Winter Weather in Ikeja Nigeria

Daily high temperatures are around 90°F, rarely falling below 87°F or exceeding 94°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 76°F, rarely falling below 68°F or exceeding 80°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 74°F on December 31.

For reference, on February 21, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Ikeja typically range from 77°F to 92°F, while on January 1, the coldest day of the year, they range from 74°F to 90°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average winter temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Manaus, Brazil (4,427 miles away); Cochin, India (4,988 miles); and Makassar, Indonesia (8,055 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Ikeja (view comparison).

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The winter in Ikeja experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 56% to 74%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 45% on December 25.

The clearest day of the winter is December 25, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 55% of the time.

For reference, on May 11, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 88%, while on December 25, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 55%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Ikeja, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 8% and ending it at 18%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 71% on September 26, and its lowest chance is 5% on December 27.

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the winter in Ikeja is increasing, starting the season at 0.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.0 inches, and ending the season at 1.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.9 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.3 inches on January 4.

Over the course of the winter in Ikeja, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 11 hours, 45 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 59 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the winter in Ikeja is 6:42 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 22 minutes later at 7:04 AM on February 1.

The earliest sunset is 6:28 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 30 minutes later at 6:58 PM on February 26.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Ikeja during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:33 AM and sets 12 hours, 30 minutes later, at 7:03 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:52 AM and sets 11 hours, 45 minutes later, at 6:37 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the winter of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Ikeja is gradually increasing during the winter, rising from 96% to 98% over the course of the season.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 82% on January 16.

For reference, on April 16, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 16, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 82% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Ikeja is increasing during the winter, increasing from 4.4 miles per hour to 6.3 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on July 30, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.3 miles per hour, while on December 15, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.4 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during the winter is 4.4 miles per hour on December 15.

The hourly average wind direction in Ikeja throughout the winter is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 60% on February 27.

Ikeja is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Ikeja is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 1°F of 83°F throughout.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the winter is 82°F on January 15.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Ikeja are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Ikeja are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 8,284°F, from 10,080°F to 1,796°F, over the course of the season.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Ikeja is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 4.6 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 4.9 kWh on December 29.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Ikeja are 6.597 deg latitude, 3.342 deg longitude, and 131 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Ikeja contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 177 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 108 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (299 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (817 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Ikeja is covered by artificial surfaces (100%), within 10 miles by artificial surfaces (64%) and water (10%), and within 50 miles by water (40%) and cropland (22%).