Winter Weather in Emure-Ekiti Nigeria

Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from 85°F to 89°F, rarely falling below 82°F or exceeding 95°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 90°F on February 19.

Daily low temperatures are around 68°F, rarely falling below 58°F or exceeding 74°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 64°F on December 31.

For reference, on February 19, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Emure-Ekiti typically range from 70°F to 90°F, while on January 1, the coldest day of the year, they range from 64°F to 86°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.

Sortova, Panama (6,021 miles away); Acacías, Colombia (5,451 miles); and Barquisimeto, Venezuela (5,107 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Emure-Ekiti (view comparison).

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The winter in Emure-Ekiti experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 58% to 76%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 46% on December 26.

The clearest day of the winter is December 26, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 54% of the time.

For reference, on April 22, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 85%, while on December 26, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 54%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Emure-Ekiti, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 4% and ending it at 14%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 82% on September 10, and its lowest chance is 2% on December 31.

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 Emure-Ekiti is increasing, starting the season at 0.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.9 inches, and ending the season at 0.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.5 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.2 inches on January 5.

Over the course of the winter in Emure-Ekiti, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 15 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 10 seconds, and weekly increase of 1 minute, 12 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 11 hours, 42 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 11 hours, 59 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the winter in Emure-Ekiti is 6:35 AM on December 1 and the latest sunrise is 22 minutes later at 6:57 AM on January 30.

The earliest sunset is 6:19 PM on December 1 and the latest sunset is 31 minutes later at 6:49 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Emure-Ekiti during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:23 AM and sets 12 hours, 33 minutes later, at 6:56 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:45 AM and sets 11 hours, 42 minutes later, at 6:27 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 Emure-Ekiti is rapidly increasing during the winter, rising from 62% to 77% over the course of the season.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during the winter is 29% on December 30.

For reference, on May 28, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on December 30, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 29% 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 Emure-Ekiti is increasing during the winter, increasing from 4.3 miles per hour to 5.8 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on August 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.9 miles per hour, while on November 6, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.0 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Emure-Ekiti during the winter is predominantly out of the east from December 1 to January 23 and the west from January 23 to February 28.

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 Emure-Ekiti 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 Emure-Ekiti are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 7,207°F, from 8,705°F to 1,498°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 Emure-Ekiti is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 5.1 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 5.3 kWh on December 30.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Emure-Ekiti are 7.436 deg latitude, 5.459 deg longitude, and 1,243 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Emure-Ekiti contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 305 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,223 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (561 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,890 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Emure-Ekiti is covered by cropland (41%), trees (26%), shrubs (21%), and grassland (13%), within 10 miles by cropland (41%) and trees (40%), and within 50 miles by cropland (39%) and trees (34%).