Kachia climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kachia?

Kachia has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,514 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kachia between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 2024, reaching 40.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kachia?

The coldest day measured in Kachia between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, at 9.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kachia?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kachia warmed?

Yes: Kachia warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kachia?

The wettest day measured in Kachia between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1990, with 134 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kachia?

The windiest day measured in Kachia between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1992, with winds reaching 27.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kachia?

The warmest month in Kachia is March (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is August (21.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kachia?

Kachia receives on average 1,514 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kachia?

Kachia gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kachia (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,514 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 (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is August (21.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Kachia averages 0 frost days, 197 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 167 rainy days per year.

Kachia has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 28 March 2024) and the coldest 9.8 °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.

Climate normals · ERA5

KachiaKaduna State

coords: 9.87°, 7.95°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.6°C

Average daily high

30.2°C

Average daily low

20.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,514mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

60%

Average peak wind

12.0km/h

Seasonal range

6.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

197 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

167 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.4 °C

Average feels-like low

20.6 °C

Average peak gust

28.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

185 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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

40.3 °C

28 March 2024

Coldest day

9.8 °C

8 January 1957

Wettest day

134 mm

27 July 1990

Windiest day

27.4 km/h

21 March 1992

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

5 February 1998

Hottest feels-like

42.0 °C

28 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

4.0 °C

8 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.6 h

12 June 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.4 °C13 March 2025	16.3 °C10 January 2025	26.0 °C	1,393 mm	241
2024	40.3 °C28 March 2024	15.4 °C25 November 2024	25.7 °C	1,419 mm	241
2023	37.5 °C2 March 2023	16.0 °C13 December 2023	25.5 °C	1,259 mm	247
2022	37.9 °C1 April 2022	15.0 °C20 January 2022	25.0 °C	1,331 mm	208
2021	38.8 °C8 April 2021	16.0 °C19 December 2021	25.3 °C	1,259 mm	238
2020	38.2 °C16 April 2020	12.0 °C3 January 2020	25.0 °C	1,226 mm	224
2019	39.0 °C4 April 2019	15.0 °C22 December 2019	24.9 °C	1,714 mm	197
2018	37.2 °C6 February 2018	14.6 °C6 January 2018	24.9 °C	1,470 mm	205
2017	39.7 °C4 April 2017	15.4 °C2 January 2017	25.4 °C	1,412 mm	229
2016	38.0 °C18 February 2016	15.2 °C29 December 2016	25.1 °C	1,581 mm	211
2015	37.5 °C24 April 2015	12.4 °C13 January 2015	25.1 °C	1,307 mm	204
2014	37.5 °C5 April 2014	14.4 °C26 December 2014	24.8 °C	1,648 mm	201
2013	38.9 °C28 February 2013	14.3 °C18 December 2013	25.0 °C	1,513 mm	200
2012	37.2 °C30 March 2012	14.5 °C16 January 2012	24.8 °C	1,744 mm	196
2011	38.4 °C7 March 2011	14.1 °C19 January 2011	25.1 °C	1,312 mm	203
2010	38.7 °C24 February 2010	14.0 °C30 December 2010	25.5 °C	1,719 mm	201
2009	38.7 °C24 March 2009	14.4 °C27 December 2009	25.2 °C	1,535 mm	206
2008	37.6 °C25 March 2008	13.1 °C22 January 2008	24.7 °C	1,473 mm	200
2007	38.3 °C24 March 2007	13.1 °C14 January 2007	24.9 °C	1,401 mm	185
2006	38.9 °C11 April 2006	13.3 °C30 December 2006	25.5 °C	1,466 mm	205
2005	38.8 °C4 March 2005	13.7 °C8 January 2005	25.6 °C	1,431 mm	203
2004	38.6 °C25 March 2004	15.8 °C7 December 2004	25.2 °C	1,441 mm	209
2003	37.9 °C31 March 2003	15.3 °C5 January 2003	25.3 °C	1,327 mm	225
2002	37.7 °C2 April 2002	13.8 °C12 January 2002	24.7 °C	1,323 mm	202
2001	37.6 °C25 March 2001	14.0 °C14 February 2001	24.7 °C	1,411 mm	211
2000	38.0 °C1 April 2000	15.5 °C14 December 2000	24.8 °C	1,382 mm	206
1999	38.7 °C1 April 1999	14.9 °C10 January 1999	24.9 °C	1,658 mm	206
1998	38.6 °C3 April 1998	15.7 °C15 January 1998	25.3 °C	1,684 mm	210
1997	36.1 °C10 March 1997	16.0 °C8 February 1997	24.4 °C	1,791 mm	180
1996	38.1 °C4 April 1996	16.5 °C11 January 1996	24.8 °C	1,720 mm	204
1995	37.7 °C9 March 1995	15.8 °C26 December 1995	24.6 °C	1,607 mm	202
1994	38.7 °C24 March 1994	13.9 °C17 December 1994	24.3 °C	1,821 mm	174
1993	37.3 °C4 March 1993	11.9 °C8 January 1993	24.5 °C	1,489 mm	197
1992	36.4 °C2 April 1992	12.8 °C5 January 1992	23.9 °C	1,535 mm	165
1991	37.3 °C29 March 1991	14.0 °C1 January 1991	24.6 °C	1,529 mm	178
1990	39.0 °C29 March 1990	13.8 °C31 December 1990	24.8 °C	1,436 mm	199
1989	38.1 °C9 April 1989	13.0 °C2 January 1989	24.2 °C	1,522 mm	178
1988	38.1 °C3 April 1988	15.3 °C12 January 1988	24.8 °C	1,755 mm	196
1987	38.8 °C2 May 1987	15.5 °C7 January 1987	25.3 °C	1,851 mm	225
1986	37.5 °C17 April 1986	14.3 °C19 December 1986	24.5 °C	1,576 mm	188
1985	37.2 °C8 March 1985	16.2 °C22 December 1985	24.5 °C	1,533 mm	191
1984	37.0 °C3 March 1984	14.6 °C7 February 1984	24.3 °C	1,560 mm	170
1983	38.8 °C19 April 1983	12.0 °C6 January 1983	24.8 °C	1,159 mm	191
1982	37.0 °C6 April 1982	14.7 °C9 February 1982	24.2 °C	1,522 mm	160
1981	38.3 °C9 April 1981	15.2 °C29 November 1981	24.4 °C	1,388 mm	188
1980	37.6 °C17 March 1980	13.2 °C27 December 1980	24.6 °C	1,508 mm	178
1979	37.3 °C20 March 1979	15.5 °C9 December 1979	24.6 °C	1,876 mm	161
1978	36.8 °C24 February 1978	14.3 °C10 January 1978	24.1 °C	2,078 mm	145
1977	38.4 °C18 April 1977	14.5 °C26 December 1977	24.6 °C	1,346 mm	189
1976	37.3 °C6 April 1976	14.6 °C22 January 1976	23.8 °C	1,705 mm	139
1975	36.8 °C13 March 1975	13.7 °C18 January 1975	23.9 °C	1,622 mm	158
1974	36.6 °C24 March 1974	13.8 °C5 December 1974	24.0 °C	1,647 mm	170
1973	39.0 °C20 March 1973	15.9 °C16 December 1973	24.9 °C	1,529 mm	216
1972	37.5 °C11 March 1972	16.0 °C8 November 1972	24.4 °C	1,705 mm	182
1971	38.0 °C14 March 1971	13.7 °C10 January 1971	24.3 °C	1,540 mm	185
1970	37.5 °C17 February 1970	14.9 °C15 December 1970	24.6 °C	1,473 mm	190
1969	37.9 °C25 March 1969	15.6 °C28 January 1969	24.5 °C	1,702 mm	179
1968	37.8 °C27 March 1968	13.4 °C18 January 1968	24.4 °C	1,600 mm	188
1967	37.9 °C5 April 1967	12.9 °C2 January 1967	24.5 °C	1,471 mm	192
1966	38.2 °C16 March 1966	14.2 °C2 January 1966	24.8 °C	1,491 mm	210
1965	36.8 °C14 April 1965	15.4 °C5 February 1965	24.7 °C	1,290 mm	227
1964	39.4 °C31 March 1964	14.9 °C13 January 1964	25.0 °C	1,247 mm	234
1963	37.7 °C31 March 1963	15.9 °C3 January 1963	24.7 °C	1,595 mm	182
1962	37.3 °C2 April 1962	12.9 °C7 February 1962	24.3 °C	1,654 mm	189
1961	37.0 °C28 March 1961	15.3 °C13 February 1961	24.3 °C	1,443 mm	206
1960	38.9 °C29 March 1960	16.0 °C5 February 1960	24.6 °C	1,620 mm	199
1959	37.8 °C14 April 1959	15.3 °C23 January 1959	24.7 °C	1,322 mm	219
1958	38.1 °C13 March 1958	15.8 °C8 January 1958	24.8 °C	1,458 mm	212
1957	36.3 °C15 March 1957	9.8 °C8 January 1957	23.7 °C	1,805 mm	156
1956	36.7 °C14 February 1956	15.3 °C19 December 1956	24.1 °C	1,511 mm	205
1955	37.0 °C17 March 1955	14.1 °C29 December 1955	24.0 °C	1,754 mm	188
1954	36.4 °C2 March 1954	16.2 °C18 January 1954	23.8 °C	1,557 mm	189
1953	37.3 °C24 April 1953	14.6 °C31 January 1953	24.2 °C	1,587 mm	189
1952	36.5 °C13 April 1952	15.6 °C12 November 1952	24.1 °C	1,386 mm	177
1951	37.7 °C14 March 1951	15.0 °C31 December 1951	24.0 °C	1,671 mm	164
1950	36.5 °C28 February 1950	15.4 °C15 August 1950	23.7 °C	1,432 mm	174
1949	37.2 °C23 April 1949	14.3 °C8 February 1949	24.8 °C	845 mm	231
1948	37.2 °C25 March 1948	14.5 °C4 February 1948	23.9 °C	1,687 mm	189
1947	37.4 °C19 April 1947	14.9 °C20 January 1947	24.3 °C	1,833 mm	202
1946	37.2 °C30 March 1946	14.5 °C21 January 1946	24.0 °C	1,560 mm	189
1945	37.6 °C10 April 1945	13.1 °C3 February 1945	23.9 °C	1,631 mm	195
1944	36.7 °C1 March 1944	14.8 °C2 February 1944	24.0 °C	1,873 mm	218
1943	36.8 °C24 April 1943	16.4 °C12 January 1943	24.3 °C	1,119 mm	214
1942	37.1 °C9 April 1942	15.1 °C4 November 1942	24.4 °C	1,224 mm	199
1941	37.9 °C27 March 1941	14.9 °C27 December 1941	24.6 °C	1,043 mm	213
1940	37.0 °C8 April 1940	15.3 °C19 November 1940	24.2 °C	1,101 mm	190

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.0 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

241 d/yr

+44

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1393 mm

-121 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.9 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	35.4 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Mar	38.0 °C	+3.3 °C	0 mm	-18 mm
Apr	35.7 °C	+2.4 °C	28 mm	-46 mm
May	32.0 °C	+1.9 °C	113 mm	-54 mm
Jun	29.3 °C	+1.6 °C	188 mm	-23 mm
Jul	27.1 °C	+1.2 °C	317 mm	+32 mm
Aug	26.1 °C	+0.5 °C	361 mm	+25 mm
Sep	28.4 °C	+1.2 °C	281 mm	-3 mm
Oct	30.5 °C	+1.2 °C	105 mm	-23 mm
Nov	33.9 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	-6 mm
Dec	34.1 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.4 °C

13 Mar 2025

Coldest day

16.3 °C

10 Jan 2025

Wettest day

36.0 mm

31 Jul 2025

Windiest day

22.0 km/h

22 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

48.6 km/h

22 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.5 °C

29 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.6 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

6 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kachia?

Kachia has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,514 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kachia?

The hottest day measured in Kachia between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 2024, reaching 40.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kachia?

The coldest day measured in Kachia between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, at 9.8 °C.

Does it snow in Kachia?

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

Has the climate of Kachia warmed?

Yes: Kachia warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kachia?

The wettest day measured in Kachia between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1990, with 134 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kachia?

The windiest day measured in Kachia between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1992, with winds reaching 27.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kachia?

The warmest month in Kachia is March (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is August (21.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Kachia?

Kachia receives on average 1,514 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kachia?

Kachia gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kachia?

Yes: Kachia has on average 185 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kachia?

In Kachia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.0 °C on 28 March 2024, and the lowest was 4.0 °C on 8 January 1957.

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