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Last and first frost dates in Ilorin

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Ilorin had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Ilorin

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Ilorin

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Ibadan141 km——
Lagos260 km——
Benin City269 km——
Abuja328 km——
Kaduna388 km——

Weather in Ilorin by month

Average weather in Ilorin over 2016–2025: the warmest month is March. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (28.6–36.6 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: October–June (30.8–36.6 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 20 °C. About 756 mm of rain falls in a year, on 111 days; September is the wettest month (172 mm) and December the driest (0 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January352010
February36.522.141
March36.624.5174
April35.324.5386
May33.4245710
June30.822.910116
July29.122.312120
August28.621.816320
September28.92217222
October30.822.57611
November33.922.461
December34.820.700

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).