Keffi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Keffi?

Keffi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 1,143 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Keffi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 2017, reaching 40.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Keffi?

The coldest day measured in Keffi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 14.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Keffi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Keffi warmed?

Yes: Keffi warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Keffi?

The wettest day measured in Keffi between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1962, with 173 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Keffi?

The windiest day measured in Keffi between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2007, with winds reaching 24.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Keffi?

The warmest month in Keffi is March (30.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Keffi?

Keffi receives on average 1,143 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Keffi?

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

Keffi (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 1,143 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 (30.1 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Keffi averages 0 frost days, 248 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.

Keffi has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.5 °C (on 4 April 2017) and the coldest 14.8 °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

KeffiNasarawa State

coords: 8.85°, 7.87°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.9°C

Average daily high

31.9°C

Average daily low

22.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,143mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

64%

Average peak wind

9.4km/h

Seasonal range

5.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

248 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

153 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.4 °C

Average feels-like low

24.9 °C

Average peak gust

24.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

336 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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

40.5 °C

4 April 2017

Coldest day

14.8 °C

9 January 1957

Wettest day

173 mm

3 September 1962

Windiest day

24.5 km/h

31 March 2007

Strongest gust

56.2 km/h

31 March 2007

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

18 April 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.1 °C

9 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.5 h

13 June 1949

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.9 °C4 March 2025	18.0 °C13 January 2025	28.3 °C	1,123 mm	290
2024	40.1 °C28 March 2024	16.8 °C18 January 2024	28.1 °C	948 mm	295
2023	38.3 °C27 February 2023	17.2 °C10 January 2023	27.8 °C	1,100 mm	303
2022	39.7 °C1 April 2022	17.1 °C31 December 2022	27.1 °C	931 mm	269
2021	39.1 °C8 April 2021	18.0 °C25 January 2021	27.7 °C	945 mm	298
2020	39.4 °C11 March 2020	15.7 °C3 January 2020	27.3 °C	926 mm	267
2019	40.1 °C4 April 2019	16.8 °C24 December 2019	27.3 °C	1,474 mm	264
2018	39.1 °C6 February 2018	16.6 °C19 January 2018	27.3 °C	1,021 mm	274
2017	40.5 °C4 April 2017	17.2 °C2 January 2017	27.8 °C	943 mm	282
2016	39.3 °C17 February 2016	17.8 °C31 January 2016	27.3 °C	1,273 mm	276
2015	39.3 °C15 March 2015	15.0 °C13 January 2015	27.3 °C	924 mm	276
2014	38.3 °C4 April 2014	17.0 °C5 January 2014	27.1 °C	1,301 mm	256
2013	39.7 °C15 March 2013	16.6 °C19 December 2013	27.2 °C	1,233 mm	258
2012	39.0 °C14 March 2012	16.7 °C12 January 2012	27.1 °C	1,598 mm	245
2011	38.5 °C20 February 2011	16.0 °C19 January 2011	27.3 °C	968 mm	269
2010	39.8 °C18 April 2010	15.9 °C31 December 2010	27.8 °C	1,174 mm	280
2009	39.0 °C24 March 2009	15.5 °C27 December 2009	27.4 °C	1,181 mm	278
2008	38.1 °C4 March 2008	16.6 °C23 January 2008	27.0 °C	1,110 mm	269
2007	39.4 °C31 March 2007	16.3 °C14 January 2007	27.2 °C	1,040 mm	258
2006	40.1 °C11 April 2006	15.5 °C30 December 2006	27.8 °C	1,091 mm	274
2005	40.0 °C4 March 2005	16.4 °C13 January 2005	27.8 °C	1,062 mm	256
2004	38.7 °C11 February 2004	18.9 °C18 December 2004	27.3 °C	1,108 mm	256
2003	40.2 °C24 March 2003	16.5 °C5 January 2003	27.5 °C	972 mm	258
2002	38.8 °C23 February 2002	17.4 °C5 January 2002	27.1 °C	1,130 mm	249
2001	38.2 °C25 March 2001	16.5 °C10 January 2001	27.1 °C	992 mm	249
2000	38.2 °C1 April 2000	17.7 °C7 December 2000	27.0 °C	1,158 mm	241
1999	39.7 °C24 March 1999	16.5 °C17 December 1999	27.1 °C	1,308 mm	238
1998	40.1 °C13 April 1998	18.7 °C24 December 1998	27.7 °C	1,303 mm	267
1997	38.2 °C18 March 1997	19.5 °C8 February 1997	26.8 °C	1,258 mm	250
1996	38.7 °C7 April 1996	17.7 °C2 January 1996	27.0 °C	1,289 mm	240
1995	38.8 °C10 April 1995	17.9 °C26 December 1995	26.8 °C	1,480 mm	237
1994	39.5 °C28 March 1994	17.2 °C16 January 1994	26.7 °C	1,608 mm	246
1993	38.2 °C10 April 1993	16.9 °C8 January 1993	26.8 °C	1,256 mm	254
1992	38.5 °C1 April 1992	16.7 °C5 January 1992	26.3 °C	1,174 mm	230
1991	38.5 °C4 March 1991	17.6 °C1 January 1991	26.8 °C	1,364 mm	234
1990	39.5 °C29 March 1990	19.0 °C25 February 1990	27.0 °C	1,152 mm	247
1989	39.1 °C4 April 1989	16.0 °C17 January 1989	26.6 °C	1,038 mm	248
1988	39.0 °C29 February 1988	19.0 °C30 December 1988	27.0 °C	1,465 mm	250
1987	40.0 °C2 May 1987	17.7 °C9 January 1987	27.5 °C	1,234 mm	272
1986	38.6 °C2 February 1986	16.8 °C9 December 1986	26.8 °C	1,150 mm	239
1985	38.0 °C17 March 1985	19.7 °C5 February 1985	26.7 °C	1,213 mm	241
1984	38.2 °C29 March 1984	18.5 °C26 January 1984	26.8 °C	1,256 mm	241
1983	39.3 °C25 March 1983	16.2 °C25 January 1983	27.3 °C	984 mm	257
1982	37.1 °C21 February 1982	16.7 °C14 December 1982	26.5 °C	1,400 mm	235
1981	39.3 °C9 April 1981	16.0 °C29 November 1981	26.6 °C	1,177 mm	248
1980	38.5 °C15 March 1980	16.9 °C9 January 1980	26.8 °C	1,588 mm	245
1979	38.7 °C21 March 1979	17.0 °C19 December 1979	26.9 °C	1,259 mm	257
1978	38.0 °C24 February 1978	16.4 °C11 January 1978	26.3 °C	1,421 mm	233
1977	39.5 °C17 April 1977	17.7 °C24 December 1977	26.9 °C	969 mm	248
1976	38.4 °C5 April 1976	16.3 °C3 January 1976	26.1 °C	1,211 mm	215
1975	36.8 °C12 March 1975	15.9 °C8 December 1975	26.1 °C	1,254 mm	223
1974	38.3 °C24 March 1974	16.6 °C14 January 1974	26.4 °C	1,180 mm	236
1973	38.6 °C20 March 1973	18.2 °C13 November 1973	27.1 °C	1,130 mm	273
1972	38.2 °C24 February 1972	17.4 °C13 November 1972	26.6 °C	1,224 mm	257
1971	39.1 °C18 March 1971	17.1 °C29 December 1971	26.6 °C	1,353 mm	256
1970	39.4 °C17 February 1970	17.1 °C15 December 1970	26.7 °C	1,382 mm	261
1969	38.9 °C3 March 1969	18.3 °C9 January 1969	26.6 °C	1,357 mm	231
1968	39.0 °C9 April 1968	15.6 °C19 January 1968	26.6 °C	1,310 mm	251
1967	38.3 °C21 April 1967	16.2 °C2 January 1967	26.6 °C	1,131 mm	247
1966	38.7 °C16 March 1966	17.0 °C6 January 1966	27.0 °C	907 mm	252
1965	38.1 °C10 April 1965	17.3 °C5 February 1965	27.0 °C	859 mm	257
1964	39.5 °C31 March 1964	17.4 °C13 January 1964	27.3 °C	640 mm	257
1963	38.6 °C30 March 1963	17.9 °C3 January 1963	26.9 °C	1,098 mm	243
1962	38.2 °C3 March 1962	17.3 °C7 January 1962	26.4 °C	1,291 mm	223
1961	38.2 °C29 March 1961	17.0 °C11 January 1961	26.6 °C	890 mm	241
1960	38.3 °C28 March 1960	18.2 °C3 January 1960	26.7 °C	996 mm	230
1959	38.5 °C16 March 1959	17.3 °C30 December 1959	26.9 °C	1,075 mm	239
1958	38.7 °C13 March 1958	17.2 °C8 January 1958	26.9 °C	895 mm	220
1957	37.5 °C20 March 1957	14.8 °C9 January 1957	25.9 °C	1,321 mm	188
1956	37.8 °C14 February 1956	17.3 °C1 January 1956	26.1 °C	1,101 mm	231
1955	37.6 °C20 March 1955	16.9 °C31 December 1955	26.2 °C	1,323 mm	213
1954	36.5 °C4 March 1954	17.2 °C10 December 1954	26.1 °C	851 mm	213
1953	38.6 °C21 April 1953	17.1 °C15 December 1953	26.4 °C	1,129 mm	219
1952	37.7 °C28 February 1952	17.5 °C7 January 1952	26.4 °C	1,053 mm	226
1951	37.4 °C14 March 1951	16.8 °C31 December 1951	26.2 °C	1,304 mm	224
1950	37.9 °C28 February 1950	17.6 °C15 August 1950	25.9 °C	1,033 mm	210
1949	38.0 °C16 February 1949	17.7 °C22 December 1949	26.9 °C	609 mm	260
1948	38.0 °C30 March 1948	17.3 °C4 February 1948	26.2 °C	1,294 mm	219
1947	38.5 °C21 February 1947	17.8 °C21 January 1947	26.4 °C	1,387 mm	222
1946	38.5 °C23 February 1946	16.8 °C1 January 1946	26.3 °C	1,026 mm	213
1945	38.5 °C7 April 1945	16.8 °C4 February 1945	26.3 °C	1,083 mm	221
1944	37.7 °C1 March 1944	17.7 °C6 February 1944	26.3 °C	1,280 mm	239
1943	38.1 °C11 April 1943	18.7 °C14 January 1943	26.4 °C	796 mm	246
1942	38.7 °C10 April 1942	18.0 °C3 November 1942	26.7 °C	884 mm	254
1941	38.8 °C27 March 1941	17.0 °C27 December 1941	26.7 °C	733 mm	237
1940	36.5 °C28 March 1940	17.9 °C18 November 1940	26.3 °C	848 mm	221

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.7 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

290 d/yr

+42

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1123 mm

-20 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.0 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	37.5 °C	+2.0 °C	2 mm	-3 mm
Mar	38.3 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	-18 mm
Apr	36.6 °C	+2.1 °C	17 mm	-34 mm
May	34.4 °C	+2.6 °C	50 mm	-60 mm
Jun	32.0 °C	+2.4 °C	103 mm	-53 mm
Jul	29.2 °C	+1.1 °C	299 mm	+79 mm
Aug	28.3 °C	+0.5 °C	327 mm	+79 mm
Sep	30.1 °C	+1.2 °C	223 mm	-3 mm
Oct	31.4 °C	+1.1 °C	100 mm	+2 mm
Nov	35.3 °C	+2.4 °C	1 mm	-7 mm
Dec	35.8 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.9 °C

4 Mar 2025

Coldest day

18.0 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

84.9 mm

30 Aug 2025

Windiest day

16.9 km/h

27 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

36.0 km/h

27 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

18 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.4 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

24 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Keffi?

Keffi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 1,143 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Keffi?

The hottest day measured in Keffi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 2017, reaching 40.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Keffi?

The coldest day measured in Keffi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 14.8 °C.

Does it snow in Keffi?

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

Has the climate of Keffi warmed?

Yes: Keffi warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Keffi?

The wettest day measured in Keffi between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1962, with 173 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Keffi?

The windiest day measured in Keffi between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2007, with winds reaching 24.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Keffi?

The warmest month in Keffi is March (30.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Keffi?

Keffi receives on average 1,143 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Keffi?

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

Are there tropical nights in Keffi?

Yes: Keffi has on average 336 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Keffi?

In Keffi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 18 April 2025, and the lowest was 11.1 °C on 9 January 1957.

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