Minna climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Minna?

Minna has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 1,081 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Minna between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1998, reaching 42.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Minna?

The coldest day measured in Minna between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, at 14.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Minna?

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

Q: Has the climate of Minna warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Minna?

The wettest day measured in Minna between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1987, with 182 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Minna?

The windiest day measured in Minna between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2007, with winds reaching 25.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Minna?

The warmest month in Minna is March (31.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Minna?

Minna receives on average 1,081 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Minna?

Minna gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Minna (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 1,081 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 (31.3 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Minna averages 0 frost days, 268 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.

Minna has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 5 February 1998) and the coldest 14.9 °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

MinnaNiger State

coords: 9.62°, 6.55°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.8°C

Average daily high

32.9°C

Average daily low

23.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,081mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

60%

Average peak wind

11.9km/h

Seasonal range

6.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

268 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

132 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.3 °C

Average feels-like low

25.0 °C

Average peak gust

26.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

356 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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

42.3 °C

5 February 1998

Coldest day

14.9 °C

8 January 1957

Wettest day

182 mm

5 June 1987

Windiest day

25.6 km/h

31 March 2007

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

31 March 2007

Hottest feels-like

46.5 °C

11 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

9.6 °C

8 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.5 h

26 May 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.4 °C4 March 2025	21.0 °C13 January 2025	29.0 °C	875 mm	305
2024	41.7 °C28 March 2024	19.7 °C20 December 2024	29.1 °C	854 mm	314
2023	39.8 °C3 April 2023	20.2 °C13 December 2023	28.7 °C	985 mm	317
2022	40.5 °C26 March 2022	19.8 °C24 December 2022	28.2 °C	821 mm	294
2021	40.4 °C3 March 2021	19.9 °C28 November 2021	28.7 °C	668 mm	312
2020	40.2 °C29 February 2020	16.2 °C3 January 2020	28.2 °C	936 mm	282
2019	41.3 °C28 March 2019	19.4 °C31 December 2019	28.2 °C	1,277 mm	290
2018	40.6 °C4 February 2018	18.5 °C6 January 2018	28.0 °C	995 mm	286
2017	41.4 °C4 April 2017	19.8 °C11 January 2017	28.7 °C	846 mm	303
2016	40.6 °C17 February 2016	19.7 °C1 January 2016	28.4 °C	1,181 mm	298
2015	40.1 °C15 March 2015	17.2 °C13 January 2015	28.3 °C	1,117 mm	302
2014	39.8 °C4 April 2014	19.0 °C26 December 2014	28.1 °C	1,112 mm	285
2013	39.7 °C24 February 2013	18.9 °C18 December 2013	28.2 °C	987 mm	283
2012	40.1 °C23 March 2012	18.9 °C14 January 2012	28.0 °C	1,447 mm	273
2011	40.6 °C27 March 2011	18.3 °C19 January 2011	28.2 °C	913 mm	297
2010	41.1 °C1 April 2010	18.6 °C30 December 2010	28.6 °C	1,048 mm	299
2009	40.6 °C25 March 2009	18.2 °C27 December 2009	28.3 °C	978 mm	292
2008	40.2 °C4 March 2008	17.5 °C22 January 2008	28.0 °C	1,023 mm	283
2007	40.3 °C31 March 2007	17.5 °C14 January 2007	28.2 °C	993 mm	281
2006	40.8 °C7 April 2006	17.7 °C30 December 2006	28.7 °C	921 mm	293
2005	41.7 °C23 February 2005	18.5 °C9 January 2005	28.7 °C	897 mm	274
2004	39.6 °C17 March 2004	21.2 °C29 January 2004	28.4 °C	852 mm	276
2003	39.9 °C24 March 2003	18.8 °C10 December 2003	28.4 °C	1,018 mm	277
2002	40.5 °C2 April 2002	18.5 °C5 January 2002	27.9 °C	1,124 mm	281
2001	40.1 °C3 March 2001	18.4 °C14 January 2001	28.0 °C	1,061 mm	283
2000	39.5 °C1 April 2000	19.6 °C24 November 2000	27.9 °C	1,201 mm	266
1999	41.3 °C24 March 1999	19.4 °C10 January 1999	28.0 °C	1,379 mm	259
1998	42.3 °C5 February 1998	19.9 °C8 November 1998	28.4 °C	1,214 mm	286
1997	39.5 °C10 March 1997	18.3 °C17 November 1997	27.5 °C	1,262 mm	283
1996	39.7 °C7 April 1996	20.5 °C2 November 1996	28.0 °C	1,293 mm	253
1995	40.0 °C12 April 1995	20.3 °C15 November 1995	27.8 °C	1,267 mm	266
1994	40.3 °C24 March 1994	19.0 °C17 December 1994	27.6 °C	1,467 mm	265
1993	39.4 °C11 April 1993	17.1 °C8 January 1993	27.8 °C	1,069 mm	274
1992	40.1 °C1 April 1992	17.3 °C5 January 1992	27.4 °C	991 mm	248
1991	39.7 °C4 March 1991	18.9 °C1 January 1991	27.7 °C	1,467 mm	254
1990	40.3 °C29 March 1990	18.9 °C31 December 1990	28.0 °C	1,100 mm	271
1989	40.0 °C4 April 1989	17.7 °C2 January 1989	27.5 °C	1,306 mm	270
1988	40.7 °C29 March 1988	19.9 °C12 January 1988	28.0 °C	1,275 mm	270
1987	40.6 °C26 April 1987	20.0 °C1 November 1987	28.6 °C	1,128 mm	291
1986	40.0 °C2 March 1986	19.0 °C5 January 1986	27.7 °C	1,103 mm	256
1985	40.4 °C8 March 1985	20.2 °C2 November 1985	27.8 °C	1,122 mm	262
1984	40.1 °C3 March 1984	19.3 °C7 January 1984	27.7 °C	884 mm	262
1983	40.8 °C19 April 1983	16.8 °C6 January 1983	28.1 °C	736 mm	277
1982	39.2 °C6 April 1982	18.3 °C27 November 1982	27.5 °C	1,057 mm	255
1981	40.5 °C9 April 1981	18.7 °C23 January 1981	27.6 °C	1,041 mm	279
1980	40.1 °C7 April 1980	17.7 °C27 December 1980	27.7 °C	1,500 mm	266
1979	39.7 °C21 March 1979	17.8 °C27 December 1979	27.6 °C	1,421 mm	270
1978	39.8 °C24 February 1978	18.7 °C11 January 1978	27.1 °C	1,396 mm	248
1977	40.0 °C17 April 1977	18.2 °C19 January 1977	27.8 °C	892 mm	269
1976	40.2 °C5 April 1976	18.5 °C2 December 1976	27.0 °C	1,029 mm	238
1975	38.3 °C12 March 1975	16.2 °C18 January 1975	26.9 °C	1,173 mm	242
1974	39.1 °C11 March 1974	18.0 °C2 January 1974	27.2 °C	1,075 mm	251
1973	40.6 °C20 March 1973	19.3 °C16 December 1973	28.0 °C	1,105 mm	294
1972	39.4 °C11 March 1972	17.9 °C8 November 1972	27.4 °C	1,235 mm	257
1971	39.8 °C18 April 1971	18.5 °C26 December 1971	27.5 °C	1,244 mm	271
1970	40.0 °C2 April 1970	19.3 °C4 December 1970	27.6 °C	1,157 mm	270
1969	40.2 °C18 February 1969	17.3 °C4 January 1969	27.3 °C	1,461 mm	245
1968	39.7 °C11 April 1968	17.9 °C19 January 1968	27.3 °C	1,369 mm	268
1967	40.3 °C5 April 1967	17.5 °C2 January 1967	27.4 °C	1,312 mm	261
1966	40.5 °C16 March 1966	18.2 °C5 January 1966	27.8 °C	882 mm	277
1965	40.1 °C10 April 1965	18.2 °C11 December 1965	27.7 °C	911 mm	269
1964	41.8 °C30 March 1964	18.4 °C13 January 1964	27.9 °C	759 mm	269
1963	40.5 °C14 March 1963	18.5 °C10 December 1963	27.6 °C	1,140 mm	270
1962	40.2 °C2 April 1962	17.7 °C7 February 1962	27.1 °C	1,103 mm	241
1961	39.2 °C23 March 1961	18.9 °C29 December 1961	27.4 °C	861 mm	260
1960	39.4 °C28 March 1960	19.0 °C15 November 1960	27.6 °C	1,070 mm	254
1959	39.8 °C11 March 1959	19.2 °C30 December 1959	27.7 °C	998 mm	270
1958	40.8 °C13 March 1958	18.8 °C28 July 1958	27.7 °C	713 mm	242
1957	38.5 °C18 February 1957	14.9 °C8 January 1957	26.5 °C	1,383 mm	207
1956	38.6 °C6 April 1956	17.7 °C6 January 1956	27.0 °C	932 mm	242
1955	38.5 °C2 April 1955	18.1 °C3 November 1955	26.9 °C	1,427 mm	229
1954	38.2 °C28 March 1954	17.7 °C14 December 1954	26.9 °C	932 mm	233
1953	39.3 °C7 April 1953	18.8 °C10 February 1953	27.2 °C	1,122 mm	242
1952	38.8 °C27 January 1952	18.2 °C13 November 1952	27.0 °C	1,066 mm	247
1951	38.2 °C22 February 1951	18.1 °C31 December 1951	26.9 °C	1,429 mm	233
1950	40.1 °C15 March 1950	18.2 °C12 November 1950	26.8 °C	1,107 mm	232
1949	39.5 °C17 February 1949	18.2 °C1 January 1949	28.0 °C	518 mm	295
1948	39.7 °C21 February 1948	16.8 °C31 December 1948	26.8 °C	1,011 mm	237
1947	39.4 °C23 March 1947	18.8 °C20 January 1947	27.1 °C	1,587 mm	231
1946	39.7 °C27 February 1946	17.3 °C21 January 1946	27.0 °C	765 mm	242
1945	40.7 °C7 April 1945	17.9 °C3 February 1945	26.8 °C	1,164 mm	244
1944	38.3 °C11 March 1944	18.3 °C9 November 1944	27.0 °C	1,459 mm	249
1943	40.3 °C1 March 1943	18.6 °C31 October 1943	27.2 °C	863 mm	261
1942	39.8 °C10 April 1942	18.1 °C5 November 1942	27.5 °C	939 mm	277
1941	40.1 °C27 March 1941	19.0 °C27 December 1941	27.7 °C	651 mm	274
1940	38.4 °C7 April 1940	17.7 °C7 January 1940	27.4 °C	536 mm	257

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.3 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

305 d/yr

+37

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

875 mm

-206 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.6 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Feb	38.0 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Mar	39.0 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-11 mm
Apr	37.8 °C	+1.6 °C	8 mm	-32 mm
May	34.8 °C	+1.5 °C	69 mm	-18 mm
Jun	32.4 °C	+1.9 °C	45 mm	-80 mm
Jul	29.6 °C	+1.0 °C	195 mm	-12 mm
Aug	28.6 °C	+0.5 °C	240 mm	-17 mm
Sep	30.3 °C	+1.1 °C	205 mm	-41 mm
Oct	32.0 °C	+1.2 °C	112 mm	+12 mm
Nov	36.0 °C	+2.1 °C	2 mm	-4 mm
Dec	36.5 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.4 °C

4 Mar 2025

Coldest day

21.0 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

32.6 mm

15 Aug 2025

Windiest day

19.8 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

40.7 km/h

11 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

18 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.5 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

26 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Minna?

Minna has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 1,081 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Minna?

The hottest day measured in Minna between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1998, reaching 42.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Minna?

The coldest day measured in Minna between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, at 14.9 °C.

Does it snow in Minna?

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

Has the climate of Minna warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Minna?

The wettest day measured in Minna between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1987, with 182 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Minna?

The windiest day measured in Minna between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2007, with winds reaching 25.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Minna?

The warmest month in Minna is March (31.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Minna?

Minna receives on average 1,081 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Minna?

Minna gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Minna?

Yes: Minna has on average 356 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Minna?

In Minna, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 11 March 2024, and the lowest was 9.6 °C on 8 January 1957.

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