Kagoro climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kagoro?

Kagoro has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 1,742 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kagoro between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1977, reaching 39.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kagoro?

The coldest day measured in Kagoro between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, at 10.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kagoro?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kagoro warmed?

Yes: Kagoro warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kagoro?

The wettest day measured in Kagoro between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1990, with 199 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kagoro?

The windiest day measured in Kagoro between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1992, with winds reaching 25.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kagoro?

The warmest month in Kagoro is March (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (21.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kagoro?

Kagoro receives on average 1,742 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kagoro?

Kagoro gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kagoro (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 1,742 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 (27.3 °C on average) and the coldest is August (21.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Kagoro averages 0 frost days, 174 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 179 rainy days per year.

Kagoro has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 19 April 1977) and the coldest 10.2 °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

KagoroKaduna State

coords: 9.61°, 8.39°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

23.9°C

Average daily high

29.5°C

Average daily low

19.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,742mm

Sunshine / day

9.3h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

9.8km/h

Seasonal range

5.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

174 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

179 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.9 °C

Average feels-like low

20.1 °C

Average peak gust

27.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

131 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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

39.2 °C

19 April 1977

Coldest day

10.2 °C

8 January 1957

Wettest day

199 mm

27 July 1990

Windiest day

25.6 km/h

21 March 1992

Strongest gust

56.9 km/h

15 February 1985

Hottest feels-like

41.2 °C

28 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

4.9 °C

8 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.5 h

12 June 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.4 °C13 March 2025	15.1 °C13 January 2025	25.0 °C	1,529 mm	215
2024	38.5 °C28 March 2024	13.9 °C25 November 2024	24.9 °C	1,469 mm	218
2023	37.5 °C5 March 2023	15.0 °C19 January 2023	24.6 °C	1,473 mm	201
2022	36.9 °C1 April 2022	14.5 °C2 February 2022	24.1 °C	1,540 mm	189
2021	37.8 °C8 April 2021	15.1 °C28 November 2021	24.5 °C	1,184 mm	209
2020	38.4 °C16 April 2020	12.3 °C3 January 2020	24.2 °C	1,442 mm	201
2019	38.5 °C4 April 2019	13.4 °C22 December 2019	24.2 °C	1,935 mm	176
2018	36.9 °C14 March 2018	13.7 °C6 January 2018	24.3 °C	1,657 mm	171
2017	38.7 °C25 March 2017	14.3 °C10 January 2017	24.7 °C	1,602 mm	209
2016	37.3 °C29 February 2016	14.8 °C29 December 2016	24.3 °C	1,822 mm	188
2015	37.6 °C24 April 2015	12.4 °C13 January 2015	24.4 °C	1,515 mm	171
2014	37.3 °C19 March 2014	13.3 °C26 December 2014	24.0 °C	1,933 mm	172
2013	38.3 °C28 February 2013	13.9 °C19 December 2013	24.2 °C	1,848 mm	175
2012	36.8 °C1 April 2012	13.3 °C17 January 2012	24.1 °C	2,009 mm	172
2011	37.5 °C14 April 2011	13.4 °C25 November 2011	24.3 °C	1,479 mm	174
2010	38.4 °C4 April 2010	13.1 °C22 December 2010	24.7 °C	1,854 mm	175
2009	37.9 °C29 March 2009	13.3 °C27 December 2009	24.4 °C	1,885 mm	173
2008	37.8 °C25 March 2008	13.2 °C22 January 2008	24.0 °C	1,669 mm	177
2007	38.5 °C24 March 2007	13.0 °C14 January 2007	24.1 °C	1,417 mm	163
2006	38.2 °C11 April 2006	13.0 °C30 December 2006	24.7 °C	1,706 mm	183
2005	38.2 °C4 March 2005	13.5 °C8 January 2005	24.8 °C	1,483 mm	191
2004	37.9 °C25 March 2004	14.4 °C7 December 2004	24.3 °C	1,673 mm	184
2003	37.3 °C31 March 2003	13.3 °C9 December 2003	24.5 °C	1,569 mm	205
2002	37.7 °C15 March 2002	13.6 °C5 January 2002	24.0 °C	1,548 mm	185
2001	36.8 °C25 March 2001	14.2 °C10 January 2001	24.0 °C	1,757 mm	184
2000	37.8 °C1 April 2000	14.6 °C24 November 2000	24.1 °C	1,527 mm	197
1999	38.8 °C1 April 1999	14.4 °C15 December 1999	24.2 °C	1,989 mm	183
1998	38.8 °C3 April 1998	15.0 °C7 November 1998	24.6 °C	1,898 mm	188
1997	36.4 °C18 March 1997	15.3 °C11 November 1997	23.8 °C	2,041 mm	156
1996	38.0 °C4 April 1996	15.1 °C1 January 1996	24.0 °C	1,928 mm	186
1995	37.9 °C31 March 1995	15.0 °C14 November 1995	23.9 °C	1,901 mm	167
1994	38.4 °C31 March 1994	14.1 °C17 December 1994	23.7 °C	2,078 mm	155
1993	36.9 °C2 March 1993	12.4 °C8 January 1993	23.8 °C	1,756 mm	171
1992	36.0 °C2 April 1992	13.2 °C5 January 1992	23.3 °C	1,766 mm	141
1991	37.9 °C29 March 1991	13.8 °C1 January 1991	23.8 °C	1,817 mm	156
1990	38.0 °C29 March 1990	14.1 °C31 December 1990	24.0 °C	1,824 mm	176
1989	38.2 °C9 April 1989	13.3 °C2 January 1989	23.6 °C	1,723 mm	161
1988	37.9 °C1 April 1988	15.1 °C30 December 1988	24.1 °C	1,849 mm	182
1987	38.6 °C2 May 1987	14.3 °C9 April 1987	24.5 °C	2,078 mm	205
1986	36.4 °C17 April 1986	14.3 °C9 December 1986	23.8 °C	1,788 mm	165
1985	36.3 °C10 March 1985	15.7 °C22 December 1985	23.8 °C	1,597 mm	171
1984	36.1 °C1 April 1984	14.7 °C7 February 1984	23.7 °C	1,772 mm	151
1983	38.8 °C21 April 1983	12.4 °C6 January 1983	24.1 °C	1,413 mm	178
1982	36.4 °C6 April 1982	14.1 °C27 November 1982	23.5 °C	1,826 mm	134
1981	37.6 °C8 April 1981	14.1 °C29 November 1981	23.6 °C	1,758 mm	156
1980	37.4 °C17 March 1980	13.6 °C27 December 1980	23.9 °C	1,806 mm	150
1979	36.5 °C12 April 1979	14.3 °C27 December 1979	23.9 °C	2,261 mm	139
1978	36.4 °C29 March 1978	14.1 °C13 November 1978	23.3 °C	2,655 mm	120
1977	39.2 °C19 April 1977	14.5 °C26 December 1977	23.9 °C	1,543 mm	165
1976	37.2 °C6 April 1976	14.0 °C12 November 1976	23.1 °C	2,174 mm	117
1975	36.8 °C13 March 1975	13.8 °C17 January 1975	23.2 °C	1,938 mm	132
1974	37.4 °C24 March 1974	13.9 °C14 January 1974	23.3 °C	1,984 mm	137
1973	38.5 °C20 March 1973	15.2 °C2 November 1973	24.1 °C	1,698 mm	178
1972	37.2 °C11 March 1972	14.4 °C8 November 1972	23.7 °C	1,947 mm	154
1971	37.0 °C18 March 1971	13.9 °C10 January 1971	23.6 °C	1,966 mm	168
1970	37.7 °C2 April 1970	14.2 °C15 December 1970	23.9 °C	1,716 mm	171
1969	38.0 °C25 March 1969	15.0 °C20 November 1969	23.7 °C	2,122 mm	156
1968	37.1 °C27 March 1968	12.5 °C19 January 1968	23.7 °C	1,892 mm	164
1967	38.0 °C3 April 1967	12.7 °C2 January 1967	23.7 °C	1,668 mm	169
1966	37.3 °C16 March 1966	13.8 °C5 January 1966	24.1 °C	1,680 mm	198
1965	36.6 °C14 April 1965	14.5 °C5 February 1965	24.0 °C	1,453 mm	197
1964	38.8 °C31 March 1964	14.6 °C12 January 1964	24.3 °C	1,314 mm	214
1963	37.6 °C25 March 1963	14.8 °C11 December 1963	23.9 °C	1,712 mm	159
1962	37.0 °C24 March 1962	13.6 °C7 February 1962	23.6 °C	1,904 mm	171
1961	36.8 °C29 March 1961	15.1 °C15 December 1961	23.6 °C	1,633 mm	185
1960	38.4 °C29 March 1960	15.4 °C10 November 1960	23.8 °C	1,938 mm	168
1959	38.4 °C12 April 1959	14.4 °C30 December 1959	24.0 °C	1,524 mm	202
1958	38.2 °C27 March 1958	14.4 °C8 January 1958	24.0 °C	1,569 mm	190
1957	35.9 °C20 March 1957	10.2 °C8 January 1957	23.1 °C	2,050 mm	141
1956	36.5 °C6 April 1956	13.4 °C5 January 1956	23.3 °C	1,811 mm	178
1955	36.9 °C16 March 1955	13.6 °C31 December 1955	23.3 °C	1,880 mm	168
1954	35.8 °C2 March 1954	15.3 °C24 January 1954	23.2 °C	1,704 mm	162
1953	37.2 °C21 April 1953	14.6 °C1 February 1953	23.5 °C	1,905 mm	175
1952	36.2 °C28 March 1952	15.0 °C7 January 1952	23.5 °C	1,648 mm	156
1951	37.3 °C14 March 1951	13.8 °C30 December 1951	23.4 °C	1,989 mm	148
1950	37.3 °C8 April 1950	15.0 °C12 November 1950	23.0 °C	1,780 mm	150
1949	37.0 °C19 April 1949	14.4 °C8 February 1949	23.9 °C	1,087 mm	197
1948	36.8 °C25 March 1948	14.3 °C4 February 1948	23.4 °C	1,751 mm	168
1947	37.5 °C19 April 1947	15.0 °C21 January 1947	23.6 °C	1,725 mm	184
1946	37.5 °C15 March 1946	14.4 °C20 January 1946	23.3 °C	1,769 mm	171
1945	37.1 °C10 April 1945	13.3 °C3 February 1945	23.3 °C	1,625 mm	189
1944	36.7 °C1 March 1944	14.7 °C2 February 1944	23.4 °C	2,170 mm	197
1943	36.5 °C23 April 1943	15.5 °C27 November 1943	23.6 °C	1,389 mm	200
1942	36.7 °C8 April 1942	14.0 °C4 November 1942	23.5 °C	1,340 mm	172
1941	37.5 °C27 March 1941	14.2 °C27 December 1941	23.8 °C	1,340 mm	185
1940	36.5 °C8 April 1940	14.0 °C18 November 1940	23.4 °C	1,438 mm	157

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.1 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

215 d/yr

+41

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1529 mm

-213 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.3 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Feb	34.7 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Mar	37.1 °C	+2.9 °C	0 mm	-16 mm
Apr	34.4 °C	+1.9 °C	38 mm	-37 mm
May	30.3 °C	+1.4 °C	140 mm	-53 mm
Jun	28.3 °C	+1.6 °C	202 mm	-55 mm
Jul	26.4 °C	+1.4 °C	329 mm	-8 mm
Aug	25.3 °C	+0.6 °C	410 mm	+43 mm
Sep	27.5 °C	+1.2 °C	277 mm	-47 mm
Oct	29.7 °C	+1.1 °C	132 mm	-25 mm
Nov	33.0 °C	+2.0 °C	1 mm	-9 mm
Dec	33.1 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.4 °C

13 Mar 2025

Coldest day

15.1 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

48.1 mm

22 Aug 2025

Windiest day

20.3 km/h

22 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

47.9 km/h

22 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.6 °C

29 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.3 °C

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

23 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kagoro?

Kagoro has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 1,742 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kagoro?

The hottest day measured in Kagoro between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1977, reaching 39.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kagoro?

The coldest day measured in Kagoro between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, at 10.2 °C.

Does it snow in Kagoro?

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

Has the climate of Kagoro warmed?

Yes: Kagoro warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kagoro?

The wettest day measured in Kagoro between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1990, with 199 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kagoro?

The windiest day measured in Kagoro between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1992, with winds reaching 25.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kagoro?

The warmest month in Kagoro is March (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (21.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Kagoro?

Kagoro receives on average 1,742 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kagoro?

Kagoro gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kagoro?

Yes: Kagoro has on average 131 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kagoro?

In Kagoro, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 28 March 2024, and the lowest was 4.9 °C on 8 January 1957.

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