Makurdi Weather Records (NIM00065271)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Makurdi (NIM00065271), Nigeria, with 51 years of record.

Key Facts for Makurdi

Makurdi (NIM00065271) is a weather station in Nigeria at 7.70 latitude and 8.61 longitude, 113 m (371 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1974 to 2024, 51 years of record.
934 records set at Makurdi still stand.
Records are tracked for no element yet: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.

About the Station

Location: Nigeria, 7.70 latitude, 8.61 longitude.
Elevation: 113 m (371 ft).
Period of record: 1974 to 2024, 51 years.
Eligible elements: none yet.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Makurdi. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Makurdi, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	38.9 C (102.0 F)	13.0 C (55.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	39.6 C (103.3 F)	16.3 C (61.3 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	40.2 C (104.4 F)	18.6 C (65.5 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	39.3 C (102.7 F)	21.4 C (70.5 F)	n/a	n/a
May	36.6 C (97.9 F)	18.5 C (65.3 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	35.5 C (95.9 F)	18.2 C (64.8 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	33.5 C (92.3 F)	20.0 C (68.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	32.8 C (91.0 F)	20.8 C (69.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	32.4 C (90.3 F)	19.4 C (66.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	33.8 C (92.8 F)	19.1 C (66.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	35.8 C (96.4 F)	18.4 C (65.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	36.4 C (97.5 F)	12.0 C (53.6 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

934 standing records

934 records at Makurdi still stand. 2011 holds the most, with 162.

Standing records at Makurdi by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1974	40
1975	5
1976	5
1979	22
1980	20
1982	4
2003	3
2004	4
2008	9
2009	5
2010	88
2011	162
2012	58
2013	63
2015	35
2016	7
2017	8
2018	17
2019	27
2020	68
2021	49
2022	76
2023	155
2024	4

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jun: 179.8 mm (7.1 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Makurdi. The most was 179.8 mm (7.1 in) on 15 June 2020.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Makurdi
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Feb	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	6 February 2023
Jun	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	15 June 2020
Sep	0.0 mm (0.00 in)	17 September 1979
Oct	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 October 2012

Period of Record Coverage

1974 to 2023

20 years of record at Makurdi, 1974 to 2023. 20 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 2003, 2004, 2010 and others.

Days with data per year at Makurdi
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1974	11	3%	No
1975	2	1%	No
1976	2	1%	No
1979	7	2%	No
1980	2	1%	No
2003	2	1%	No
2004	1	0%	No
2010	33	9%	No
2011	56	15%	No
2012	20	5%	No
2013	18	5%	No
2015	13	4%	No
2016	4	1%	No
2017	2	1%	No
2018	9	2%	No
2019	14	4%	No
2020	24	7%	No
2021	19	5%	No
2022	23	6%	No
2023	43	12%	No

Latest Records

No records were set at this station in the latest data.

Download the Data

Data for Makurdi standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Makurdi threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).