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Katsina State · 670,000 inhabitants · Thursday, October 29 · updated 20:12

Clear sky
29°
Clear sky
Feels like 31°C
Wind
7 km/h
Gusts
11 km/h
Humidity
36 %
Pressure
1011 hPa
Clouds
1 %
Storm
No
Rise 06:22 Set 18:04 Day 11 h 41 min UV 5 · Moderate

Morning, afternoon, evening

Trend
Evening
Clear sky
Clear sky
29°28°
Feels like 31°
Wind ↑ ENE 14 km/h
Gusts 20 km/h
Humidity 36 %
22:00
Clear sky
28°
ENE 14

Katsina forecast in charts · next 7 days

The week ahead: highs and lows

▲ This week runs +2.2° warmer than usual
Highs Lows Usual for the season (1991–2020 average)
18°24°29°35°40°TodayFriSatSunMonTueWed38°21°Thu 29 Oct: max 36° · min 28° · normal 27.7°Fri 30 Oct: max 36° · min 21° · normal 27.6°Sat 31 Oct: max 36° · min 20° · normal 27.6°Sun 1 Nov: max 38° · min 22° · normal 27.6°Mon 2 Nov: max 38° · min 22° · normal 27.5°Tue 3 Nov: max 38° · min 21° · normal 27.4°Wed 4 Nov: max 38° · min 21° · normal 27.3°

Hourly detail

ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThu19°30°40°38°20°02
Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Katsina climate: what a normal year looks like

The wet season is concentrated from July to September, which brings 82% of the annual total; August by itself averages 177 mm.

Afternoons reach 30 °C or more in 9 months of the year; the typical peak is 39 °C in April.

Day and night differ most in November: 33 °C in the afternoon against 18 °C before dawn, a 15 °C swing.

From November to April, rain is scarce: under 10 mm a month on average.

Forecast highs for the coming week average 37 °C, 2 °C warmer than a normal October (35 °C).

30-year averages (1991–2020)
MonthTypical highTypical lowRainfall
Jan29 °C14 °C0 mm
Feb32 °C17 °C0 mm
Mar36 °C21 °C1 mm
Apr39 °C25 °C3 mm
May38 °C26 °C19 mm
Jun36 °C25 °C43 mm
Jul32 °C24 °C105 mm
Aug30 °C23 °C177 mm
Sep32 °C23 °C79 mm
Oct35 °C22 °C14 mm
Nov33 °C18 °C0 mm
Dec30 °C15 °C0 mm
Whole year33 °C21 °C440 mm

Source: our own processing of the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus/ECMWF) for 12.99° N, 7.60° E, 1991–2020. ERA5 averages over a 0.25° grid (about 25 km): hills, a coastline or the heat of the city itself can shift local values by a degree or two.

Air you breathe in Katsina: pollution and pollen

6/6
Extremely poor
European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS
PM2.5236µg/m³
PM10258µg/m³

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Rain radar around Katsina

Rain observed over the last two hours by official weather radars around Katsina, followed by the radar forecast for the next hour where the weather service provides one.

Full-screen rain radar and next-hour rain on RainAtlas
Rain radar Last two hours, then forecast where available · drag the timeline

No open weather radar covers Katsina yet: the map shows our hour-by-hour rain forecast (ICON, GFS).

Moon over Katsina

Waning gibbous
87 % illuminated · 18.3 days
Rise 06:58 Set 20:37
Fri 30/10 79%
Sat 31/10 69%
Sun 1/11 59%
Mon 2/11 49% Last quarter
Tue 3/11 38%
Wed 4/11 28%
Thu 5/11 19%
Fri 6/11 12%
Sat 7/11 6%
Sun 8/11 2%
Mon 9/11 0%
Tue 10/11 1% New moon

Moonrise and moonset in local time (Africa/Lagos); phase and lit fraction from a synodic calculation.

Look up a past day in Katsina

Curious about the weather in Katsina on a given day? Choose a date: we read it from the ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus C3S), which runs until about a week ago.

Katsina weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Katsina, Katsina State: conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “clear sky”, it is 29 °C (feels like 31 °C) and the wind blows at 7 km/h.

Expected range today: 28 °C to 36 °C and a dry sky; it will be very hot. The forecast comes from the AtmoAtlas engine, which combines ECMWF-AIFS, NOAA GFS and DWD ICON, adjusts cloud cover with METAR reports and uses convective energy (CAPE) to flag storms.

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