Makurdi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Makurdi?

Makurdi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.0 °C and it receives 868 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Makurdi between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2009, reaching 41.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Makurdi?

The coldest day measured in Makurdi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2011, at 17.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Makurdi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Makurdi warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Makurdi?

The wettest day measured in Makurdi between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 1986, with 164 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Makurdi?

The windiest day measured in Makurdi between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2006, with winds reaching 26.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Makurdi?

The warmest month in Makurdi is March (31.2 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Makurdi?

Makurdi receives on average 868 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Makurdi?

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

Makurdi (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.0 °C and it receives 868 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 (31.2 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Makurdi averages 0 frost days, 286 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.

Makurdi 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 41.8 °C (on 25 March 2009) and the coldest 17.0 °C (on 1 December 2011).

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

MakurdiBenue State

coords: 7.73°, 8.52°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

28.0°C

Average daily high

32.9°C

Average daily low

24.0°C

Annual rainfall

868mm

Sunshine / day

9.3h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

13.4km/h

Seasonal range

5.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

286 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

128 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.5 °C

Average feels-like low

26.7 °C

Average peak gust

28.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

362 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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

41.8 °C

25 March 2009

Coldest day

17.0 °C

1 December 2011

Wettest day

164 mm

30 August 1986

Windiest day

26.2 km/h

12 April 2006

Strongest gust

56.9 km/h

12 April 2006

Hottest feels-like

47.0 °C

28 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

12.6 °C

8 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.3 h

20 July 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.6 °C4 March 2025	20.4 °C13 January 2025	29.5 °C	1,075 mm	311
2024	41.2 °C28 March 2024	18.8 °C16 January 2024	29.4 °C	771 mm	335
2023	40.0 °C6 April 2023	19.1 °C10 January 2023	29.0 °C	857 mm	340
2022	40.6 °C26 March 2022	19.5 °C31 December 2022	28.3 °C	965 mm	297
2021	40.1 °C3 April 2021	19.3 °C10 December 2021	28.8 °C	702 mm	325
2020	40.0 °C9 March 2020	18.2 °C3 January 2020	28.5 °C	753 mm	308
2019	40.9 °C4 April 2019	18.4 °C24 December 2019	28.3 °C	1,165 mm	302
2018	40.1 °C4 February 2018	19.6 °C19 January 2018	28.5 °C	917 mm	310
2017	40.6 °C29 March 2017	20.2 °C11 January 2017	28.9 °C	666 mm	323
2016	40.9 °C21 February 2016	19.7 °C21 December 2016	28.4 °C	1,161 mm	312
2015	40.1 °C30 April 2015	19.0 °C13 January 2015	28.4 °C	744 mm	319
2014	39.5 °C9 February 2014	19.6 °C5 January 2014	28.2 °C	949 mm	306
2013	40.7 °C15 March 2013	19.3 °C27 December 2013	28.4 °C	784 mm	296
2012	40.3 °C30 March 2012	19.0 °C17 December 2012	28.2 °C	1,161 mm	290
2011	40.3 °C29 March 2011	17.0 °C1 December 2011	28.4 °C	804 mm	307
2010	41.5 °C4 April 2010	17.4 °C11 December 2010	28.9 °C	805 mm	327
2009	41.8 °C25 March 2009	17.9 °C27 December 2009	28.6 °C	727 mm	322
2008	38.9 °C5 February 2008	19.9 °C24 January 2008	28.0 °C	988 mm	300
2007	40.0 °C18 February 2007	18.5 °C20 December 2007	28.3 °C	961 mm	293
2006	41.6 °C7 April 2006	19.1 °C25 December 2006	29.0 °C	774 mm	308
2005	40.7 °C19 February 2005	19.9 °C14 January 2005	28.9 °C	687 mm	308
2004	39.9 °C11 February 2004	20.8 °C30 November 2004	28.5 °C	717 mm	301
2003	40.1 °C24 March 2003	19.8 °C10 December 2003	28.5 °C	704 mm	301
2002	40.2 °C30 March 2002	20.6 °C12 January 2002	28.2 °C	823 mm	300
2001	38.9 °C24 February 2001	19.5 °C10 January 2001	28.1 °C	798 mm	285
2000	39.3 °C6 March 2000	19.8 °C19 December 2000	28.1 °C	903 mm	280
1999	40.6 °C1 April 1999	19.6 °C17 December 1999	28.2 °C	1,276 mm	274
1998	41.4 °C5 February 1998	21.3 °C19 December 1998	28.8 °C	918 mm	300
1997	39.1 °C26 February 1997	20.5 °C3 December 1997	27.8 °C	922 mm	287
1996	39.7 °C7 April 1996	19.1 °C2 January 1996	28.0 °C	1,112 mm	271
1995	39.9 °C10 April 1995	19.8 °C15 November 1995	27.9 °C	1,083 mm	279
1994	40.4 °C18 March 1994	20.6 °C13 January 1994	27.8 °C	1,219 mm	279
1993	39.4 °C30 March 1993	19.5 °C8 January 1993	27.9 °C	874 mm	314
1992	39.0 °C20 February 1992	19.4 °C17 December 1992	27.4 °C	1,005 mm	278
1991	38.8 °C4 March 1991	21.4 °C23 December 1991	27.8 °C	1,122 mm	266
1990	40.7 °C29 March 1990	21.3 °C13 January 1990	28.1 °C	825 mm	283
1989	39.9 °C14 March 1989	19.2 °C22 January 1989	27.8 °C	965 mm	293
1988	40.6 °C1 April 1988	20.6 °C25 December 1988	28.2 °C	1,069 mm	280
1987	40.4 °C2 May 1987	19.4 °C7 January 1987	28.7 °C	847 mm	324
1986	39.9 °C17 April 1986	18.6 °C10 December 1986	27.9 °C	915 mm	289
1985	39.4 °C6 March 1985	20.2 °C8 February 1985	27.6 °C	941 mm	268
1984	39.8 °C29 March 1984	20.1 °C18 December 1984	27.8 °C	963 mm	300
1983	40.6 °C19 April 1983	19.1 °C7 January 1983	28.3 °C	658 mm	290
1982	38.9 °C21 February 1982	18.2 °C14 December 1982	27.6 °C	946 mm	287
1981	39.1 °C16 March 1981	17.2 °C15 December 1981	27.5 °C	863 mm	281
1980	40.3 °C1 April 1980	17.8 °C9 January 1980	27.7 °C	1,255 mm	281
1979	39.3 °C12 April 1979	18.4 °C4 January 1979	27.7 °C	1,013 mm	301
1978	39.8 °C24 February 1978	19.3 °C20 November 1978	27.4 °C	969 mm	284
1977	40.3 °C21 April 1977	19.9 °C9 February 1977	28.0 °C	833 mm	300
1976	39.1 °C6 April 1976	18.7 °C3 January 1976	27.3 °C	901 mm	264
1975	38.2 °C27 February 1975	17.4 °C18 December 1975	27.2 °C	1,064 mm	259
1974	39.4 °C9 March 1974	19.4 °C23 November 1974	27.4 °C	896 mm	267
1973	39.5 °C20 March 1973	19.5 °C24 November 1973	28.2 °C	942 mm	314
1972	39.9 °C11 March 1972	18.9 °C5 January 1972	27.8 °C	864 mm	299
1971	40.0 °C18 March 1971	18.9 °C1 February 1971	27.7 °C	927 mm	280
1970	40.0 °C17 February 1970	18.8 °C18 December 1970	27.8 °C	994 mm	286
1969	39.5 °C26 February 1969	19.6 °C23 November 1969	27.7 °C	952 mm	279
1968	39.6 °C4 April 1968	19.8 °C18 January 1968	27.7 °C	1,003 mm	287
1967	40.6 °C3 April 1967	17.7 °C13 November 1967	27.7 °C	907 mm	282
1966	40.2 °C19 March 1966	20.6 °C7 January 1966	28.4 °C	684 mm	304
1965	38.7 °C5 March 1965	20.3 °C3 February 1965	28.4 °C	557 mm	305
1964	39.8 °C30 March 1964	20.9 °C28 November 1964	28.7 °C	409 mm	321
1963	39.4 °C31 March 1963	19.7 °C3 January 1963	28.0 °C	804 mm	298
1962	39.3 °C3 March 1962	20.3 °C7 February 1962	27.6 °C	871 mm	266
1961	38.7 °C21 February 1961	19.3 °C10 January 1961	27.8 °C	589 mm	276
1960	39.0 °C28 March 1960	20.3 °C28 November 1960	27.9 °C	723 mm	297
1959	39.1 °C9 March 1959	19.9 °C30 December 1959	28.1 °C	786 mm	282
1958	39.6 °C10 April 1958	19.7 °C10 January 1958	27.9 °C	588 mm	256
1957	38.0 °C16 March 1957	18.0 °C8 January 1957	27.1 °C	926 mm	222
1956	37.5 °C14 February 1956	19.9 °C2 January 1956	27.1 °C	787 mm	243
1955	37.9 °C28 January 1955	19.5 °C25 December 1955	27.3 °C	1,035 mm	229
1954	38.4 °C4 March 1954	18.5 °C8 December 1954	27.4 °C	624 mm	249
1953	39.1 °C6 March 1953	19.6 °C21 January 1953	27.4 °C	866 mm	249
1952	38.4 °C15 March 1952	18.8 °C2 December 1952	27.3 °C	1,036 mm	250
1951	38.7 °C14 March 1951	18.2 °C31 December 1951	27.4 °C	1,040 mm	272
1950	39.2 °C28 March 1950	20.1 °C15 July 1950	27.3 °C	699 mm	243
1949	39.1 °C17 February 1949	19.7 °C17 December 1949	28.1 °C	455 mm	294
1948	39.1 °C21 February 1948	19.6 °C26 December 1948	27.2 °C	941 mm	245
1947	39.2 °C14 March 1947	19.9 °C11 September 1947	27.5 °C	985 mm	234
1946	39.7 °C23 February 1946	19.0 °C20 January 1946	27.3 °C	771 mm	222
1945	39.6 °C6 April 1945	19.1 °C23 December 1945	27.3 °C	972 mm	246
1944	38.2 °C11 March 1944	19.1 °C10 December 1944	27.4 °C	973 mm	248
1943	39.0 °C11 April 1943	20.5 °C2 February 1943	27.8 °C	430 mm	294
1942	38.5 °C18 March 1942	20.5 °C23 January 1942	27.8 °C	568 mm	274
1941	39.1 °C8 March 1941	19.5 °C24 December 1941	27.8 °C	469 mm	280
1940	37.6 °C21 February 1940	19.4 °C1 December 1940	27.3 °C	651 mm	245

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.7 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

311 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1075 mm

+207 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.9 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	38.8 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Mar	39.5 °C	+2.6 °C	2 mm	-11 mm
Apr	37.9 °C	+2.4 °C	15 mm	-27 mm
May	35.6 °C	+2.6 °C	51 mm	-36 mm
Jun	33.5 °C	+2.6 °C	69 mm	-47 mm
Jul	29.9 °C	+0.5 °C	376 mm	+215 mm
Aug	29.5 °C	+0.4 °C	305 mm	+122 mm
Sep	30.7 °C	+1.0 °C	196 mm	+24 mm
Oct	31.6 °C	+1.0 °C	60 mm	-22 mm
Nov	35.6 °C	+2.3 °C	1 mm	-7 mm
Dec	37.1 °C	+2.2 °C	1 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.6 °C

4 Mar 2025

Coldest day

20.4 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

81.2 mm

9 Jul 2025

Windiest day

23.8 km/h

14 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

46.4 km/h

11 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.3 °C

25 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.6 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

14 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Makurdi?

Makurdi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.0 °C and it receives 868 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Makurdi?

The hottest day measured in Makurdi between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2009, reaching 41.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Makurdi?

The coldest day measured in Makurdi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2011, at 17.0 °C.

Does it snow in Makurdi?

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

Has the climate of Makurdi warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Makurdi?

The wettest day measured in Makurdi between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 1986, with 164 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Makurdi?

The windiest day measured in Makurdi between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2006, with winds reaching 26.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Makurdi?

The warmest month in Makurdi is March (31.2 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Makurdi?

Makurdi receives on average 868 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Makurdi?

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

Are there tropical nights in Makurdi?

Yes: Makurdi has on average 362 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Makurdi?

In Makurdi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.0 °C on 28 March 2024, and the lowest was 12.6 °C on 8 January 1957.

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