Wukari climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Wukari?

Wukari has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 900 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Wukari between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 2024, reaching 42.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Wukari?

The coldest day measured in Wukari between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, at 16.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Wukari?

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

Q: Has the climate of Wukari warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Wukari?

The wettest day measured in Wukari between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2005, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Wukari?

The windiest day measured in Wukari between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1963, with winds reaching 25.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Wukari?

The warmest month in Wukari is March (30.8 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Wukari?

Wukari receives on average 900 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Wukari?

Wukari gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Wukari (Nigeria) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 900 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 (30.8 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Wukari averages 0 frost days, 292 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.

Wukari has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.4 °C (on 28 March 2024) and the coldest 16.3 °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

WukariTaraba State

coords: 7.87°, 9.78°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

27.6°C

Average daily high

32.9°C

Average daily low

23.4°C

Annual rainfall

900mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

14.1km/h

Seasonal range

5.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

292 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

130 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.7 °C

Average feels-like low

25.2 °C

Average peak gust

31.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

351 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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

28 March 2024

Coldest day

16.3 °C

8 January 1957

Wettest day

136 mm

13 August 2005

Windiest day

25.1 km/h

8 April 1963

Strongest gust

53.3 km/h

7 February 1982

Hottest feels-like

46.6 °C

28 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

10.9 °C

8 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.3 h

19 July 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.6 °C25 March 2025	19.6 °C13 January 2025	28.9 °C	1,045 mm	317
2024	42.4 °C28 March 2024	18.5 °C18 January 2024	29.0 °C	858 mm	333
2023	40.5 °C27 February 2023	19.5 °C10 January 2023	28.6 °C	1,135 mm	336
2022	40.8 °C26 March 2022	19.2 °C21 January 2022	28.0 °C	1,080 mm	302
2021	40.1 °C3 April 2021	19.2 °C13 December 2021	28.4 °C	713 mm	332
2020	40.4 °C5 March 2020	17.0 °C3 January 2020	28.3 °C	703 mm	314
2019	39.7 °C4 April 2019	18.1 °C24 December 2019	28.0 °C	1,104 mm	309
2018	40.9 °C6 February 2018	17.4 °C19 January 2018	28.2 °C	826 mm	322
2017	40.7 °C29 March 2017	18.3 °C11 January 2017	28.5 °C	716 mm	322
2016	40.6 °C28 February 2016	19.0 °C6 December 2016	28.0 °C	1,172 mm	316
2015	40.1 °C15 March 2015	16.8 °C13 January 2015	28.0 °C	813 mm	322
2014	39.5 °C24 February 2014	18.5 °C19 December 2014	27.9 °C	961 mm	305
2013	40.5 °C15 March 2013	18.7 °C17 December 2013	28.0 °C	880 mm	296
2012	40.1 °C14 March 2012	17.0 °C18 January 2012	27.8 °C	1,021 mm	292
2011	39.9 °C29 March 2011	17.4 °C25 November 2011	28.0 °C	909 mm	304
2010	41.3 °C4 April 2010	17.1 °C22 December 2010	28.6 °C	910 mm	323
2009	41.4 °C25 March 2009	18.5 °C24 December 2009	28.3 °C	895 mm	319
2008	39.0 °C1 April 2008	18.5 °C24 January 2008	27.7 °C	903 mm	302
2007	40.3 °C31 March 2007	18.8 °C14 January 2007	28.0 °C	888 mm	309
2006	41.0 °C10 April 2006	18.5 °C30 December 2006	28.5 °C	727 mm	314
2005	40.8 °C23 February 2005	19.1 °C9 January 2005	28.6 °C	837 mm	311
2004	40.0 °C30 March 2004	19.6 °C7 December 2004	28.2 °C	796 mm	309
2003	40.0 °C31 March 2003	19.3 °C10 December 2003	28.2 °C	791 mm	316
2002	40.3 °C30 March 2002	18.4 °C15 January 2002	27.7 °C	824 mm	300
2001	39.2 °C15 March 2001	16.9 °C30 January 2001	27.7 °C	788 mm	300
2000	39.6 °C1 April 2000	19.2 °C31 December 2000	27.6 °C	800 mm	294
1999	40.3 °C1 April 1999	18.4 °C15 December 1999	27.7 °C	1,121 mm	275
1998	41.4 °C5 February 1998	20.3 °C15 January 1998	28.4 °C	972 mm	307
1997	39.0 °C10 March 1997	19.2 °C3 December 1997	27.4 °C	1,063 mm	296
1996	39.0 °C7 April 1996	18.1 °C10 January 1996	27.6 °C	1,041 mm	276
1995	39.7 °C10 April 1995	17.0 °C15 November 1995	27.5 °C	1,063 mm	293
1994	40.2 °C18 March 1994	19.3 °C17 December 1994	27.5 °C	1,261 mm	291
1993	39.7 °C10 April 1993	17.5 °C8 January 1993	27.6 °C	924 mm	310
1992	39.1 °C6 March 1992	17.9 °C15 December 1992	27.1 °C	937 mm	282
1991	38.4 °C9 March 1991	19.5 °C29 January 1991	27.4 °C	1,202 mm	271
1990	40.7 °C29 March 1990	19.5 °C15 January 1990	27.7 °C	911 mm	289
1989	39.6 °C14 March 1989	17.6 °C22 January 1989	27.2 °C	1,071 mm	292
1988	39.7 °C1 April 1988	19.0 °C10 November 1988	27.7 °C	1,036 mm	286
1987	40.8 °C20 March 1987	19.2 °C9 January 1987	28.4 °C	1,071 mm	322
1986	39.8 °C17 April 1986	17.5 °C10 December 1986	27.7 °C	777 mm	307
1985	39.8 °C6 March 1985	20.4 °C6 January 1985	27.2 °C	1,026 mm	278
1984	39.6 °C7 April 1984	18.0 °C12 January 1984	27.5 °C	1,036 mm	315
1983	40.9 °C19 April 1983	16.7 °C7 January 1983	27.9 °C	645 mm	285
1982	38.5 °C21 February 1982	17.3 °C5 December 1982	27.2 °C	961 mm	295
1981	39.7 °C16 March 1981	17.5 °C29 November 1981	27.1 °C	865 mm	288
1980	40.0 °C1 April 1980	16.6 °C11 January 1980	27.3 °C	1,156 mm	283
1979	39.5 °C12 April 1979	16.7 °C21 December 1979	27.2 °C	985 mm	300
1978	39.7 °C24 February 1978	17.8 °C11 January 1978	27.0 °C	902 mm	291
1977	41.0 °C19 April 1977	18.8 °C28 December 1977	27.7 °C	915 mm	302
1976	38.2 °C27 March 1976	18.7 °C20 December 1976	27.0 °C	897 mm	272
1975	38.5 °C11 March 1975	18.4 °C17 January 1975	26.8 °C	1,122 mm	267
1974	38.8 °C24 March 1974	17.3 °C21 December 1974	27.0 °C	933 mm	272
1973	40.2 °C12 April 1973	18.2 °C25 December 1973	27.8 °C	986 mm	313
1972	39.8 °C11 March 1972	18.0 °C13 November 1972	27.5 °C	857 mm	313
1971	39.1 °C18 March 1971	17.6 °C4 January 1971	27.2 °C	975 mm	284
1970	39.6 °C24 March 1970	18.5 °C19 December 1970	27.3 °C	897 mm	284
1969	39.0 °C26 February 1969	18.6 °C26 December 1969	27.3 °C	968 mm	282
1968	39.6 °C4 April 1968	17.9 °C18 January 1968	27.3 °C	1,108 mm	279
1967	39.2 °C3 April 1967	17.9 °C2 January 1967	27.0 °C	1,011 mm	265
1966	40.2 °C19 March 1966	19.8 °C4 January 1966	27.9 °C	768 mm	318
1965	39.0 °C3 April 1965	19.0 °C5 February 1965	28.0 °C	602 mm	322
1964	39.8 °C30 March 1964	19.6 °C13 January 1964	28.2 °C	467 mm	322
1963	39.4 °C14 March 1963	18.2 °C10 December 1963	27.7 °C	840 mm	298
1962	38.7 °C3 March 1962	18.2 °C7 February 1962	27.2 °C	818 mm	271
1961	39.1 °C22 March 1961	18.6 °C6 December 1961	27.3 °C	727 mm	289
1960	38.9 °C27 March 1960	19.7 °C23 November 1960	27.6 °C	722 mm	301
1959	39.6 °C10 March 1959	19.8 °C1 December 1959	27.9 °C	645 mm	299
1958	39.5 °C10 April 1958	19.8 °C10 January 1958	27.6 °C	740 mm	258
1957	38.0 °C15 March 1957	16.3 °C8 January 1957	26.8 °C	981 mm	239
1956	37.7 °C14 February 1956	18.3 °C6 January 1956	26.9 °C	769 mm	249
1955	38.0 °C29 January 1955	18.2 °C20 December 1955	26.9 °C	1,107 mm	235
1954	38.4 °C4 March 1954	19.0 °C8 December 1954	27.2 °C	793 mm	270
1953	38.1 °C7 March 1953	19.1 °C28 January 1953	27.1 °C	918 mm	254
1952	38.5 °C15 March 1952	18.6 °C4 December 1952	27.0 °C	1,142 mm	272
1951	38.7 °C14 March 1951	18.0 °C31 December 1951	27.1 °C	1,198 mm	278
1950	38.9 °C1 April 1950	19.1 °C1 January 1950	27.2 °C	582 mm	265
1949	39.0 °C14 March 1949	19.1 °C23 December 1949	27.7 °C	482 mm	306
1948	39.2 °C21 February 1948	18.2 °C26 December 1948	26.9 °C	893 mm	261
1947	39.1 °C27 January 1947	18.7 °C8 December 1947	27.2 °C	1,001 mm	241
1946	38.9 °C8 March 1946	17.5 °C21 January 1946	27.2 °C	801 mm	240
1945	39.6 °C6 April 1945	18.9 °C3 February 1945	27.1 °C	903 mm	258
1944	37.9 °C10 March 1944	19.1 °C20 November 1944	26.9 °C	1,147 mm	253
1943	38.9 °C11 April 1943	19.1 °C5 February 1943	27.4 °C	475 mm	289
1942	38.5 °C18 March 1942	18.8 °C20 January 1942	27.3 °C	865 mm	280
1941	39.1 °C8 March 1941	17.7 °C28 January 1941	27.6 °C	545 mm	302
1940	37.7 °C23 March 1940	17.7 °C2 December 1940	27.2 °C	655 mm	274

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)

317 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1046 mm

+146 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.3 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	38.7 °C	+2.4 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Mar	39.2 °C	+2.3 °C	2 mm	-12 mm
Apr	37.2 °C	+1.7 °C	50 mm	+4 mm
May	35.0 °C	+1.9 °C	63 mm	-32 mm
Jun	32.9 °C	+1.9 °C	88 mm	-9 mm
Jul	30.3 °C	+0.8 °C	198 mm	+69 mm
Aug	29.2 °C	+0.1 °C	291 mm	+113 mm
Sep	30.7 °C	+0.9 °C	208 mm	+18 mm
Oct	31.8 °C	+0.9 °C	133 mm	+5 mm
Nov	34.8 °C	+1.6 °C	11 mm	-6 mm
Dec	36.3 °C	+2.0 °C	1 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.6 °C

25 Mar 2025

Coldest day

19.6 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

120.9 mm

3 Aug 2025

Windiest day

22.4 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

49.0 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.0 °C

15 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.5 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

12 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Wukari?

Wukari has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 900 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wukari?

The hottest day measured in Wukari between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 2024, reaching 42.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Wukari?

The coldest day measured in Wukari between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1957, at 16.3 °C.

Does it snow in Wukari?

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

Has the climate of Wukari warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Wukari?

The wettest day measured in Wukari between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2005, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Wukari?

The windiest day measured in Wukari between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1963, with winds reaching 25.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Wukari?

The warmest month in Wukari is March (30.8 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Wukari?

Wukari receives on average 900 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Wukari?

Wukari gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Wukari?

Yes: Wukari has on average 351 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wukari?

In Wukari, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.6 °C on 28 March 2024, and the lowest was 10.9 °C on 8 January 1957.

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