Lapai climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Lapai?

Lapai has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.1 °C and it receives 1,166 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Lapai between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1998, reaching 43.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Lapai?

The coldest day measured in Lapai between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 14.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Lapai?

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

Q: Has the climate of Lapai warmed?

Yes: Lapai warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Lapai?

The wettest day measured in Lapai between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1972, with 122 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Lapai?

The windiest day measured in Lapai between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2007, with winds reaching 24.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Lapai?

The warmest month in Lapai is March (31.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Lapai?

Lapai receives on average 1,166 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Lapai?

Lapai gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Lapai (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.1 °C and it receives 1,166 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 (31.5 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Lapai averages 0 frost days, 288 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.

Lapai has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.0 °C (on 5 February 1998) and the coldest 14.7 °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

LapaiNiger State

coords: 9.04°, 6.57°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

28.1°C

Average daily high

33.4°C

Average daily low

23.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,166mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

10.4km/h

Seasonal range

6.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

288 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

143 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.1 °C

Average feels-like low

26.0 °C

Average peak gust

24.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

353 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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

43.0 °C

5 February 1998

Coldest day

14.7 °C

9 January 1957

Wettest day

122 mm

29 August 1972

Windiest day

24.9 km/h

31 March 2007

Strongest gust

51.8 km/h

29 April 2022

Hottest feels-like

47.4 °C

2 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

11.0 °C

8 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.4 h

23 May 2009

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	42.0 °C4 March 2025	19.3 °C14 January 2025	29.5 °C	940 mm	320
2024	42.3 °C28 March 2024	18.8 °C22 January 2024	29.7 °C	855 mm	338
2023	40.5 °C1 March 2023	18.5 °C1 January 2023	29.1 °C	961 mm	343
2022	41.0 °C1 April 2022	18.4 °C31 December 2022	28.7 °C	834 mm	306
2021	41.2 °C11 April 2021	20.1 °C10 December 2021	29.1 °C	692 mm	338
2020	41.2 °C11 March 2020	16.4 °C3 January 2020	28.7 °C	999 mm	302
2019	41.3 °C28 March 2019	18.8 °C31 December 2019	28.6 °C	1,549 mm	306
2018	40.6 °C4 February 2018	17.3 °C7 January 2018	28.5 °C	1,195 mm	306
2017	42.6 °C4 April 2017	19.2 °C11 January 2017	29.2 °C	993 mm	328
2016	41.3 °C17 February 2016	19.1 °C1 January 2016	28.8 °C	1,353 mm	321
2015	40.4 °C14 April 2015	15.5 °C13 January 2015	28.7 °C	1,138 mm	321
2014	40.1 °C6 February 2014	19.0 °C5 January 2014	28.5 °C	1,240 mm	306
2013	40.6 °C9 March 2013	18.2 °C18 December 2013	28.7 °C	1,099 mm	303
2012	40.4 °C21 March 2012	17.5 °C18 January 2012	28.4 °C	1,576 mm	292
2011	40.7 °C6 April 2011	17.8 °C4 December 2011	28.7 °C	961 mm	315
2010	41.4 °C3 March 2010	18.0 °C22 December 2010	29.0 °C	1,129 mm	319
2009	40.4 °C25 March 2009	16.3 °C27 December 2009	28.7 °C	1,085 mm	315
2008	39.9 °C4 March 2008	17.7 °C22 January 2008	28.4 °C	1,124 mm	310
2007	40.7 °C31 March 2007	17.4 °C14 January 2007	28.5 °C	998 mm	303
2006	41.4 °C7 April 2006	17.5 °C30 December 2006	28.9 °C	1,042 mm	310
2005	40.9 °C23 February 2005	17.2 °C13 January 2005	29.0 °C	1,029 mm	301
2004	39.9 °C1 April 2004	20.2 °C29 January 2004	28.7 °C	1,038 mm	300
2003	40.8 °C24 March 2003	18.6 °C5 January 2003	28.7 °C	1,053 mm	305
2002	40.2 °C21 March 2002	18.1 °C27 December 2002	28.4 °C	1,303 mm	304
2001	40.4 °C6 March 2001	17.9 °C14 February 2001	28.4 °C	1,070 mm	299
2000	40.1 °C30 March 2000	19.2 °C20 December 2000	28.3 °C	1,371 mm	291
1999	40.7 °C1 April 1999	19.4 °C30 December 1999	28.3 °C	1,395 mm	271
1998	43.0 °C5 February 1998	19.7 °C17 December 1998	29.0 °C	1,210 mm	303
1997	40.0 °C10 March 1997	19.7 °C8 February 1997	27.9 °C	1,421 mm	306
1996	40.2 °C7 April 1996	19.5 °C2 January 1996	28.4 °C	1,372 mm	276
1995	40.7 °C12 April 1995	19.1 °C26 December 1995	28.1 °C	1,405 mm	286
1994	41.0 °C24 March 1994	17.8 °C16 January 1994	28.0 °C	1,501 mm	281
1993	40.0 °C19 April 1993	17.6 °C8 January 1993	28.2 °C	1,216 mm	305
1992	40.6 °C1 April 1992	17.0 °C5 January 1992	27.8 °C	1,158 mm	263
1991	40.3 °C4 March 1991	18.2 °C1 January 1991	28.1 °C	1,401 mm	285
1990	41.0 °C29 March 1990	19.9 °C1 January 1990	28.4 °C	1,191 mm	290
1989	40.7 °C4 April 1989	16.9 °C2 January 1989	28.0 °C	1,278 mm	287
1988	40.3 °C10 April 1988	19.7 °C30 December 1988	28.3 °C	1,390 mm	278
1987	40.7 °C2 May 1987	19.6 °C7 January 1987	28.9 °C	1,203 mm	329
1986	40.0 °C17 April 1986	17.7 °C10 December 1986	28.0 °C	1,313 mm	272
1985	39.8 °C8 March 1985	19.8 °C18 December 1985	28.0 °C	1,406 mm	276
1984	40.3 °C3 March 1984	19.1 °C2 February 1984	28.0 °C	1,151 mm	297
1983	40.9 °C19 April 1983	16.8 °C6 January 1983	28.5 °C	881 mm	299
1982	39.7 °C6 April 1982	18.9 °C9 February 1982	27.9 °C	1,259 mm	288
1981	40.9 °C9 April 1981	17.9 °C17 December 1981	28.0 °C	1,281 mm	296
1980	40.9 °C7 April 1980	18.0 °C27 December 1980	28.0 °C	1,626 mm	297
1979	40.9 °C21 March 1979	17.7 °C27 December 1979	28.0 °C	1,437 mm	295
1978	40.7 °C24 February 1978	17.8 °C11 January 1978	27.6 °C	1,399 mm	279
1977	40.4 °C21 April 1977	18.8 °C19 January 1977	28.1 °C	952 mm	286
1976	40.6 °C5 April 1976	18.5 °C26 January 1976	27.3 °C	1,264 mm	261
1975	38.6 °C26 March 1975	15.5 °C18 January 1975	27.3 °C	1,301 mm	255
1974	39.9 °C9 March 1974	17.6 °C14 January 1974	27.6 °C	1,183 mm	273
1973	41.2 °C20 March 1973	17.5 °C30 January 1973	28.4 °C	1,100 mm	311
1972	39.9 °C11 March 1972	18.0 °C8 November 1972	27.8 °C	1,511 mm	285
1971	40.6 °C17 February 1971	18.4 °C26 December 1971	27.7 °C	1,391 mm	285
1970	40.4 °C2 April 1970	19.0 °C19 December 1970	28.0 °C	1,273 mm	286
1969	40.0 °C18 February 1969	18.3 °C20 December 1969	27.7 °C	1,517 mm	270
1968	40.2 °C11 April 1968	16.1 °C19 January 1968	27.7 °C	1,517 mm	289
1967	40.0 °C5 April 1967	16.9 °C2 January 1967	27.8 °C	1,243 mm	280
1966	40.7 °C16 March 1966	16.8 °C12 January 1966	28.1 °C	945 mm	299
1965	40.5 °C10 April 1965	17.9 °C31 October 1965	27.9 °C	975 mm	292
1964	41.2 °C30 March 1964	17.8 °C13 January 1964	28.3 °C	757 mm	292
1963	40.2 °C14 March 1963	17.1 °C9 December 1963	27.9 °C	1,163 mm	302
1962	39.9 °C8 March 1962	16.4 °C24 January 1962	27.4 °C	1,231 mm	264
1961	39.0 °C21 February 1961	17.3 °C17 December 1961	27.7 °C	992 mm	269
1960	39.6 °C15 February 1960	17.6 °C12 February 1960	28.0 °C	1,024 mm	286
1959	39.7 °C11 April 1959	18.1 °C23 January 1959	28.1 °C	1,024 mm	286
1958	40.2 °C5 April 1958	18.0 °C8 January 1958	28.0 °C	746 mm	257
1957	38.5 °C18 February 1957	14.7 °C9 January 1957	26.9 °C	1,490 mm	228
1956	39.3 °C6 April 1956	17.5 °C6 January 1956	27.3 °C	1,022 mm	259
1955	38.9 °C2 April 1955	16.6 °C31 December 1955	27.2 °C	1,530 mm	237
1954	38.6 °C2 March 1954	17.9 °C8 December 1954	27.4 °C	947 mm	256
1953	39.7 °C21 April 1953	18.0 °C15 December 1953	27.6 °C	1,118 mm	259
1952	39.0 °C31 March 1952	18.1 °C10 January 1952	27.5 °C	1,102 mm	260
1951	38.7 °C22 February 1951	17.6 °C31 December 1951	27.3 °C	1,457 mm	260
1950	39.4 °C28 February 1950	17.2 °C1 January 1950	27.2 °C	1,209 mm	245
1949	39.9 °C16 February 1949	17.6 °C26 December 1949	28.3 °C	575 mm	309
1948	40.6 °C21 February 1948	17.2 °C4 February 1948	27.2 °C	1,067 mm	251
1947	39.5 °C30 January 1947	18.0 °C21 January 1947	27.5 °C	1,584 mm	243
1946	40.1 °C27 February 1946	17.5 °C13 November 1946	27.4 °C	839 mm	252
1945	40.5 °C7 April 1945	16.5 °C8 February 1945	27.3 °C	1,148 mm	264
1944	39.0 °C11 March 1944	18.2 °C1 February 1944	27.5 °C	1,271 mm	253
1943	40.8 °C1 March 1943	19.4 °C13 February 1943	27.5 °C	876 mm	274
1942	40.0 °C10 April 1942	16.4 °C28 January 1942	27.8 °C	954 mm	283
1941	40.6 °C27 March 1941	18.4 °C27 December 1941	28.0 °C	741 mm	285
1940	38.6 °C28 March 1940	18.7 °C2 December 1940	27.7 °C	684 mm	274

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.1 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

320 d/yr

+32

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

940 mm

-226 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	37.3 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	38.9 °C	+1.8 °C	5 mm	+1 mm
Mar	40.0 °C	+2.4 °C	2 mm	-14 mm
Apr	38.7 °C	+2.3 °C	23 mm	-27 mm
May	36.1 °C	+2.5 °C	72 mm	-31 mm
Jun	33.4 °C	+2.4 °C	67 mm	-82 mm
Jul	30.5 °C	+1.2 °C	199 mm	-11 mm
Aug	29.4 °C	+0.7 °C	240 mm	-6 mm
Sep	31.0 °C	+1.3 °C	208 mm	-52 mm
Oct	32.5 °C	+1.3 °C	120 mm	+5 mm
Nov	36.7 °C	+2.3 °C	4 mm	-5 mm
Dec	37.4 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.0 °C

4 Mar 2025

Coldest day

19.3 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

43.0 mm

6 Aug 2025

Windiest day

19.5 km/h

16 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

38.9 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.6 °C

8 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

18.0 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

26 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Lapai?

Lapai has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.1 °C and it receives 1,166 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lapai?

The hottest day measured in Lapai between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1998, reaching 43.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Lapai?

The coldest day measured in Lapai between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 14.7 °C.

Does it snow in Lapai?

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

Has the climate of Lapai warmed?

Yes: Lapai warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Lapai?

The wettest day measured in Lapai between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1972, with 122 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Lapai?

The windiest day measured in Lapai between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2007, with winds reaching 24.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Lapai?

The warmest month in Lapai is March (31.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Lapai?

Lapai receives on average 1,166 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Lapai?

Lapai gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Lapai?

Yes: Lapai has on average 353 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lapai?

In Lapai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.4 °C on 2 April 2024, and the lowest was 11.0 °C on 8 January 1957.

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