Climate averages 1991–2020
Potiskum weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Potiskum: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Daura (40 km away). In September its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Potiskum, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Potiskum ranks joint 13th of 143 for the warmest September highs and 14th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 28.6°C; Potiskum is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 31.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 97 | 14.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 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
September in nearby cities
- Daura in SeptemberNigeria · 40 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Azare in SeptemberNigeria · 97 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Gashua in SeptemberNigeria · 129 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Hadejia in SeptemberNigeria · 140 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Nguru in SeptemberNigeria · 146 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Chakwama in SeptemberNigeria · 155 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Biu in SeptemberNigeria · 172 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Pindiga in SeptemberNigeria · 193 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 108 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.