Ogoja climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ogoja?

Ogoja has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.4 °C and it receives 992 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ogoja between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2016, reaching 41.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ogoja?

The coldest day measured in Ogoja between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1981, at 16.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ogoja?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ogoja warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Ogoja?

The wettest day measured in Ogoja between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1979, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ogoja?

The windiest day measured in Ogoja between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, with winds reaching 27.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ogoja?

The warmest month in Ogoja is March (29.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ogoja?

Ogoja receives on average 992 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ogoja?

Ogoja gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ogoja (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.4 °C and it receives 992 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 (29.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (25.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Ogoja averages 0 frost days, 278 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 157 rainy days per year.

Ogoja 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 41.0 °C (on 21 February 2016) and the coldest 16.6 °C (on 30 November 1981).

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

OgojaCross River State

coords: 6.66°, 8.80°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.4°C

Average daily high

32.4°C

Average daily low

23.7°C

Annual rainfall

992mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

13.0km/h

Seasonal range

4.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

278 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

157 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.2 °C

Average feels-like low

26.8 °C

Average peak gust

28.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

362 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.3 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

41.0 °C

21 February 2016

Coldest day

16.6 °C

30 November 1981

Wettest day

150 mm

4 March 1979

Windiest day

27.0 km/h

8 January 1957

Strongest gust

57.6 km/h

8 January 1957

Hottest feels-like

46.2 °C

27 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

12.6 °C

8 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.3 h

23 July 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.7 °C16 March 2025	20.3 °C14 January 2025	28.7 °C	1,244 mm	309
2024	40.5 °C20 February 2024	18.5 °C22 January 2024	28.9 °C	934 mm	329
2023	39.8 °C3 February 2023	19.7 °C10 January 2023	28.5 °C	1,058 mm	323
2022	39.4 °C26 February 2022	20.0 °C19 December 2022	27.9 °C	1,156 mm	298
2021	40.2 °C28 February 2021	19.1 °C30 December 2021	28.3 °C	762 mm	324
2020	40.5 °C11 March 2020	19.0 °C26 January 2020	28.3 °C	1,262 mm	312
2019	38.8 °C20 February 2019	18.8 °C15 December 2019	27.9 °C	1,395 mm	311
2018	39.6 °C6 February 2018	18.6 °C7 January 2018	27.9 °C	1,030 mm	302
2017	40.7 °C24 February 2017	19.8 °C27 November 2017	28.3 °C	880 mm	317
2016	41.0 °C21 February 2016	21.1 °C11 January 2016	28.0 °C	1,113 mm	305
2015	39.1 °C14 March 2015	19.7 °C13 January 2015	28.0 °C	1,011 mm	313
2014	39.9 °C24 February 2014	18.8 °C5 January 2014	27.7 °C	1,169 mm	297
2013	39.5 °C18 March 2013	19.1 °C17 December 2013	27.8 °C	957 mm	294
2012	40.3 °C28 March 2012	18.4 °C17 January 2012	27.8 °C	1,309 mm	291
2011	40.0 °C29 March 2011	17.6 °C1 December 2011	27.8 °C	1,011 mm	298
2010	40.9 °C4 April 2010	17.6 °C12 December 2010	28.5 °C	963 mm	315
2009	40.1 °C26 March 2009	18.1 °C28 December 2009	28.1 °C	1,145 mm	313
2008	38.3 °C5 February 2008	19.9 °C8 February 2008	27.5 °C	1,204 mm	293
2007	39.7 °C3 March 2007	19.9 °C21 December 2007	27.7 °C	846 mm	284
2006	40.8 °C10 April 2006	19.2 °C25 December 2006	28.2 °C	883 mm	307
2005	40.9 °C23 February 2005	20.3 °C15 January 2005	28.1 °C	840 mm	297
2004	39.4 °C26 March 2004	19.5 °C30 November 2004	27.9 °C	909 mm	301
2003	39.2 °C13 March 2003	19.6 °C9 December 2003	27.8 °C	712 mm	305
2002	40.2 °C21 March 2002	19.3 °C24 January 2002	27.5 °C	917 mm	290
2001	38.7 °C22 February 2001	19.7 °C4 January 2001	27.6 °C	867 mm	271
2000	39.3 °C6 March 2000	18.2 °C5 December 2000	27.5 °C	1,001 mm	268
1999	39.8 °C13 February 1999	19.3 °C10 December 1999	27.5 °C	1,334 mm	282
1998	40.1 °C4 April 1998	20.8 °C19 December 1998	28.3 °C	949 mm	301
1997	39.3 °C10 March 1997	21.0 °C14 December 1997	27.3 °C	1,109 mm	273
1996	38.0 °C30 January 1996	19.7 °C1 January 1996	27.4 °C	1,315 mm	268
1995	38.4 °C3 March 1995	19.7 °C15 November 1995	27.5 °C	1,263 mm	282
1994	38.6 °C29 March 1994	20.3 °C6 January 1994	27.3 °C	1,250 mm	281
1993	38.0 °C10 March 1993	18.7 °C17 January 1993	27.3 °C	954 mm	301
1992	39.0 °C22 February 1992	18.9 °C17 December 1992	27.0 °C	1,075 mm	274
1991	37.7 °C11 February 1991	20.7 °C23 December 1991	27.2 °C	1,249 mm	261
1990	40.7 °C29 March 1990	21.2 °C23 February 1990	27.5 °C	952 mm	275
1989	39.9 °C14 March 1989	19.4 °C10 February 1989	27.3 °C	944 mm	292
1988	39.3 °C21 February 1988	21.3 °C19 December 1988	27.5 °C	1,171 mm	285
1987	39.3 °C2 March 1987	19.5 °C7 January 1987	28.0 °C	863 mm	324
1986	38.7 °C2 February 1986	17.6 °C9 December 1986	27.3 °C	934 mm	283
1985	38.7 °C6 March 1985	20.3 °C15 February 1985	26.9 °C	1,137 mm	260
1984	38.6 °C3 March 1984	18.5 °C10 December 1984	27.3 °C	1,048 mm	301
1983	40.5 °C25 February 1983	19.1 °C7 January 1983	27.6 °C	770 mm	285
1982	38.9 °C10 March 1982	18.6 °C14 December 1982	27.1 °C	1,049 mm	279
1981	38.5 °C16 March 1981	16.6 °C30 November 1981	27.0 °C	1,050 mm	275
1980	38.4 °C13 February 1980	18.4 °C17 December 1980	27.1 °C	1,237 mm	278
1979	37.2 °C17 February 1979	18.1 °C19 December 1979	27.0 °C	1,242 mm	291
1978	39.1 °C24 February 1978	18.9 °C24 November 1978	26.9 °C	1,038 mm	282
1977	38.7 °C14 March 1977	20.4 °C7 February 1977	27.5 °C	926 mm	297
1976	36.5 °C28 January 1976	17.5 °C3 January 1976	26.4 °C	1,037 mm	248
1975	37.2 °C12 March 1975	16.8 °C29 December 1975	26.6 °C	1,081 mm	260
1974	37.3 °C6 March 1974	18.1 °C14 January 1974	26.7 °C	1,026 mm	253
1973	39.4 °C12 March 1973	20.0 °C27 November 1973	27.5 °C	1,118 mm	314
1972	38.0 °C11 March 1972	18.4 °C14 February 1972	27.2 °C	891 mm	297
1971	37.9 °C18 February 1971	19.1 °C30 December 1971	26.9 °C	1,098 mm	283
1970	38.7 °C17 February 1970	18.4 °C29 November 1970	27.2 °C	1,071 mm	277
1969	38.7 °C21 February 1969	20.8 °C10 January 1969	27.2 °C	1,037 mm	266
1968	37.2 °C12 April 1968	19.2 °C20 January 1968	26.9 °C	1,059 mm	279
1967	38.9 °C24 February 1967	18.7 °C21 January 1967	26.9 °C	1,042 mm	257
1966	38.9 °C19 March 1966	19.4 °C23 December 1966	27.5 °C	741 mm	298
1965	37.7 °C31 January 1965	19.3 °C5 December 1965	27.3 °C	670 mm	301
1964	38.4 °C11 February 1964	20.9 °C9 February 1964	27.6 °C	484 mm	283
1963	38.8 °C14 March 1963	19.4 °C29 November 1963	27.5 °C	749 mm	299
1962	38.2 °C3 March 1962	19.6 °C28 January 1962	26.9 °C	820 mm	245
1961	38.3 °C25 February 1961	18.9 °C27 December 1961	27.0 °C	783 mm	261
1960	38.2 °C25 February 1960	20.4 °C4 January 1960	27.2 °C	899 mm	272
1959	38.9 °C9 March 1959	20.1 °C24 December 1959	27.4 °C	725 mm	276
1958	37.7 °C12 February 1958	19.3 °C8 January 1958	27.0 °C	804 mm	230
1957	37.0 °C15 February 1957	18.7 °C8 January 1957	26.5 °C	1,098 mm	223
1956	37.0 °C12 February 1956	19.3 °C18 December 1956	26.4 °C	964 mm	220
1955	37.2 °C19 February 1955	19.1 °C28 December 1955	26.6 °C	1,318 mm	217
1954	36.6 °C4 March 1954	18.8 °C3 August 1954	26.6 °C	889 mm	238
1953	37.7 °C6 March 1953	19.9 °C10 December 1953	26.9 °C	994 mm	238
1952	37.3 °C27 February 1952	19.5 °C6 January 1952	26.8 °C	1,175 mm	257
1951	37.4 °C3 March 1951	18.2 °C30 December 1951	26.8 °C	1,027 mm	260
1950	37.0 °C22 February 1950	19.6 °C1 September 1950	26.6 °C	752 mm	246
1949	38.5 °C16 February 1949	18.3 °C9 December 1949	27.2 °C	642 mm	271
1948	38.5 °C21 February 1948	19.4 °C23 December 1948	26.7 °C	1,002 mm	229
1947	39.0 °C14 March 1947	19.4 °C22 July 1947	27.0 °C	1,199 mm	239
1946	39.0 °C23 February 1946	18.9 °C12 November 1946	26.9 °C	855 mm	211
1945	39.1 °C26 March 1945	18.9 °C23 December 1945	27.1 °C	931 mm	248
1944	37.3 °C19 February 1944	18.7 °C30 November 1944	26.8 °C	950 mm	247
1943	37.4 °C5 March 1943	19.2 °C30 January 1943	26.7 °C	511 mm	268
1942	37.1 °C20 March 1942	20.0 °C3 January 1942	26.8 °C	753 mm	236
1941	37.6 °C9 March 1941	18.7 °C22 December 1941	26.8 °C	770 mm	244
1940	37.5 °C2 March 1940	20.1 °C2 August 1940	26.7 °C	889 mm	232

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.1 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

309 d/yr

+31

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1244 mm

+252 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.6 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Feb	38.8 °C	+2.6 °C	1 mm	-8 mm
Mar	38.8 °C	+3.0 °C	6 mm	-20 mm
Apr	36.7 °C	+2.5 °C	34 mm	-25 mm
May	34.5 °C	+2.3 °C	92 mm	-13 mm
Jun	32.5 °C	+2.1 °C	71 mm	-52 mm
Jul	29.9 °C	+0.8 °C	300 mm	+156 mm
Aug	29.6 °C	+0.6 °C	197 mm	+34 mm
Sep	30.4 °C	+0.7 °C	216 mm	+37 mm
Oct	31.2 °C	+0.7 °C	312 mm	+164 mm
Nov	33.6 °C	+1.3 °C	9 mm	-20 mm
Dec	36.4 °C	+2.3 °C	5 mm	+0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.7 °C

16 Mar 2025

Coldest day

20.3 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

126.9 mm

1 Oct 2025

Windiest day

23.2 km/h

6 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

46.8 km/h

6 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.2 °C

15 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.8 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

14 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ogoja?

Ogoja has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.4 °C and it receives 992 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ogoja?

The hottest day measured in Ogoja between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2016, reaching 41.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ogoja?

The coldest day measured in Ogoja between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1981, at 16.6 °C.

Does it snow in Ogoja?

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

Has the climate of Ogoja warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Ogoja?

The wettest day measured in Ogoja between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1979, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ogoja?

The windiest day measured in Ogoja between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, with winds reaching 27.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ogoja?

The warmest month in Ogoja is March (29.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Ogoja?

Ogoja receives on average 992 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ogoja?

Ogoja gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ogoja?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ogoja?

In Ogoja, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.2 °C on 27 March 2024, and the lowest was 12.6 °C on 8 January 1957.

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