Jebba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Jebba?

Jebba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 837 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Jebba between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 1973, reaching 42.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Jebba?

The coldest day measured in Jebba between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 13.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Jebba?

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

Q: Has the climate of Jebba warmed?

Yes: Jebba warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Jebba?

The wettest day measured in Jebba between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1973, with 133 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Jebba?

The windiest day measured in Jebba between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 1995, with winds reaching 22.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Jebba?

The warmest month in Jebba is March (30.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Jebba?

Jebba receives on average 837 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Jebba?

Jebba gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Jebba (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 837 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 (30.5 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Jebba averages 0 frost days, 315 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.

Jebba has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.0 °C (on 20 March 1973) and the coldest 13.4 °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

JebbaKwara State

coords: 9.12°, 4.82°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.5°C

Average daily high

33.6°C

Average daily low

22.9°C

Annual rainfall

837mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

12.4km/h

Seasonal range

5.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

315 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

125 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.2 °C

Average feels-like low

25.3 °C

Average peak gust

28.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

330 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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

42.0 °C

20 March 1973

Coldest day

13.4 °C

9 January 1957

Wettest day

133 mm

31 July 1973

Windiest day

22.5 km/h

20 April 1995

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

1 April 2007

Hottest feels-like

47.1 °C

2 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

10.6 °C

9 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.3 h

29 May 1950

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.4 °C4 March 2025	18.3 °C11 January 2025	28.9 °C	622 mm	336
2024	41.7 °C11 March 2024	16.9 °C20 December 2024	28.9 °C	556 mm	353
2023	40.6 °C7 April 2023	17.0 °C13 December 2023	28.7 °C	687 mm	348
2022	41.3 °C7 April 2022	16.9 °C31 January 2022	28.0 °C	811 mm	328
2021	40.5 °C9 March 2021	18.3 °C19 February 2021	28.5 °C	558 mm	340
2020	40.5 °C11 March 2020	14.5 °C3 January 2020	27.9 °C	954 mm	315
2019	41.4 °C28 March 2019	16.7 °C23 December 2019	28.1 °C	1,077 mm	326
2018	40.2 °C7 February 2018	17.1 °C5 January 2018	27.9 °C	903 mm	326
2017	41.8 °C4 April 2017	18.2 °C10 January 2017	28.4 °C	897 mm	333
2016	41.3 °C2 March 2016	17.1 °C30 January 2016	28.3 °C	1,217 mm	335
2015	39.7 °C3 May 2015	14.3 °C13 January 2015	28.2 °C	703 mm	331
2014	40.1 °C9 March 2014	17.7 °C26 December 2014	28.1 °C	949 mm	325
2013	40.7 °C28 February 2013	16.4 °C18 December 2013	28.3 °C	868 mm	329
2012	40.1 °C29 March 2012	15.7 °C15 January 2012	27.9 °C	1,029 mm	314
2011	40.5 °C29 March 2011	15.3 °C16 January 2011	28.1 °C	709 mm	328
2010	40.7 °C13 March 2010	16.3 °C31 December 2010	28.4 °C	882 mm	327
2009	39.5 °C23 March 2009	15.4 °C27 December 2009	28.2 °C	654 mm	330
2008	40.0 °C27 March 2008	15.4 °C23 January 2008	27.6 °C	914 mm	315
2007	40.4 °C1 April 2007	14.8 °C14 January 2007	27.8 °C	849 mm	321
2006	40.8 °C12 April 2006	15.2 °C30 December 2006	28.3 °C	885 mm	322
2005	40.6 °C5 March 2005	15.8 °C9 January 2005	28.4 °C	761 mm	325
2004	39.5 °C1 April 2004	18.2 °C5 February 2004	28.0 °C	747 mm	323
2003	40.3 °C2 April 2003	17.1 °C9 December 2003	28.2 °C	765 mm	326
2002	39.5 °C23 February 2002	16.2 °C27 December 2002	27.8 °C	965 mm	320
2001	40.2 °C2 April 2001	17.0 °C10 January 2001	27.8 °C	657 mm	318
2000	39.9 °C1 April 2000	16.9 °C2 February 2000	27.5 °C	1,002 mm	307
1999	40.6 °C1 April 1999	17.1 °C17 December 1999	27.7 °C	984 mm	295
1998	41.8 °C12 April 1998	17.1 °C12 January 1998	28.1 °C	1,018 mm	314
1997	39.3 °C12 March 1997	17.7 °C31 January 1997	27.5 °C	859 mm	321
1996	40.2 °C7 April 1996	17.4 °C4 January 1996	27.8 °C	1,089 mm	305
1995	40.6 °C12 April 1995	17.3 °C7 January 1995	27.5 °C	1,048 mm	316
1994	41.5 °C29 March 1994	16.3 °C18 December 1994	27.4 °C	985 mm	305
1993	39.9 °C12 April 1993	16.0 °C12 January 1993	27.7 °C	807 mm	322
1992	39.6 °C10 March 1992	14.2 °C5 January 1992	27.0 °C	941 mm	295
1991	40.3 °C26 March 1991	16.5 °C1 January 1991	27.5 °C	1,085 mm	312
1990	40.1 °C1 April 1990	19.0 °C2 January 1990	27.8 °C	885 mm	317
1989	39.8 °C9 April 1989	15.5 °C3 January 1989	27.1 °C	973 mm	313
1988	40.7 °C6 April 1988	17.7 °C24 December 1988	27.8 °C	1,058 mm	308
1987	40.2 °C3 May 1987	18.6 °C9 January 1987	28.4 °C	810 mm	346
1986	40.5 °C13 April 1986	16.8 °C21 December 1986	27.5 °C	839 mm	303
1985	41.0 °C12 March 1985	18.2 °C6 December 1985	27.5 °C	1,002 mm	304
1984	40.2 °C4 March 1984	16.9 °C13 December 1984	27.6 °C	785 mm	339
1983	41.1 °C27 March 1983	15.0 °C6 January 1983	27.8 °C	642 mm	319
1982	40.0 °C7 April 1982	16.5 °C6 January 1982	27.3 °C	820 mm	318
1981	40.1 °C10 April 1981	16.4 °C8 January 1981	27.4 °C	809 mm	321
1980	40.6 °C1 April 1980	15.9 °C27 December 1980	27.6 °C	1,112 mm	318
1979	39.8 °C21 March 1979	16.2 °C17 December 1979	27.3 °C	1,032 mm	321
1978	40.3 °C24 February 1978	15.3 °C11 January 1978	27.2 °C	924 mm	305
1977	40.4 °C18 April 1977	16.9 °C27 December 1977	27.5 °C	698 mm	316
1976	40.7 °C5 April 1976	16.9 °C22 January 1976	27.0 °C	893 mm	293
1975	38.8 °C14 March 1975	15.3 °C18 January 1975	26.7 °C	919 mm	283
1974	40.2 °C21 March 1974	15.7 °C30 December 1974	26.9 °C	769 mm	292
1973	42.0 °C20 March 1973	16.5 °C2 December 1973	27.8 °C	990 mm	326
1972	39.6 °C11 March 1972	16.9 °C21 November 1972	27.2 °C	944 mm	322
1971	41.0 °C18 March 1971	15.7 °C26 December 1971	27.1 °C	895 mm	308
1970	39.9 °C9 April 1970	15.8 °C14 December 1970	27.2 °C	903 mm	299
1969	40.7 °C7 March 1969	16.4 °C10 January 1969	26.9 °C	995 mm	284
1968	40.2 °C27 March 1968	15.5 °C18 January 1968	27.1 °C	1,125 mm	308
1967	40.0 °C5 April 1967	14.7 °C2 January 1967	27.0 °C	873 mm	293
1966	41.1 °C10 March 1966	15.0 °C5 January 1966	27.4 °C	726 mm	339
1965	39.9 °C15 April 1965	16.9 °C18 December 1965	27.5 °C	644 mm	339
1964	41.3 °C31 March 1964	15.4 °C13 January 1964	27.7 °C	568 mm	333
1963	40.5 °C31 March 1963	16.8 °C9 December 1963	27.4 °C	836 mm	333
1962	40.0 °C4 March 1962	15.2 °C8 February 1962	27.0 °C	840 mm	311
1961	40.4 °C23 March 1961	15.6 °C11 December 1961	27.1 °C	656 mm	313
1960	39.2 °C9 March 1960	16.5 °C2 January 1960	27.3 °C	822 mm	328
1959	39.8 °C11 April 1959	15.8 °C23 January 1959	27.3 °C	803 mm	315
1958	40.3 °C26 March 1958	16.4 °C9 January 1958	27.4 °C	512 mm	299
1957	38.0 °C17 March 1957	13.4 °C9 January 1957	26.3 °C	1,072 mm	275
1956	38.8 °C6 April 1956	15.8 °C26 January 1956	26.6 °C	686 mm	284
1955	39.1 °C4 April 1955	15.5 °C28 December 1955	26.5 °C	952 mm	269
1954	39.4 °C15 March 1954	17.3 °C20 January 1954	26.8 °C	692 mm	298
1953	39.5 °C29 April 1953	16.5 °C15 December 1953	27.0 °C	648 mm	306
1952	38.5 °C17 March 1952	16.1 °C8 January 1952	26.8 °C	703 mm	302
1951	39.4 °C14 March 1951	15.4 °C31 December 1951	26.6 °C	1,047 mm	304
1950	40.1 °C31 March 1950	18.1 °C21 February 1950	26.7 °C	781 mm	279
1949	39.2 °C14 March 1949	16.2 °C8 February 1949	27.5 °C	493 mm	332
1948	39.1 °C30 March 1948	15.1 °C4 February 1948	26.4 °C	755 mm	296
1947	39.8 °C17 April 1947	16.1 °C22 January 1947	26.8 °C	1,020 mm	263
1946	39.4 °C10 March 1946	15.1 °C20 January 1946	26.7 °C	589 mm	304
1945	39.6 °C7 April 1945	14.2 °C3 February 1945	26.2 °C	789 mm	297
1944	39.4 °C1 March 1944	16.1 °C5 February 1944	26.7 °C	920 mm	285
1943	39.5 °C1 March 1943	17.6 °C11 January 1943	26.9 °C	576 mm	304
1942	39.5 °C30 March 1942	16.7 °C28 January 1942	27.2 °C	640 mm	317
1941	40.5 °C28 March 1941	15.7 °C27 December 1941	27.4 °C	608 mm	343
1940	38.7 °C9 April 1940	18.3 °C2 December 1940	27.4 °C	510 mm	345

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.2 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

336 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

622 mm

-216 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.0 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	37.9 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Mar	39.8 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-13 mm
Apr	39.1 °C	+2.2 °C	8 mm	-34 mm
May	36.3 °C	+1.6 °C	87 mm	-3 mm
Jun	33.8 °C	+1.7 °C	54 mm	-63 mm
Jul	31.0 °C	+0.9 °C	140 mm	-12 mm
Aug	30.1 °C	+0.7 °C	123 mm	-54 mm
Sep	31.8 °C	+1.5 °C	140 mm	-35 mm
Oct	33.6 °C	+1.4 °C	71 mm	+5 mm
Nov	36.5 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Dec	36.7 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.4 °C

4 Mar 2025

Coldest day

18.3 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

41.4 mm

29 May 2025

Windiest day

20.6 km/h

26 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

46.8 km/h

26 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.6 °C

22 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.1 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

31 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Jebba?

Jebba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 837 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jebba?

The hottest day measured in Jebba between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 1973, reaching 42.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Jebba?

The coldest day measured in Jebba between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 13.4 °C.

Does it snow in Jebba?

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

Has the climate of Jebba warmed?

Yes: Jebba warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Jebba?

The wettest day measured in Jebba between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1973, with 133 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Jebba?

The windiest day measured in Jebba between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 1995, with winds reaching 22.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Jebba?

The warmest month in Jebba is March (30.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Jebba?

Jebba receives on average 837 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Jebba?

Jebba gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Jebba?

Yes: Jebba has on average 330 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jebba?

In Jebba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.1 °C on 2 April 2024, and the lowest was 10.6 °C on 9 January 1957.

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