CHAPTER 1
AREA AND CLIMATE
The Federal Republic of Nigeria, with an area of 909,890 square kilometres, is situated between 3 o
and 14o East Longitude and 4o and 14o North Latitude. The longest distance from East to West is
about 767 kilometres, and from North to South 1,605 kilometres. Nigeria is bounded on the West by
the Republics of Benin and Niger; on the East by the Republic of Cameroon; on the North by Niger
and Chad Republics and the South by the Gulf of Guinea.
The coast of Nigeria is a belt of mangrove swamps that is traversed by a network of creeks and
rivers and the great Niger Delta. Beyond this lie successive belts of tropical rain forests that break
into a more open woodland with hilly ranges and the undulating plateau with hills of granite and
sandstone, rising from 609.6 metres on the average to 1,828.8 metrers eastwards. Midway north of
the country the vegetation is grassland interspersed with trees and shrubs which finally terminate in
the Sahel Savannah region of the semi-arid northeast.
River Niger (Africans third longest River) rises from the mountains to the east of Sieria Leone and
flows for the first two thirds of its 4,184 kilometres lengthoutside Nigeria before entering the country
from the Northwest. It receives the River Benue (which rises from the Republic of Cameroon) at
Lokoja and then flows for about 547 kilometres to the sea in the Gulf of Guinea. River Niger has as
its tributaries, the Sokoto, Kaduna and Anambra Rivers while River Benue receives Katsina-Ala and
Gongola Rivers. This second great drainage system runs from the central plateau into Yobe River
and eventually empties itself into Lake Chad. Other important river systems include the Benin,
Escravos, Sombreiro, Bonny, Cross River, Imo, Ogun and Osun Rivers.
Nigeria is also blessed with favourable and varied climatic conditions. The climate is equatorial and
semi-equatorial in nature, characterized by high humidity and substantial rainfall. There are two
seasons the wet and dry seasons. The wet season lasts from April to October, while the dry
season lasts from November through March.
Following are eleven tables on the climatic conditions in Nigeria.
TABLE 1: AREA OF NIGERIA BY STATE
State
Abia
Hectares
Square Kilometres
Acres
Square Miles
490,000.00
4,900.00
1,205,400.00
1,914.06
3,870,000.00
38,700.00
9,520,200.00
15,117.19
Akwa Ibom
690,000.00
6,900.00
1,697,400.00
2,695.31
Anambra
486,500.00
4,865.00
1,196,790.00
1,900.39
4,911,900.00
49,119.00
12,083,274.00
19,187.11
905,900.00
9,059.00
2,228,514.00
3,538.67
Benue
3,080,000.00
30,800.00
7,576,800.00
12,031.25
Borno
7,260,900.00
72,609.00
17,861,814.00
28,362.89
Cross River
2,178,700.00
21,787.00
5,359,602.00
8,510.55
Delta
1,710,800.00
17,108.00
4,208,568.00
6,682.81
640,000.00
6,400.00
1,574,400.00
2,500.00
Edo
1,918,700.00
19,187.00
4,720,002.00
7,494.92
Ekiti
543,500.00
5,435.00
1,337,010.00
2,123.05
Enugu
753,400.00
7,534.00
1,853,364.00
2,942.97
1,710,000.00
17,100.00
4,206,600.00
6,679.69
528,800.00
5,288.00
1,300,848.00
2,065.63
Jigawa
2,328,700.00
23,287.00
5,728,602.00
9,096.48
Kaduna
4,248,100.00
42,481.00
10,450,326.00
16,594.14
Kano
2,028,000.00
20,280.00
4,988,880.00
7,921.88
Katsina
2,356,100.00
23,561.00
5,796,006.00
9,203.52
Kebbi
3,698,500.00
36,985.00
9,098,310.00
14,447.27
Kogi
2,774,700.00
27,747.00
6,825,762.00
10,838.67
Kwara
3,570,500.00
35,705.00
8,783,430.00
13,947.27
Lagos
367,100.00
3,671.00
903,066.00
1,433.98
Nassarawa
2,873,500.00
28,735.00
7,068,810.00
11,224.61
Niger
6,892,500.00
68,925.00
16,955,550.00
26,923.83
Ogun
1,640,000.00
16,400.00
4,034,400.00
6,406.25
Ondo
1,582,000.00
15,820.00
3,891,720.00
6,179.69
Osun
902,600.00
9,026.00
2,220,396.00
3,525.78
Oyo
2,650,000.00
26,500.00
6,519,000.00
10,351.56
Plateau
2,714,700.00
27,147.00
6,678,162.00
10,604.30
Rivers
1,057,500.00
10,575.00
2,601,450.00
4,130.86
Sokoto
2,782,500.00
27,825.00
6,844,950.00
10,869.14
Taraba
5,628,200.00
56,282.00
13,845,372.00
21,985.16
Yobe
4,660,900.00
46,609.00
11,465,814.00
18,206.64
Zamfara
3,793,100.00
37,931.00
9,331,026.00
14,816.80
760,700.00
7,607.00
1,871,322.00
2,971.48
90,989,000.00
909,890.00
223,832,940.00
355,425.78
Adamawa
Bauchi
Bayelsa
Ebonyi
Gombe
Imo
FCT (Abuja)
Total
Source: Federal Ministry of Works
TABLE 2: IMPORTANT RIVERS IN NIGERIA
Rivers
(Length in Kilometres)
Anambra
209.20
Benue
796.50
Cross River
539.00
Donga
281.60
Gongola
530.90
Hadejia
329.80
Imo
225.30
Ka
378.10
Kaduna
547.10
Katsina-Ala
345.70
Komadugu Yobe
466.60
Mariga
297.70
Mada
201.10
Mungo
168.90
Ngodela
289.60
Niger
1,174.60
Ogun
305.70
Oni
153.90
Oshun
273.50
Osse
265.50
Sokoto
627.50
Yesderam
353.90
Yewa
120.70
Zamfara
337.80
Source: Federal Ministry of Works
TABLE 3: ANNUAL MEAN RAINFALL IN NIGERIA BY STATE
Millimetres
STATE AND CAPITAL
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Abia (Umuahia)
Adamawa (Yola)
935.1
960.4
1043.9
96.6
94.8
95.2
89.1
94.4
39.9
Akwa Ibom (Uyo)
1391.3
208.0
167.0
101.1
193.0
191.5
180.2
Anambra (Awka)
Bauchi (Bauchi)
165.7
139.6
129.7
148.1
156.9
174.1
1316.0
900.2
1122.6
140.5
105.9
129.7
98.0
99.1
86.6
Bayelsa (Yenagoa)
Benue (Makurdi)
Borno (Maiduguri)
Cross River (Calabar)
1158.9
1308.7
871.9
134.8
90.4
89.7
107.3
43.0
81.1
630.5
406.9
534.8
70.0
55.0
60.6
34.5
54.4
3218.8
3424.8
2722.6
248.7
234.0
266.8
233.1
221.5
196.3
249.6
193.1
199.2
239.0
131.6
245.9
Delta (Asaba)
Ebonyi (Abakiliki)
2200.6
2201.5
2018.7
214.3
214.3
219.8
244.9
186.0
223.2
Ekiti (Ado-Ekiti)
Enugu (Enugu)
1990.9
1907.0
125.7
160.8
132.4
143.5
150.2
147.6
2691.5
2478.6
2527.3
209.6
194.8
192.0
138.9
189.2
147.3
Edo (Benin)
Gombe (Gombe)
Imo (Owerri)
Jigawa (Dutse)
Kaduna (Kaduna)
744.0
1240.8
889.3
107.2
102.7
98.9
85.1
26.7
Kano (Kano)
570.5
1289.3
1397.8
108.6
94.9
141.7
0.0
119.1
99.2
Katsina (Katsina)
413.2
473.2
18.5
56.4
58.3
44.8
-40.5
43.4
Kebbi (Birnin-Kebbi)
Kogi (Lokoja)
147.3
62.0
83.6
106.3
64.4
0.0
Kwara (Ilorin)
745.5
1334.4
1349.5
150.4
99.0
69.7
95.1
109.9
119.8
Lagos (Ikeja)
1649.1
2019.9
1039.9
142.8
91.1
116.8
163.6
150.7
163.1
Maiduguri
84.3
45.7
55.0
49.4
65.3
-15.8
Nassarawa (Lafia)
Niger (Minna)
690.0
940.2
1237.3
125.0
127.5
136.4
115.8
112.3
112.0
Ogun (Abeokuta)
1471.6
1254.9
1118.4
143.7
111.3
75.6
115.1
121.1
115.5
Ondo (Akure)
1804.1
1509.5
1406.8
116.4
127.9
78.1
129.1
279.5
121.2
143.6
136.2
99.7
123.1
133.7
49.8
Oyo (Ibadan)
1105.1
1294.9
1022.7
179.8
124.5
128.7
143.6
128.8
132.7
Plateau (Jos)
436.2
1329.3
1261.3
114.8
116.0
115.9
158.3
121.8
121.2
1065.9
2334.8
2322.0
200.9
166.2
179.2
133.1
203.1
Sokoto (Sokoto)
714.8
645.5
845.9
51.9
60.0
61.0
64.1
65.9
44.8
Taraba (Jalingo)
Yobe (Damaturu)
Osun (Oshogbo)
Rivers (Port Harcourt)
Zamfara (Gusau)
FCT (Abuja)
71.4
64.4
61.1
60.2
74.9
1021.8
1257.9
1367.4
158.0
111.0
129.0
183.5
170.6
153.4
Source: Nigerian Meteorological Agency.
Note:- No recording at the station for the period.
( ) = State Capital
TABLE 4: ANNUAL MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
STATE AND CAPITAL
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Degrees Centigrade
2003
2004
2002
Abia (Umuahia)
Adamawa (Yola)
35.1
34.2
23.5
34.9
32.9
Akwa-Ibom (Uyo)
31.3
31.5
32.9
31.5
31.6
31.8
Anambra (Awka)
32.0
32.3
32.6
32.7
32.7
32.3
33.4
32.9
35.5
32.5
32.0
32.6
30.8
32.9
33.3
Benue (Makurdi)
32.5
33.4
33.6
33.5
33.0
34.6
Borno (Maiduguri)
35.7
34.9
34.4
35.7
35.4
35.2
35.7
35.6
33.6
Cross River (Calabar)
30.4
32.0
34.1
30.6
31.2
30.9
31.0
31.4
31.2
31.3
31.6
31.7
31.6
32.5
31.7
Bauchi (Bauchi)
Bayelsa (Yenagoa)
Delta (Asaba)
Ebonyi (Abakiliki)
Edo (Benin)
31.7
32.8
33.9
31.3
31.7
31.6
31.5
31.4
31.8
Ekiti (Ado-Ekiti)
Enugu (Enugu)
34.4
30.5
32.1
32.2
32.4
32.3
32.3
33.0
34.6
32.5
31.6
34.9
31.8
32.2
32.3
32.3
32.6
32.7
Kaduna (Kaduna)
32.2
31.0
34.2
32.0
32.0
31.8
32.0
32.0
Kano (Kano)
33.6
34.1
33.7
30.4
33.0
33.6
33.9
34.9
Katsina (Katsina)
34.7
34.1
33.5
33.4
30.9
33.8
34.1
Kebbi (Birnin-Kebbi)
Kogi (Lokoja)
33.4
33.7
33.7
34.3
Kwara (Ilorin)
30.8
32.6
32.7
33.2
32.6
32.8
33.4
Lagos (Ikeja)
29.9
33.8
35.1
30.9
31.3
31.2
31.4
31.5
31.2
35.8
34.0
33.5
33.5
33.6
33.6
33.8
Gombe (Gombe)
Imo (Owerri)
Jigawa (Dutse)
Nassarawa (Lafia)
Niger (Minna)
Maiduguri
35.7
24.0
35.2
35.7
35.4
36.9
Ogun (Abeokuta)
33.6
32.3
34.7
32.7
32.8
32.7
32.7
32.9
Ondo (Akure)
30.7
30.8
34.7
31.0
31.5
31.6
31.3
31.3
31.6
31.4
31.8
31.9
31.6
31.4
31.8
Oyo (Ibadan)
30.5
33.2
31.7
31.4
31.6
31.7
30.9
31.8
32.3
Plateau (Jos)
27.0
27.5
31.1
27.9
27.7
27.5
27.7
28.1
28.1
Rivers (Port-Harcourt)
31.2
31.2
34.0
31.1
31.7
31.3
31.5
31.3
31.8
Sokoto (Sokoto)
35.9
35.5
35.2
35.5
35.5
35.8
36.2
Taraba (Jalingo)
Yobe (Damaturu)
34.8
34.5
34.5
34.9
36.5
34.5
Zamfara (Gusau)
.-
22.5
33.6
33.6
33.6
35.3
32.9
33.6
32.9
33.2
33.3
33.4
33.4
32.9
Osun (Oshogbo)
FCT (Abuja)
Source: Nigerian Meteorological Agency.
Note:- No recording at the station for the period.
( ) = State Capital
TABLE 5: ANNUAL MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
STATE AND CAPITAL
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2002
Abia (Umuahia)
Adamawa (Yola)
23.20
22.20
23.00
23.30
23.40
24.10
Akwa Ibom (Uyo)
23.60
23.30
23.30
23.20
23.30
23.30
23.40
23.60
23.50
Anambra (Awka)
32.00
32.60
32.70
32.70
32.30
Bauchi (Bauchi)
18.70
20.40
20.30
19.40
32.3
0
18.80
18.70
20.30
19.40
20.20
Benue (Makurdi)
23.90
22.80
23.00
19.90
22.20
22.90
23.50
Borno (Maiduguri)
21.60
21.30
17.30
20.00
19.90
19.70
20.40
20.60
20.30
Cross River (Calabar)
22.10
22.30
23.40
22.50
23.30
23.30
24.40
23.50
23.50
Delta (Asaba)
13.20
23.70
23.60
24.30
23.50
Ebonyi (Abakiliki)
13.2
0
-
23.90
24.10
23.40
23.30
23.40
23.70
23.60
23.70
Ekiti (Ado-Ekiti)
Enugu (Enugu)
22.40
23.40
22.50
32.20
32.30
32.30
33.00
24.20
29.50
24.10
23.70
23.80
23.70
24.10
Bayelsa (Yenagoa)
Edo (Benin)
Gombe (Gombe)
Imo (Owerri)
Degrees Centigrade
2003
2004
2001
32.40
23.60
21.60
Jigawa (Dutse)
Kaduna (Kaduna)
19.00
19.30
19.70
17.80
19.10
18.90
19.50
19.30
17.60
Kano (Kano)
18.60
20.60
20.40
19.60
19.50
20.20
20.00
20.00
Katsina (Katsina)
17.90
19.00
16.10
18.50
19.50
19.20
20.20
Kebbi (Birnin-Kebbi)
Kogi (Lokoja)
23.20
22.80
24.30
23.40
24.20
23.20
Kwara (Ilorin)
22.10
21.40
20.00
21.10
21.50
21.60
21.80
22.10
22.20
Lagos (Ikeja)
24.30
24.50
24.60
23.80
24.10
24.10
24.20
24.20
24.00
Niger (Minna)
21.30
21.90
22.40
22.30
21.90
22.40
20.90
22.10
Ogun (Abeokuta)
23.70
23.60
24.20
23.80
24.00
24.10
24.10
24.30
24.20
Ondo (Akure)
21.30
20.90
24.80
22.40
22.40
22.30
22.50
22.70
21.30
20.20
21.70
21.60
22.20
21.80
Oyo (Ibadan)
23.40
22.90
22.90
22.60
20.7
0
22.80
22.80
23.70
22.90
23.10
Plateau (Jos)
16.60
15.40
15.60
15.80
15.20
14.90
15.50
15.50
15.80
Rivers (Port Harcourt)
22.80
22.80
22.70
22.70
22.50
22.60
22.70
22.80
23.10
Sokoto (Sokoto)
22.30
22.40
22.10
22.60
22.50
22.50
22.50
Taraba (Jalingo)
Yobe (Damaturu)
20.80
20.50
19.30
21.40
18.60
20.20
Zamfara (Gusau)
20.20
18.80
18.40
20.70
18.10
17.70
22.10
21.60
21.70
21.50
22.10
22.00
19.70
22.20
Nassarawa (Lafia)
Osun (Oshogbo)
FCT (Abuja)
Source: Nigerian Meteorological Agency.
Note:- No recording at the station for the period.
( ) = State Capital
TABLE 6: ANNUAL MEAN RADIATION IN NIGERIA
STATE AND
CAPITAL
Abia (Umuahia)
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Millimetres
2004
2003
Adamawa (Yola)
17.80
18.40
18.70
19.20
20.30
20.10
Akwa Ibom (Uyo)
Anambra (Awka)
17.20
14.90
15.90
16.50
16.90
16.40
Benue (Makurdi)
13.40
Borno (Maiduguri)
17.40
14.50
12.60
12.90
12.70
12.70
13.00
14.70
Cross River (Calabar)
Delta (Asaba)
Ebonyi (Abakiliki)
11.90
11.50
10.40
9.20
9.10
6.20
Ekiti (Ado-Ekiti)
Enugu (Enugu)
12.70
12.60
12.70
12.60
12.90
12.60
12.40
12.30
10.30
8.80
18.50
9.40
9.30
11.40
12.10
11.50
Jigawa (Dutse)
Kaduna (Kaduna)
18.80
18.50
18.00
19.30
22.80
Katsina (Katsina)
Kebbi (Birnin-Kebbi)
Kogi (Lokoja)
15.70
15.10
15.30
14.50
Bauchi (Bauchi)
Bayelsa (Yenagoa)
Edo (Benin)
Gombe (Gombe)
Imo (Owerri)
Kano (Kano)
15.60
15.20
Kwara (Ilorin)
Lagos (Ikeja)
9.00
16.00
15.50
9.00
10.10
10.30
8.20
9.10
9.10
Ondo (Akure)
13.90
14.20
13.80
14.30
14.10
13.80
11.20
Osun (Oshogbo)
Oyo (Ibadan)
13.60
14.20
13.50
16.00
13.40
13.30
12.70
12.00
Plateau (Jos)
16.50
16.40
18.30
17.10
17.50
18.40
18.80
21.00
Rivers (Port Harcourt)
13.00
12.60
16.50
13.20
13.30
13.40
13.50
12.70
Sokoto (Sokoto)
17.40
16.50
16.80
16.90
Taraba (Jalingo)
Yobe (Damaturu)
17.70
18.60
19.40
19.20
20.60
Zamfara (Gusau)
FCT (Abuja)
1999
2000
Nassarawa (Lafia)
Niger (Minna)
Ogun (Abeokuta)
Source: Nigerian Meteorological Agency.
Note:- No recording at the station for the period.
( ) = State Capital
TABLE 7: ANNUAL MEAN EVAPORATION IN NIGERIA
STATE AND CAPITAL
1996
1997
1998
2001
2002
Millimetres
2004
2003
Abia (Umuahia)
Adamawa (Yola)
8.00
8.40
7.40
7.30
7.40
7.50
Akwa Ibom (Uyo)
1.60
1.80
2.30
2.10
2.00
2.00
Anambra (Awka)
3.1
3.60
3.60
3.20
2.80
Bauchi (Bauchi)
5.70
4.10
7.10
7.00
7.40
7.10
Bayelsa (Yenagoa)
3.10
4.90
6.30
6.00
5.90
5.80
11.70
11.40
16.70
11.10
10.80
9.80
10.30
10.00
12.00
Benue (Makurdi)
Borno (Maiduguri)
Cross River (Calabar)
2.40
2.70
3.50
2.30
3.20
2.50
2.80
2.50
Delta (Asaba)
1.70
2.30
1.80
1.80
3.00
Ebonyi (Abakiliki)
2.40
2.50
2.40
2.80
4.50
3.00
3.10
2.90
Ekiti (Ado-Ekiti)
Enugu (Enugu)
3.90
3.20
5.00
4.00
4.70
4.50
4.60
4.40
2.50
2.30
4.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.20
2.80
Kaduna (Kaduna)
7.30
7.10
7.60
6.70
9.20
7.00
6.00
7.30
Kano (Kano)
8.10
14.50
8.20
8.70
8.30
7.70
11.50
10.60
10.50
10.20
Kebbi (Birnin-Kebbi)
Kogi (Lokoja)
4.40
4.60
4.60
4.00
Kwara (Ilorin)
3.60
5.90
2.80
5.70
6.00
5.70
5.80
5.50
5.40
Lagos (Ikeja)
6.10
4.50
2.90
3.20
3.80
3.00
3.00
2.90
7.50
6.30
6.30
7.50
7.40
6.90
13.80
7.00
Edo (Benin)
Gombe (Gombe)
Imo (Owerri)
Jigawa (Dutse)
Katsina (Katsina)
Nassarawa (Lafia)
Niger (Minna)
Ogun (Abeokuta)
2.40
3.00
3.70
2.60
3.40
3.20
3.30
3.10
Ondo (Akure)
3.30
3.30
4.50
4.00
4.00
4.00
3.30
4.90
Oyo (Ibadan)
3.00
4.70
2.70
4.30
4.30
4.30
4.10
4.20
Plateau (Jos)
5.90
5.90
9.70
6.20
8.00
7.00
6.60
6.60
6.60
Rivers (Port Harcourt)
2.30
2.90
5.30
2.30
7.80
2.60
2.90
2.80
Sokoto (Sokoto)
11.40
14.00
7.70
10.20
9.90
9.10
8.90
Taraba (Jalingo)
Yobe (Damaturu)
12.50
3.20
11.30
14.50
17.40
Zamfara (Gusau)
9.30
16.30
0.00
5.10
16.10
5.20
5.30
4.70
5.50
5.60
5.70
5.30
4.90
Osun (Oshogbo)
FCT (Abuja)
Source: Nigerian Meteorological Agency.
Note: - No recording at the station for the period.
( ) = State Capital
TABLE 9: ANNUAL MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT 1500 GMT
STATE AND CAPITAL
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Pe r Cent
2004
2003
Abia (Umuahia)
Adamawa (Yola)
42
41
42
42
42
Akwa-Ibom (Uyo)
68
69
47
70
67
64
68
69
Anambra (Awka)
28
37
49
20
54
64
43
38
41
Benue (Makurdi)
62
52
50
50
51
50
Borno (Maiduguri)
30
35
11
32
29
30
29
30
Cross River (Calabar)
72
26
71
69
70
70
71
Delta (Asaba)
Ebonyi (Abakiliki)
Bauchi (Bauchi)
Bayelsa (Yenagoa)
Edo (Benin)
69
69
69
70
65
67
68
69
Ekiti (Ado-Ekiti)
Enugu (Enugu)
59
61
51
59
55
55
57
55
66
69
54
69
64
63
63
65
Kaduna (Kaduna)
40
41
37
40
37
38
38
39
Kano (Kano)
35
62
31
32
34
31
33
Katsina (Katsina)
30
28
28
29
30
30
Kebbi (Birnin-Kebbi)
Kogi (Lokoja)
Kwara (Ilorin)
60
50
52
49
47
49
50
Lagos (Ikeja)
74
55
67
70
68
71
71
70
Niger (Minna)
45
46
48
46
49
46
48
Ogun (Abeokuta)
64
61
57
62
55
60
60
62
Ondo (Akure)
68
60
46
68
70
66
63
66
Oyo (Ibadan)
61
50
60
59
60
60
59
61
Plateau (Jos)
43
50
33
44
38
60
47
45
Rivers (Port Harcourt)
69
69
50
71
67
72
68
70
Sokoto (Sokoto)
32
32
31
31
32
33
Taraba (Jalingo)
Gombe (Gombe)
Imo (Owerri)
Jigawa (Dutse)
Nassarawa (Lafia)
Osun (Oshogbo)
Yobe (Damaturu)
Zamfara (Gusau)
66
55
43
48
50
46
50
FCT (Abuja)
Source: Nigerian Meteorological Agency.
Note:- No recording at the station for the period.
( ) = State Capital
TABLE 10: ANNUAL MEAN SUNSHINE HOURS IN NIGERIA
STATE AND CAPITAL
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Hours
2004
2003
Abia (Umuahia)
Adamawa (Yola)
7.8
9.2
7.9
6.0
6.6
Akwa Ibom (Uyo)
Anambra (Awka)
5.4
5.5
7.0
7.2
Bauchi (Bauchi)
Bayelsa (Yenagoa)
Benue (Makurdi)
5.0
6.2
6.5
6.5
6.4
6.4
Borno (Maiduguri)
9.2
7.2
8.7
8.2
Cross River (Calabar)
4.2
4.4
Delta (Asaba)
4.4
5.4
5.1
Ebonyi (Abakiliki)
Edo (Benin)
Ekiti (Ado-Ekiti)
Enugu (Enugu)
5.2
6.9
6.1
6.2
5.8
6.0
4.6
3.5
4.0
4.9
Jigawa (Dutse)
Kaduna (Kaduna)
7.5
7.7
7.9
Katsina (Katsina)
8.8
8.6
Kebbi (Birnin-Kebbi)
Kogi (Lokoja)
8.2
6.6
Kwara (Ilorin)
5.9
6.2
Lagos (Ikeja)
5.0
2.4
5.6
5.0
6.3
5.1
Nassarawa (Lafia)
Niger (Minna)
8.6
Ogun (Abeokuta)
4.8
4.2
5.2
5.1
5.9
4.5
Ondo (Akure)
4.5
Oyo (Ibadan)
4.8
5.4
5.7
5.1
7.7
Plateau (Jos)
8.0
5.8
8.0
7.2
7.4
7.7
7.5
7.4
Rivers (Port Harcourt)
5.1
4.3
Sokoto (Sokoto)
8.8
8.6
8.6
Taraba (Jalingo)
Yobe (Damaturu)
Zamfara (Gusau)
7.5
6.8
7.4
7.4
6.4
7.0
Gombe (Gombe)
Imo (Owerri)
Kano (Kano)
Osun (Oshogbo)
FCT (Abuja)
Source: Nigerian Meteorological Agency.
Note:- No recording at the station for the period.
( ) = State Capital
TABLE 11: ANNUAL MEAN CLOUD COVERAGE IN NIGERIA
STATE AND CAPITAL
1999
2000
2001
2002
OCATS
2004
1996
1997
1998
2003
Abia (Umuahia)
Adamawa (Yola)
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Akwa-Ibom (Uyo)
6.6
6.1
4.3
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Anambra (Awka)
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Bauchi (Bauchi)
5.8
6.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Bayelsa (Yenagoa)
Benue (Makurdi)
7.1
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Borno (Maiduguri)
7.0
6.9
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Cross River (Calabar)
7.0
6.9
6.8
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Delta (Asaba)
Ebonyi (Abakiliki)
Edo (Benin)
7.0
7.0
7.0
Ekiti (Ado-Ekiti)
Enugu (Enugu)
7.0
6.8
7.0
Gombe (Gombe)
Imo (Owerri)
7.0
7.1
7.6
Jigawa (Dutse)
Kaduna (Kaduna)
7.0
7.0
Kano (Kano)
6.6
7.0
Katsina (Katsina)
6.9
Kebbi (Birnin-Kebbi)
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
--
Kogi (Lokoja)
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Kwara (Ilorin)
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Lagos (Ikeja)
7.0
6.9
6.9
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Nassarawa (Lafia)
Niger (Minna)
7.0
7.0
6.8
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Ogun (Abeokuta)
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Ondo (Akure)
7.0
6.9
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Osun (Ogbomoso)
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Oyo (Ibadan)
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Plateau (Jos)
7.1
7.0
6.3
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Rivers (Port Harcourt)
7.1
7.1
6.5
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Sokoto (Sokoto)
6.9
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Taraba (Jalingo)
Yobe (Damaturu)
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Zamfara (Gusau)
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
FCT (Abuja)
7.0
6.9
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
Source: Nigerian Meteorological Agency
Notes: - No recording at the station for the period.
( ) = State Capital