The coldest day measured in Ikere-Ekiti between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1957, at 14.8 °C.

Does it snow in Ikere-Ekiti?

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

Has the climate of Ikere-Ekiti warmed?

Yes: Ikere-Ekiti warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ikere-Ekiti?

The wettest day measured in Ikere-Ekiti between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1995, with 134 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ikere-Ekiti?

The windiest day measured in Ikere-Ekiti between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1973, with winds reaching 26.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ikere-Ekiti?

The warmest month in Ikere-Ekiti is February (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Ikere-Ekiti?

Ikere-Ekiti receives on average 1,352 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 215 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ikere-Ekiti?

Ikere-Ekiti gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ikere-Ekiti?

Yes: Ikere-Ekiti has on average 338 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ikere-Ekiti?

In Ikere-Ekiti, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 15 March 2024, and the lowest was 10.7 °C on 9 January 1957.

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