NiMet predicts 250 days rainfall in Ogun, others

 

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has projected that Ogun alongside Oyo, Ekiti, Osun, Ebonyi, Anambra and Enugu States will experience the rainy days in 2025, ranging between 200 and 250 days.

According to the agency, Lagos, Delta, Bayelsa, Cross River, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom states will experience the highest number of rainy days in 2025, ranging between 250 and 290 days.

NiMet, in its 2025 Seasonal Climate Prediction, the onset of the rainy season is expected between March and April in Ogun and other southern states such as Lagos, Ondo, Ekiti, Edo, Cross River, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Abia, and Anambra.

The agency added that an early onset is also predicted for Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Anambra, and parts of Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Lagos, Edo, Enugu, Imo, and Ebonyi states.

In the central belt, rainfall is predicted to commence between April and May, covering Niger, Kwara, Kogi, Benue, Plateau, Nasarawa, Taraba, and the FCT.

The northern states Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Yobe, and Borno are forecast to experience onset between early June and July.

However, delayed onset is expected in parts of Plateau, Kaduna, Niger, Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba, Adamawa, and Kwara states.

Normal onset dates are expected in the rest of the country.

NiMet also warned of severe dry spells of more than 15 days after the onset of rainfall in parts of Oyo State, including Saki, Iseyin, Ogbomosho, Atisbo, Orelope, Itesiwaju, Olorunsogo, Kajola, Iwajowa, and Ori Ire.

A moderate dry spell lasting up to 15 days may occur in Ekiti, Osun, Ondo, Ogun, Edo, Ebonyi, Anambra, Imo, Abia, Cross River, Delta, Bayelsa, and Akwa Ibom.

For the northern states, a severe dry spell of up to 21 days is predicted during the peak rainy season, June to August.

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency also projected that the 2025 rainy season will end between October 6 and December 17 across the country.