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Last and first frost dates in Kaduna

Nigeria

Kaduna 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 Kaduna

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 Kaduna

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Abuja161 km——
Jos173 km——
Kano203 km——
Sokoto370 km——
Ilorin388 km——

Weather in Kaduna by month

Average weather in Kaduna over 2016–2025: the warmest month is March. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (26.9–35.9 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: October–May (30.3–35.9 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 16.4 °C. About 785 mm of rain falls in a year, on 111 days; August is the wettest month (217 mm) and January the driest (0 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January3116.400
February33.118.320
March35.921.641
April35.523.3173
May32.8236612
June29.721.510316
July27.720.815222
August26.920.421725
September28.420.316622
October30.319.55710
November31.517.610
December30.816.900

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).