BENIN CITY, NIGERIA

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		26		27		28		28		28		27		26		25		25		25		26		27		27

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		27		28		29		29		28		28		27		26		25		26		26		27		28

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		26		27		27		27		27		26		25		25		24		25		25		26		26

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		37		36		37		36		35		34		32		32		30		31		33		32		32

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		17		18		20		22		20		18		18		20		21		21		18		20		17

Average Number of Days Above 95F/35C

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		3		---		1		2		1		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 86F/30C

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		119		17		15		16		13		14		8		2		1		3		7		11		14

Average Number of Days Below 75F/23C

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		141		9		6		8		7		11		11		17		19		14		16		12		11

Average Number of Days Below 65F/18C

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		1		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		1

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		57		1		1		2		1		3		7		11		13		9		6		2		1

Average Number of Rainy Days

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		57		1		1		2		1		3		7		11		13		9		6		2		1

Average Number of Days With Thunderstorms

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		24		---		1		1		1		5		4		2		2		3		3		2		---

Average Morning Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 2

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		94		91		---		93		93		---		96		---		96		---		96		95		94

Average Evening Relative Humidity

Years on Record: 2

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
%		---		58		---		---		---		71		75		82		83		---		---		---		61

Average Dew Point

Years on Record: 1

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
C		22		20		---		---		---		---		23		22		22		---		23		---		22

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		3370.4		301.4		290.3		318.6		291.7		284.2		241.7		223.9		198.1		216.7		241.1		266.7		275.6

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		6620.7		559.7		525.8		576.9		541.7		542.5		491.7		482.2		456.4		466.7		499.4		516.7		533.9

Average Length of Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		12.5		12.2		12.3		12.4		12.6		12.8		12.9		12.8		12.7		12.5		12.3		12.2		12.1

Average Number of Days With Fog

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		160		15		13		14		15		12		14		12		11		10		13		14		17

Average Number of Days With Smoke/Haze

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		37		10		7		5		3		---		---		---		---		---		1		5		6

Average No. of Days With Vision Obstruction

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		205		26		20		20		17		12		14		13		11		10		15		21		26

Average No. of Days With Blowing Dust/Sand

Years on Record: 5

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		205		26		20		20		17		12		14		13		11		10		15		21		26

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		17.3		20		20.2		19.4		18.6		17.5		16		14.2		13.8		14.5		16.2		18.2		19.1

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		7.4		6		7		7.9		8.2		7.9		7.7		7.7		8		8.2		7.7		6.7		5.9

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		17.4		20.7		20.4		19.3		18.4		17.4		16		14.1		13.6		14.3		16.3		18.7		19.9

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		14.8		22.1		19.7		16.4		14.7		14		12.3		9.4		8.2		9		12.5		17.9		21.3

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		17.3		20		20.2		19.4		18.6		17.5		16		14.2		13.8		14.5		16.2		18.2		19.1

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		7.6		6.5		7.4		8.1		8.3		8		7.7		7.8		8.1		8.3		7.8		7		6.5

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		19.6		23		22.8		22.5		20.6		18.5		17.9		16.4		16		15.9		18.2		20.6		22.6

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		18.5		26.8		24.2		22.1		18.4		15.6		15.3		12.7		11.4		11.2		15.5		21.4		26.8

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		15.5		18.6		18.4		17.9		17		16		14.2		12.4		12		12.5		13.7		16.6		16.8

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		7		5.2		6.2		7.1		7.8		7.8		7.6		7.6		7.7		7.9		7.6		6.2		5

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		15.6		19.2		18.6		17.8		16.8		15.9		14.2		12.3		11.8		12.3		13.7		17		17.4

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Mj/m2		11.9		19.2		16.4		14		12.3		11.7		9.6		7.1		6.1		6.5		8.8		14.9		16.5