Climate averages 1991–2020
Potiskum weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Potiskum: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Daura (40 km away). In October its highs average 33.5°C, about as warm as Potiskum, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Potiskum ranks 17th of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 13th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 30.0°C; Potiskum is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Potiskum climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 32.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 23 | 4.9 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 43 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 132 | 18.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 202 | 22.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 97 | 14.3 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 33.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Daura in OctoberNigeria · 40 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Azare in OctoberNigeria · 97 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Gashua in OctoberNigeria · 129 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Hadejia in OctoberNigeria · 140 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Nguru in OctoberNigeria · 146 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Chakwama in OctoberNigeria · 155 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Biu in OctoberNigeria · 172 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Pindiga in OctoberNigeria · 193 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 44 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Potiskum) is explained once on the Potiskum year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.