Ikirun climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ikirun?

Ikirun has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 1,450 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ikirun between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2024, reaching 40.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ikirun?

The coldest day measured in Ikirun between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 13.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ikirun?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ikirun warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Ikirun?

The wettest day measured in Ikirun between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 1946, with 121 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ikirun?

The windiest day measured in Ikirun between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2017, with winds reaching 23.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ikirun?

The warmest month in Ikirun is February (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (22.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ikirun?

Ikirun receives on average 1,450 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 204 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ikirun?

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

Ikirun (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 1,450 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 (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is August (22.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Ikirun averages 0 frost days, 199 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 204 rainy days per year.

Ikirun 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 40.1 °C (on 13 February 2024) and the coldest 13.9 °C (on 9 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

IkirunOsun State

coords: 7.91°, 4.67°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.8°C

Average daily high

30.3°C

Average daily low

21.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,450mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

12.0km/h

Seasonal range

3.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

199 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

204 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.1 °C

Average feels-like low

23.9 °C

Average peak gust

28.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

318 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · 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

40.1 °C

13 February 2024

Coldest day

13.9 °C

9 January 1957

Wettest day

121 mm

7 October 1946

Windiest day

23.7 km/h

14 August 2017

Strongest gust

55.8 km/h

5 August 1950

Hottest feels-like

43.1 °C

10 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

9.5 °C

9 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.1 h

14 May 1952

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.9 °C21 February 2025	19.4 °C2 January 2025	26.2 °C	1,219 mm	247
2024	40.1 °C13 February 2024	16.6 °C16 January 2024	26.4 °C	1,029 mm	254
2023	38.3 °C26 February 2023	17.4 °C18 January 2023	26.1 °C	1,291 mm	271
2022	37.7 °C26 February 2022	17.6 °C25 November 2022	25.7 °C	1,196 mm	237
2021	38.9 °C5 March 2021	17.6 °C10 December 2021	26.0 °C	1,160 mm	267
2020	38.5 °C21 February 2020	15.1 °C3 January 2020	25.7 °C	1,160 mm	236
2019	37.3 °C18 April 2019	17.2 °C2 January 2019	25.6 °C	1,718 mm	219
2018	38.7 °C4 February 2018	16.3 °C6 January 2018	25.3 °C	1,561 mm	230
2017	37.7 °C24 February 2017	18.1 °C2 January 2017	25.6 °C	1,419 mm	242
2016	38.1 °C17 February 2016	17.1 °C1 January 2016	25.7 °C	1,841 mm	241
2015	36.0 °C12 February 2015	15.9 °C13 January 2015	25.4 °C	1,360 mm	222
2014	36.1 °C23 February 2014	16.7 °C26 December 2014	25.2 °C	1,590 mm	204
2013	36.6 °C28 February 2013	16.3 °C16 December 2013	25.2 °C	1,271 mm	212
2012	36.7 °C14 March 2012	16.7 °C24 December 2012	25.1 °C	1,675 mm	218
2011	36.4 °C30 January 2011	15.9 °C4 December 2011	25.3 °C	1,423 mm	232
2010	37.0 °C3 March 2010	15.6 °C12 December 2010	25.7 °C	1,544 mm	225
2009	35.4 °C3 March 2009	16.5 °C20 November 2009	25.2 °C	1,374 mm	219
2008	35.6 °C28 February 2008	16.2 °C22 January 2008	25.0 °C	1,468 mm	212
2007	36.9 °C5 March 2007	16.8 °C14 January 2007	25.1 °C	1,569 mm	211
2006	36.2 °C25 January 2006	15.5 °C27 December 2006	25.3 °C	1,523 mm	210
2005	35.8 °C24 January 2005	16.1 °C14 January 2005	25.3 °C	1,406 mm	203
2004	35.7 °C17 March 2004	18.5 °C29 January 2004	25.1 °C	1,440 mm	198
2003	36.5 °C24 March 2003	16.2 °C9 December 2003	25.2 °C	1,339 mm	215
2002	35.8 °C23 February 2002	16.5 °C23 December 2002	25.0 °C	1,626 mm	208
2001	37.2 °C2 March 2001	17.5 °C8 January 2001	25.1 °C	1,210 mm	216
2000	37.4 °C6 March 2000	16.9 °C7 December 2000	25.0 °C	1,498 mm	217
1999	35.9 °C5 February 1999	16.0 °C15 December 1999	24.8 °C	1,601 mm	205
1998	38.2 °C25 February 1998	16.7 °C17 December 1998	25.6 °C	1,273 mm	226
1997	35.9 °C23 February 1997	18.5 °C3 February 1997	24.8 °C	1,701 mm	192
1996	36.0 °C23 February 1996	18.4 °C4 January 1996	24.8 °C	1,571 mm	213
1995	37.0 °C24 February 1995	17.4 °C20 November 1995	25.0 °C	1,635 mm	200
1994	35.8 °C7 March 1994	16.3 °C16 January 1994	24.7 °C	1,648 mm	198
1993	35.3 °C11 February 1993	16.9 °C14 December 1993	24.7 °C	1,545 mm	207
1992	37.4 °C22 February 1992	15.7 °C5 January 1992	24.5 °C	1,409 mm	178
1991	35.9 °C4 March 1991	16.6 °C1 January 1991	24.6 °C	1,565 mm	172
1990	37.1 °C16 March 1990	17.8 °C25 February 1990	24.9 °C	1,470 mm	194
1989	36.4 °C25 February 1989	15.7 °C16 January 1989	24.6 °C	1,499 mm	202
1988	36.0 °C28 February 1988	17.1 °C24 December 1988	24.8 °C	1,639 mm	193
1987	36.2 °C2 March 1987	17.4 °C23 December 1987	25.4 °C	1,368 mm	242
1986	35.8 °C2 February 1986	16.0 °C8 December 1986	24.4 °C	1,505 mm	182
1985	36.0 °C7 March 1985	16.8 °C4 December 1985	24.4 °C	1,601 mm	179
1984	35.7 °C18 February 1984	17.2 °C23 January 1984	24.7 °C	1,444 mm	196
1983	37.8 °C5 April 1983	16.1 °C6 January 1983	25.0 °C	1,163 mm	210
1982	34.8 °C6 March 1982	14.9 °C6 January 1982	24.5 °C	1,463 mm	184
1981	36.8 °C13 February 1981	15.8 °C3 December 1981	24.7 °C	1,531 mm	205
1980	36.5 °C10 February 1980	16.8 °C27 December 1980	24.7 °C	1,642 mm	185
1979	35.1 °C28 February 1979	14.9 °C12 December 1979	24.7 °C	1,744 mm	183
1978	36.8 °C24 February 1978	17.3 °C2 January 1978	24.4 °C	1,526 mm	176
1977	36.0 °C23 March 1977	16.6 °C24 December 1977	24.7 °C	1,284 mm	191
1976	36.0 °C5 April 1976	16.2 °C1 December 1976	24.0 °C	1,602 mm	146
1975	34.9 °C12 March 1975	15.1 °C21 January 1975	24.0 °C	1,584 mm	170
1974	34.8 °C19 March 1974	15.5 °C14 January 1974	24.2 °C	1,438 mm	180
1973	38.0 °C20 March 1973	15.8 °C30 November 1973	25.0 °C	1,469 mm	217
1972	36.0 °C26 January 1972	17.3 °C8 November 1972	24.6 °C	1,559 mm	197
1971	36.9 °C17 February 1971	15.2 °C26 December 1971	24.3 °C	1,679 mm	199
1970	36.6 °C9 February 1970	15.9 °C12 December 1970	24.7 °C	1,645 mm	214
1969	37.3 °C18 February 1969	17.3 °C10 January 1969	24.6 °C	1,462 mm	185
1968	35.6 °C7 February 1968	15.4 °C19 January 1968	24.2 °C	1,923 mm	164
1967	36.9 °C15 March 1967	15.8 °C2 January 1967	24.4 °C	1,462 mm	162
1966	38.3 °C16 March 1966	15.6 °C22 December 1966	24.8 °C	1,402 mm	217
1965	34.9 °C5 March 1965	16.9 °C21 December 1965	24.4 °C	1,412 mm	198
1964	37.3 °C20 March 1964	16.5 °C16 January 1964	24.7 °C	979 mm	210
1963	36.7 °C5 February 1963	16.2 °C1 January 1963	24.6 °C	1,426 mm	192
1962	36.7 °C11 February 1962	15.7 °C28 January 1962	24.2 °C	1,454 mm	165
1961	36.2 °C23 March 1961	14.9 °C12 December 1961	24.4 °C	1,233 mm	203
1960	35.6 °C12 February 1960	15.3 °C1 January 1960	24.3 °C	1,595 mm	185
1959	35.2 °C11 March 1959	15.7 °C30 December 1959	24.2 °C	1,475 mm	184
1958	35.9 °C13 March 1958	16.9 °C18 February 1958	24.3 °C	1,167 mm	171
1957	35.0 °C19 February 1957	13.9 °C9 January 1957	23.7 °C	1,684 mm	137
1956	35.8 °C8 February 1956	15.3 °C22 December 1956	23.8 °C	1,365 mm	162
1955	35.8 °C4 March 1955	15.4 °C25 December 1955	24.0 °C	1,559 mm	182
1954	35.2 °C9 February 1954	16.7 °C23 January 1954	23.9 °C	1,404 mm	166
1953	35.4 °C6 March 1953	16.3 °C14 December 1953	24.2 °C	1,287 mm	184
1952	36.4 °C4 March 1952	16.5 °C1 January 1952	24.2 °C	1,404 mm	177
1951	35.5 °C13 March 1951	15.9 °C30 December 1951	24.1 °C	1,717 mm	174
1950	35.3 °C15 March 1950	16.6 °C14 February 1950	23.9 °C	1,394 mm	171
1949	36.7 °C17 February 1949	15.9 °C10 December 1949	24.3 °C	1,111 mm	186
1948	36.5 °C21 February 1948	16.2 °C6 January 1948	24.2 °C	1,442 mm	181
1947	36.4 °C22 February 1947	15.8 °C16 January 1947	24.2 °C	1,598 mm	191
1946	37.9 °C23 February 1946	16.1 °C1 January 1946	24.3 °C	1,159 mm	186
1945	37.9 °C6 April 1945	15.7 °C20 January 1945	24.5 °C	1,213 mm	209
1944	35.5 °C11 February 1944	15.6 °C14 December 1944	24.1 °C	1,516 mm	203
1943	35.7 °C20 February 1943	16.1 °C21 December 1943	23.7 °C	1,150 mm	181
1942	35.2 °C28 February 1942	17.6 °C17 July 1942	24.1 °C	1,319 mm	178
1941	35.5 °C9 March 1941	14.7 °C28 December 1941	24.1 °C	1,352 mm	174
1940	34.4 °C19 February 1940	17.6 °C31 December 1940	24.1 °C	1,301 mm	171

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.9 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

247 d/yr

+48

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1219 mm

-231 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	35.1 °C	+2.3 °C	0 mm	-11 mm
Feb	36.2 °C	+2.4 °C	24 mm	-2 mm
Mar	35.8 °C	+2.6 °C	20 mm	-55 mm
Apr	33.7 °C	+2.1 °C	67 mm	-51 mm
May	31.4 °C	+1.3 °C	176 mm	+12 mm
Jun	29.7 °C	+1.3 °C	152 mm	-40 mm
Jul	27.7 °C	+0.7 °C	154 mm	-26 mm
Aug	27.1 °C	+0.4 °C	196 mm	+24 mm
Sep	28.8 °C	+1.1 °C	222 mm	-21 mm
Oct	30.4 °C	+1.2 °C	174 mm	-37 mm
Nov	33.4 °C	+2.2 °C	33 mm	-13 mm
Dec	34.3 °C	+2.1 °C	2 mm	-11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.9 °C

21 Feb 2025

Coldest day

19.4 °C

2 Jan 2025

Wettest day

78.9 mm

29 May 2025

Windiest day

18.7 km/h

26 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

46.4 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

8 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.3 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

15 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ikirun?

Ikirun has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 1,450 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ikirun?

The hottest day measured in Ikirun between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2024, reaching 40.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ikirun?

The coldest day measured in Ikirun between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 13.9 °C.

Does it snow in Ikirun?

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

Has the climate of Ikirun warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Ikirun?

The wettest day measured in Ikirun between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 1946, with 121 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ikirun?

The windiest day measured in Ikirun between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2017, with winds reaching 23.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ikirun?

The warmest month in Ikirun is February (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is August (22.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Ikirun?

Ikirun receives on average 1,450 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 204 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ikirun?

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

Are there tropical nights in Ikirun?

Yes: Ikirun has on average 318 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ikirun?

In Ikirun, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 10 March 2024, and the lowest was 9.5 °C on 9 January 1957.

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