How extreme does Sokoto's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Sokoto has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 27 years of daily weather observations (1998–present), from the Sadiq Abubakar Iii Intl station 17 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Sokoto has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

122°F Mar 22, 2016

The three most extreme on record

1 122°F Mar 22, 2016

2 118°F Jun 14, 2006

3 113°F May 2, 2015

❄️ Coldest night

54°F Dec 16, 2024

The three most extreme on record

1 54°F Dec 16, 2024recent

2 55°F Dec 10, 2010

3 55°F Jan 26, 2008

🌧️ Most rain in one day

2.76 in Jul 4, 2025

The three most extreme on record

1 2.76 in Jul 4, 2025recent

2 2.24 in Aug 7, 2024

3 2.20 in Jul 12, 2025

In plain terms

Across the record, Sokoto has reached as high as 122°F and as low as 54°F. A single day has delivered over 3 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

How we build these numbers →

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