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Last and first frost dates in Sokoto

Nigeria

Sokoto 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 Sokoto

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 Sokoto

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Kaduna370 km——
Kano376 km——
Abuja507 km——
Ilorin512 km——
Jos530 km——

Weather in Sokoto by month

Average weather in Sokoto over 2016–2025: the warmest month is April. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (30.3–40.4 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: January–December (30.3–40.4 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 17.7 °C. About 439 mm of rain falls in a year, on 61 days; August is the wettest month (192 mm) and January the driest (0 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January31.617.700
February34.219.800
March38.924.610
April40.427.111
May39.428.2133
June35.826.1479
July32.324.39714
August30.323.219219
September32.423.77312
October3523.1143
November3520.710
December32.318.600

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).