Mokwa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mokwa?

Mokwa has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.0 °C and it receives 815 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mokwa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1998, reaching 42.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mokwa?

The coldest day measured in Mokwa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 12.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mokwa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mokwa warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Mokwa?

The wettest day measured in Mokwa between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 2013, with 212 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mokwa?

The windiest day measured in Mokwa between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 1942, with winds reaching 22.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mokwa?

The warmest month in Mokwa is March (31.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mokwa?

Mokwa receives on average 815 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 115 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mokwa?

Mokwa gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mokwa (Nigeria) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.0 °C and it receives 815 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 (31.1 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Mokwa averages 0 frost days, 320 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 115 rainy days per year.

Mokwa 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 42.4 °C (on 12 April 1998) and the coldest 12.4 °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

MokwaNiger State

coords: 9.29°, 5.05°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

28.0°C

Average daily high

34.1°C

Average daily low

22.9°C

Annual rainfall

815mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

11.1km/h

Seasonal range

5.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

320 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

115 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.7 °C

Average feels-like low

25.6 °C

Average peak gust

25.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

320 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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

42.4 °C

12 April 1998

Coldest day

12.4 °C

9 January 1957

Wettest day

212 mm

5 September 2013

Windiest day

22.1 km/h

28 April 1942

Strongest gust

51.8 km/h

1 April 2007

Hottest feels-like

48.2 °C

2 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

9.3 °C

9 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.3 h

29 May 1950

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.5 °C8 April 2025	17.7 °C11 January 2025	29.2 °C	593 mm	344
2024	42.3 °C28 March 2024	16.4 °C20 December 2024	29.2 °C	645 mm	349
2023	41.2 °C18 April 2023	16.8 °C13 December 2023	29.0 °C	726 mm	347
2022	41.6 °C7 April 2022	16.9 °C31 December 2022	28.3 °C	787 mm	328
2021	40.7 °C10 April 2021	17.9 °C19 February 2021	28.8 °C	547 mm	347
2020	41.7 °C11 March 2020	14.4 °C3 January 2020	28.3 °C	964 mm	316
2019	42.0 °C28 March 2019	16.6 °C23 December 2019	28.4 °C	1,074 mm	332
2018	40.3 °C7 February 2018	16.3 °C7 January 2018	28.4 °C	839 mm	329
2017	42.2 °C4 April 2017	17.4 °C10 January 2017	28.8 °C	768 mm	334
2016	41.9 °C29 March 2016	16.8 °C1 January 2016	28.7 °C	1,228 mm	339
2015	40.8 °C24 March 2015	14.2 °C13 January 2015	28.7 °C	736 mm	341
2014	40.4 °C5 April 2014	17.2 °C26 December 2014	28.5 °C	1,009 mm	334
2013	40.8 °C28 February 2013	15.9 °C18 December 2013	28.8 °C	936 mm	331
2012	40.6 °C29 March 2012	15.5 °C15 January 2012	28.4 °C	1,119 mm	323
2011	40.5 °C29 March 2011	15.7 °C17 January 2011	28.4 °C	612 mm	338
2010	41.9 °C20 April 2010	15.6 °C31 December 2010	28.8 °C	812 mm	330
2009	40.1 °C23 March 2009	15.8 °C27 December 2009	28.6 °C	631 mm	336
2008	39.8 °C27 March 2008	14.8 °C23 January 2008	27.9 °C	902 mm	321
2007	41.2 °C29 March 2007	14.2 °C14 January 2007	28.3 °C	769 mm	328
2006	41.4 °C4 May 2006	14.5 °C30 December 2006	28.9 °C	752 mm	329
2005	41.7 °C14 April 2005	15.3 °C13 January 2005	29.0 °C	798 mm	334
2004	40.3 °C1 April 2004	17.7 °C5 February 2004	28.6 °C	716 mm	326
2003	40.4 °C2 April 2003	17.0 °C5 January 2003	28.5 °C	808 mm	330
2002	40.3 °C31 March 2002	15.4 °C27 December 2002	28.2 °C	925 mm	326
2001	40.4 °C28 March 2001	16.1 °C14 February 2001	28.0 °C	661 mm	327
2000	40.3 °C1 April 2000	16.0 °C2 February 2000	27.8 °C	948 mm	309
1999	41.5 °C1 April 1999	16.7 °C15 December 1999	28.2 °C	992 mm	302
1998	42.4 °C12 April 1998	16.8 °C16 January 1998	28.5 °C	987 mm	320
1997	39.9 °C22 March 1997	17.4 °C2 February 1997	27.8 °C	886 mm	335
1996	40.7 °C4 April 1996	18.0 °C10 January 1996	28.1 °C	1,001 mm	311
1995	41.6 °C12 April 1995	17.3 °C26 December 1995	28.0 °C	980 mm	326
1994	42.0 °C29 March 1994	15.6 °C16 January 1994	27.8 °C	1,063 mm	314
1993	40.9 °C19 April 1993	15.4 °C12 January 1993	28.2 °C	737 mm	327
1992	40.2 °C3 April 1992	14.1 °C5 January 1992	27.5 °C	862 mm	303
1991	41.4 °C26 March 1991	16.1 °C23 December 1991	28.0 °C	1,185 mm	314
1990	40.6 °C28 March 1990	18.6 °C9 February 1990	28.2 °C	805 mm	325
1989	40.4 °C9 April 1989	14.2 °C3 January 1989	27.5 °C	870 mm	321
1988	42.3 °C6 April 1988	17.2 °C24 December 1988	28.4 °C	1,115 mm	314
1987	41.1 °C3 May 1987	17.9 °C17 December 1987	28.8 °C	829 mm	344
1986	41.7 °C13 April 1986	16.2 °C21 December 1986	28.0 °C	814 mm	313
1985	41.4 °C12 March 1985	18.0 °C22 December 1985	28.1 °C	921 mm	310
1984	41.0 °C3 March 1984	17.1 °C17 January 1984	28.2 °C	660 mm	347
1983	41.6 °C27 March 1983	15.2 °C25 January 1983	28.4 °C	627 mm	335
1982	40.9 °C28 March 1982	15.7 °C6 January 1982	27.8 °C	685 mm	326
1981	41.1 °C17 April 1981	16.7 °C11 January 1981	27.8 °C	744 mm	324
1980	41.1 °C17 March 1980	15.4 °C27 December 1980	28.0 °C	1,054 mm	332
1979	40.3 °C21 March 1979	15.9 °C27 December 1979	27.7 °C	1,028 mm	324
1978	40.9 °C24 February 1978	15.4 °C11 January 1978	27.7 °C	867 mm	309
1977	41.4 °C18 April 1977	16.3 °C27 December 1977	28.1 °C	653 mm	330
1976	41.7 °C5 April 1976	15.9 °C22 January 1976	27.6 °C	750 mm	311
1975	40.8 °C7 April 1975	15.0 °C18 January 1975	27.3 °C	930 mm	292
1974	40.9 °C21 March 1974	15.3 °C30 December 1974	27.5 °C	730 mm	305
1973	42.1 °C20 March 1973	16.5 °C30 November 1973	28.2 °C	860 mm	332
1972	40.9 °C11 March 1972	16.7 °C21 November 1972	27.6 °C	958 mm	324
1971	41.9 °C18 March 1971	15.2 °C20 December 1971	27.6 °C	914 mm	309
1970	40.5 °C9 April 1970	15.6 °C12 December 1970	27.6 °C	903 mm	304
1969	41.5 °C7 March 1969	16.3 °C4 January 1969	27.3 °C	998 mm	294
1968	41.6 °C27 March 1968	14.2 °C19 January 1968	27.5 °C	1,069 mm	322
1967	41.4 °C5 April 1967	14.0 °C2 January 1967	27.5 °C	854 mm	303
1966	41.4 °C10 March 1966	13.7 °C5 January 1966	27.9 °C	636 mm	343
1965	40.8 °C15 April 1965	16.7 °C5 February 1965	28.0 °C	629 mm	341
1964	42.1 °C31 March 1964	14.2 °C13 January 1964	28.3 °C	502 mm	340
1963	41.2 °C31 March 1963	15.9 °C10 December 1963	27.8 °C	767 mm	336
1962	40.8 °C4 March 1962	14.3 °C8 February 1962	27.5 °C	927 mm	313
1961	40.8 °C23 March 1961	15.7 °C11 December 1961	27.5 °C	731 mm	317
1960	40.4 °C30 March 1960	15.6 °C5 February 1960	27.8 °C	783 mm	325
1959	41.0 °C11 April 1959	15.6 °C23 January 1959	28.0 °C	773 mm	325
1958	41.0 °C13 March 1958	16.7 °C10 January 1958	28.0 °C	498 mm	309
1957	38.9 °C15 March 1957	12.4 °C9 January 1957	26.7 °C	1,136 mm	278
1956	39.9 °C6 April 1956	15.3 °C25 January 1956	27.1 °C	745 mm	285
1955	40.3 °C25 April 1955	14.8 °C29 December 1955	26.9 °C	921 mm	268
1954	40.2 °C15 March 1954	16.4 °C20 January 1954	27.2 °C	706 mm	301
1953	40.7 °C21 April 1953	15.7 °C1 February 1953	27.5 °C	684 mm	311
1952	39.7 °C20 March 1952	15.8 °C7 January 1952	27.3 °C	644 mm	316
1951	40.4 °C14 March 1951	16.1 °C31 December 1951	27.0 °C	986 mm	307
1950	40.4 °C31 March 1950	16.5 °C19 February 1950	27.1 °C	892 mm	288
1949	39.9 °C24 March 1949	16.3 °C18 January 1949	28.1 °C	436 mm	333
1948	39.5 °C30 March 1948	13.8 °C4 February 1948	26.9 °C	681 mm	303
1947	40.7 °C17 April 1947	15.8 °C19 January 1947	27.3 °C	1,099 mm	259
1946	39.6 °C9 March 1946	14.7 °C1 January 1946	27.1 °C	529 mm	311
1945	40.2 °C7 April 1945	13.3 °C8 February 1945	26.5 °C	738 mm	294
1944	40.0 °C14 April 1944	15.8 °C2 February 1944	27.0 °C	931 mm	282
1943	40.3 °C1 March 1943	17.4 °C19 December 1943	27.5 °C	588 mm	307
1942	40.5 °C30 April 1942	16.6 °C27 January 1942	27.9 °C	654 mm	320
1941	41.6 °C28 March 1941	14.9 °C27 December 1941	28.2 °C	453 mm	352
1940	39.9 °C9 April 1940	17.6 °C9 February 1940	27.9 °C	430 mm	351

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.5 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

344 d/yr

+24

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

593 mm

-222 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.3 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	38.2 °C	+1.1 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Mar	40.0 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-10 mm
Apr	39.5 °C	+1.7 °C	5 mm	-29 mm
May	36.8 °C	+1.3 °C	74 mm	-0 mm
Jun	34.2 °C	+1.6 °C	28 mm	-73 mm
Jul	31.4 °C	+0.9 °C	126 mm	-33 mm
Aug	30.4 °C	+0.8 °C	161 mm	-34 mm
Sep	32.0 °C	+1.7 °C	125 mm	-52 mm
Oct	33.6 °C	+1.3 °C	74 mm	+14 mm
Nov	37.2 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Dec	37.2 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.5 °C

8 Apr 2025

Coldest day

17.7 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

38.5 mm

16 Aug 2025

Windiest day

18.9 km/h

27 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

42.5 km/h

27 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

8 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.8 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

13 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mokwa?

Mokwa has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.0 °C and it receives 815 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mokwa?

The hottest day measured in Mokwa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1998, reaching 42.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mokwa?

The coldest day measured in Mokwa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, at 12.4 °C.

Does it snow in Mokwa?

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

Has the climate of Mokwa warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Mokwa?

The wettest day measured in Mokwa between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 2013, with 212 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mokwa?

The windiest day measured in Mokwa between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 1942, with winds reaching 22.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mokwa?

The warmest month in Mokwa is March (31.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Mokwa?

Mokwa receives on average 815 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 115 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mokwa?

Mokwa gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mokwa?

Yes: Mokwa has on average 320 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mokwa?

In Mokwa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.2 °C on 2 April 2024, and the lowest was 9.3 °C on 9 January 1957.

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