Spring Weather in Ikot Ekpene Nigeria

Daily high temperatures are around 85°F, rarely falling below 81°F or exceeding 90°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 74°F, rarely falling below 70°F or exceeding 76°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 75°F on April 14.

For reference, on February 17, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Ikot Ekpene typically range from 72°F to 87°F, while on January 1, the coldest day of the year, they range from 68°F to 85°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average spring 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.

Entradero, Panama (6,030 miles away) and Ungaran, Indonesia (7,138 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Ikot Ekpene (view comparison).

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The spring in Ikot Ekpene experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 81% to 85%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 88% on March 30.

The clearest day of the spring is March 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 19% of the time.

For reference, on March 30, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 88%, while on December 26, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 42%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Ikot Ekpene, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 29% and ending it at 79%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 90% on October 3, and its lowest chance is 7% 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 spring in Ikot Ekpene is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 2.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.0 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the season at 9.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 16.4 inches or falls below 3.9 inches.

Over the course of the spring in Ikot Ekpene, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 23 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 15 seconds, and weekly increase of 1 minute, 45 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 12 hours, 1 minute of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 12 hours, 24 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Ikot Ekpene is 6:40 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 26 minutes earlier at 6:14 AM on May 22.

The latest sunset is 6:42 PM on March 1 and the earliest sunset is 7 minutes earlier at 6:35 PM on April 30.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Ikot Ekpene during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:18 AM and sets 12 hours, 25 minutes later, at 6:43 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:32 AM and sets 11 hours, 50 minutes later, at 6:22 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 spring 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 Ikot Ekpene is increasing during the spring, rising from 93% to 100% over the course of the season.

For reference, on April 7, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 6, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 63% 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 Ikot Ekpene is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 4.9 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on August 7, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.3 miles per hour, while on November 24, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.6 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Ikot Ekpene during the spring is predominantly out of the west from March 1 to March 12 and the south from March 12 to May 31.

Ikot Ekpene 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 Ikot Ekpene is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 1°F of 84°F throughout.

The highest average surface water temperature during the spring is 84°F on May 5.

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 Ikot Ekpene 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 Ikot Ekpene are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 2,620°F, from 1,632°F to 4,252°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 Ikot Ekpene is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 0.3 kWh of 3.9 kWh throughout.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 3.7 kWh on May 26.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Ikot Ekpene are 5.182 deg latitude, 7.715 deg longitude, and 292 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Ikot Ekpene contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 207 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 286 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (397 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,119 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Ikot Ekpene is covered by cropland (49%), shrubs (18%), grassland (17%), and trees (16%), within 10 miles by cropland (41%) and grassland (20%), and within 50 miles by cropland (36%) and trees (23%).