Lagos, Delta, four others to record 250 rainy days – NiMet

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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has projected that 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.

This was contained in the agency’s 2025 Seasonal Climate Prediction, released on Monday.

According to NiMet, the next category of states to record significant rainfall – between 200 and 250 rainy days – includes Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti, Osun, Ebonyi, Anambra, and Enugu.

In the central region, states such as Niger, Kogi, Benue, Plateau, Nasarawa, Kwara, and the Federal Capital Territory are expected to record between 150 and 200 rainy days.

For the northern states of Sokoto, Katsina, Zamfara, Kano, Jigawa, Yobe, and Borno, rainfall is projected to span between 110 and 150 days in the year.

NiMet also forecast that the total annual rainfall across the country will vary from 405 mm in the far north to 3,010 mm in coastal regions.

“The total amount of rainfall across Nigeria in 2025 is predicted to be between 405 mm in the far north and 3010 mm in the coastal states of the country. Punch