Nasarawa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Nasarawa?

Nasarawa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.4 °C and it receives 1,098 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Nasarawa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 2006, reaching 40.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Nasarawa?

The coldest day measured in Nasarawa between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2015, at 14.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Nasarawa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Nasarawa warmed?

Yes: Nasarawa warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Nasarawa?

The wettest day measured in Nasarawa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 2008, with 107 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Nasarawa?

The windiest day measured in Nasarawa between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2007, with winds reaching 22.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Nasarawa?

The warmest month in Nasarawa is March (30.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Nasarawa?

Nasarawa receives on average 1,098 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Nasarawa?

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

Nasarawa (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.4 °C and it receives 1,098 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 (30.5 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Nasarawa averages 0 frost days, 268 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.

Nasarawa has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 7 April 2006) and the coldest 14.8 °C (on 13 January 2015).

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

NasarawaNasarawa State

coords: 8.54°, 7.71°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.4°C

Average daily high

32.4°C

Average daily low

23.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,098mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

9.8km/h

Seasonal range

5.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

268 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

148 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.0 °C

Average feels-like low

25.8 °C

Average peak gust

24.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

338 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °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

40.9 °C

7 April 2006

Coldest day

14.8 °C

13 January 2015

Wettest day

107 mm

16 August 2008

Windiest day

22.5 km/h

31 March 2007

Strongest gust

57.2 km/h

31 March 2007

Hottest feels-like

45.9 °C

30 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

11.6 °C

9 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.4 h

13 June 1949

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.7 °C4 March 2025	19.0 °C13 January 2025	28.8 °C	1,084 mm	301
2024	40.4 °C28 March 2024	16.5 °C16 January 2024	28.6 °C	869 mm	318
2023	38.9 °C26 February 2023	16.4 °C10 January 2023	28.3 °C	1,080 mm	326
2022	39.8 °C1 April 2022	16.8 °C1 February 2022	27.6 °C	987 mm	283
2021	39.4 °C10 March 2021	17.7 °C25 January 2021	28.1 °C	823 mm	317
2020	40.0 °C11 March 2020	15.8 °C3 January 2020	27.8 °C	863 mm	288
2019	40.2 °C4 April 2019	16.5 °C24 December 2019	27.8 °C	1,450 mm	283
2018	39.5 °C6 February 2018	16.6 °C6 January 2018	27.7 °C	998 mm	294
2017	40.7 °C4 April 2017	17.3 °C2 January 2017	28.3 °C	954 mm	301
2016	39.9 °C17 February 2016	17.6 °C29 December 2016	27.7 °C	1,265 mm	295
2015	39.5 °C15 March 2015	14.8 °C13 January 2015	27.7 °C	892 mm	300
2014	38.3 °C19 March 2014	16.9 °C5 January 2014	27.6 °C	1,293 mm	283
2013	40.1 °C15 March 2013	16.3 °C19 December 2013	27.7 °C	1,167 mm	276
2012	39.6 °C14 March 2012	16.4 °C29 December 2012	27.5 °C	1,605 mm	270
2011	39.2 °C29 March 2011	16.1 °C16 January 2011	27.7 °C	959 mm	295
2010	40.2 °C12 April 2010	15.8 °C12 December 2010	28.3 °C	1,234 mm	305
2009	39.6 °C25 March 2009	15.5 °C27 December 2009	27.9 °C	1,149 mm	305
2008	38.5 °C4 March 2008	16.7 °C23 January 2008	27.5 °C	1,225 mm	291
2007	39.7 °C31 March 2007	16.2 °C14 January 2007	27.7 °C	992 mm	274
2006	40.9 °C7 April 2006	15.6 °C30 December 2006	28.2 °C	1,090 mm	298
2005	40.2 °C23 February 2005	16.7 °C9 January 2005	28.2 °C	1,038 mm	286
2004	39.1 °C11 February 2004	18.8 °C18 December 2004	27.8 °C	1,080 mm	279
2003	40.5 °C24 March 2003	16.8 °C9 December 2003	28.0 °C	931 mm	288
2002	39.3 °C23 February 2002	17.4 °C12 January 2002	27.6 °C	1,054 mm	283
2001	38.3 °C25 March 2001	16.0 °C10 January 2001	27.5 °C	988 mm	272
2000	38.3 °C6 March 2000	17.5 °C5 December 2000	27.4 °C	1,151 mm	261
1999	40.0 °C1 April 1999	16.9 °C15 December 1999	27.6 °C	1,370 mm	253
1998	40.4 °C13 April 1998	18.8 °C15 January 1998	28.1 °C	1,237 mm	286
1997	38.2 °C18 March 1997	19.4 °C8 February 1997	27.2 °C	1,159 mm	273
1996	39.1 °C7 April 1996	17.6 °C3 January 1996	27.4 °C	1,318 mm	253
1995	39.0 °C10 April 1995	17.9 °C26 December 1995	27.3 °C	1,388 mm	256
1994	39.9 °C29 March 1994	17.4 °C17 December 1994	27.2 °C	1,479 mm	264
1993	38.6 °C10 April 1993	17.6 °C8 January 1993	27.3 °C	1,173 mm	289
1992	38.2 °C1 April 1992	16.6 °C5 January 1992	26.8 °C	1,124 mm	245
1991	38.7 °C4 March 1991	17.6 °C1 January 1991	27.2 °C	1,293 mm	254
1990	40.0 °C29 March 1990	19.2 °C25 February 1990	27.5 °C	1,051 mm	273
1989	39.1 °C4 April 1989	15.7 °C16 January 1989	27.1 °C	1,022 mm	271
1988	39.3 °C29 February 1988	18.9 °C30 December 1988	27.5 °C	1,415 mm	268
1987	39.9 °C2 May 1987	17.8 °C7 January 1987	28.0 °C	1,158 mm	304
1986	39.1 °C2 February 1986	16.7 °C9 December 1986	27.3 °C	1,069 mm	265
1985	38.3 °C7 March 1985	19.4 °C4 February 1985	27.1 °C	1,232 mm	259
1984	38.5 °C2 March 1984	18.2 °C26 January 1984	27.3 °C	1,224 mm	273
1983	39.5 °C25 March 1983	16.3 °C25 January 1983	27.7 °C	925 mm	268
1982	37.9 °C21 February 1982	16.0 °C14 December 1982	27.0 °C	1,328 mm	259
1981	38.8 °C6 March 1981	15.4 °C29 November 1981	27.0 °C	1,148 mm	267
1980	38.5 °C15 March 1980	16.7 °C9 January 1980	27.2 °C	1,594 mm	266
1979	39.6 °C21 March 1979	17.2 °C9 December 1979	27.3 °C	1,239 mm	280
1978	38.1 °C24 February 1978	16.2 °C11 January 1978	26.8 °C	1,231 mm	261
1977	39.8 °C17 April 1977	17.6 °C24 December 1977	27.3 °C	932 mm	275
1976	38.4 °C5 April 1976	16.3 °C3 January 1976	26.6 °C	1,086 mm	246
1975	37.1 °C12 March 1975	16.0 °C8 December 1975	26.6 °C	1,260 mm	241
1974	39.4 °C24 March 1974	16.4 °C14 January 1974	26.9 °C	1,147 mm	258
1973	38.9 °C20 March 1973	17.8 °C25 December 1973	27.6 °C	1,101 mm	296
1972	38.5 °C24 February 1972	17.4 °C23 December 1972	27.1 °C	1,169 mm	279
1971	39.5 °C18 March 1971	17.2 °C25 December 1971	27.0 °C	1,297 mm	267
1970	39.5 °C17 February 1970	16.8 °C15 December 1970	27.2 °C	1,215 mm	278
1969	39.3 °C3 March 1969	18.1 °C10 January 1969	27.1 °C	1,270 mm	250
1968	39.4 °C9 April 1968	16.0 °C19 January 1968	27.0 °C	1,339 mm	271
1967	38.9 °C21 April 1967	16.0 °C2 January 1967	27.0 °C	1,116 mm	265
1966	39.1 °C19 March 1966	16.6 °C6 January 1966	27.5 °C	831 mm	283
1965	38.0 °C10 April 1965	17.5 °C9 December 1965	27.5 °C	843 mm	282
1964	39.3 °C30 March 1964	17.6 °C13 January 1964	27.8 °C	573 mm	274
1963	38.6 °C30 March 1963	17.8 °C9 December 1963	27.3 °C	1,109 mm	283
1962	38.7 °C3 March 1962	16.9 °C28 January 1962	26.9 °C	1,135 mm	241
1961	37.8 °C8 March 1961	16.6 °C10 January 1961	27.0 °C	747 mm	264
1960	38.5 °C28 March 1960	17.9 °C3 January 1960	27.2 °C	921 mm	257
1959	38.7 °C16 March 1959	17.2 °C30 December 1959	27.4 °C	1,004 mm	261
1958	38.8 °C5 April 1958	18.1 °C8 January 1958	27.3 °C	817 mm	236
1957	37.8 °C20 March 1957	14.9 °C9 January 1957	26.4 °C	1,285 mm	209
1956	37.7 °C14 February 1956	17.3 °C20 December 1956	26.5 °C	1,055 mm	239
1955	37.5 °C20 March 1955	16.7 °C7 January 1955	26.6 °C	1,322 mm	221
1954	36.7 °C4 March 1954	17.1 °C10 December 1954	26.6 °C	788 mm	228
1953	38.7 °C21 April 1953	16.8 °C16 December 1953	26.8 °C	1,044 mm	233
1952	38.0 °C28 February 1952	17.6 °C7 January 1952	26.8 °C	1,042 mm	243
1951	37.5 °C14 March 1951	16.9 °C30 December 1951	26.6 °C	1,231 mm	239
1950	38.1 °C28 February 1950	18.0 °C18 January 1950	26.4 °C	996 mm	228
1949	38.2 °C16 February 1949	17.2 °C9 February 1949	27.3 °C	579 mm	276
1948	38.1 °C20 March 1948	17.1 °C3 February 1948	26.7 °C	1,221 mm	231
1947	38.7 °C21 February 1947	17.6 °C21 January 1947	26.9 °C	1,250 mm	231
1946	38.8 °C23 February 1946	16.7 °C1 January 1946	26.8 °C	982 mm	224
1945	38.8 °C6 April 1945	16.0 °C4 February 1945	26.7 °C	1,050 mm	232
1944	37.9 °C3 March 1944	17.4 °C3 February 1944	26.7 °C	1,245 mm	244
1943	38.4 °C11 April 1943	19.0 °C2 February 1943	26.9 °C	715 mm	266
1942	38.8 °C10 April 1942	18.1 °C4 January 1942	27.1 °C	789 mm	264
1941	39.0 °C27 March 1941	16.4 °C27 December 1941	27.2 °C	684 mm	258
1940	36.7 °C22 February 1940	18.6 °C3 March 1940	26.8 °C	856 mm	238

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

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

301 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1084 mm

-14 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.8 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Feb	38.0 °C	+2.1 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Mar	38.9 °C	+2.7 °C	1 mm	-18 mm
Apr	36.9 °C	+2.1 °C	26 mm	-27 mm
May	35.0 °C	+2.7 °C	48 mm	-61 mm
Jun	32.8 °C	+2.6 °C	100 mm	-51 mm
Jul	29.8 °C	+1.1 °C	297 mm	+94 mm
Aug	29.0 °C	+0.6 °C	265 mm	+41 mm
Sep	30.6 °C	+1.2 °C	240 mm	+19 mm
Oct	31.8 °C	+1.2 °C	104 mm	+3 mm
Nov	35.7 °C	+2.5 °C	3 mm	-7 mm
Dec	36.2 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.7 °C

4 Mar 2025

Coldest day

19.0 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

79.4 mm

30 Aug 2025

Windiest day

17.5 km/h

8 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

38.5 km/h

11 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.4 °C

15 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.7 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

24 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Nasarawa?

Nasarawa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.4 °C and it receives 1,098 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nasarawa?

The hottest day measured in Nasarawa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 2006, reaching 40.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Nasarawa?

The coldest day measured in Nasarawa between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2015, at 14.8 °C.

Does it snow in Nasarawa?

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

Has the climate of Nasarawa warmed?

Yes: Nasarawa warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Nasarawa?

The wettest day measured in Nasarawa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 2008, with 107 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Nasarawa?

The windiest day measured in Nasarawa between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2007, with winds reaching 22.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Nasarawa?

The warmest month in Nasarawa is March (30.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Nasarawa?

Nasarawa receives on average 1,098 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Nasarawa?

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

Are there tropical nights in Nasarawa?

Yes: Nasarawa has on average 338 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nasarawa?

In Nasarawa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.9 °C on 30 April 2024, and the lowest was 11.6 °C on 9 January 1957.

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