Osubi

DNSU · Delta, Nigeria

Climate Osubi 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Benin Airport (DNBE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 28.7 35 22 23
February 13.4 13 38 0 0
March 44.3 46 50 0 0
April 48.2 59 0 50 100
May 43.6 53 0
June 13.7 16 0 33
July 26.3 31 0 27
August 23.7 23 25 40
September 30.6 16 75 53 0
October 31.4 28 0 40
November 34.3 28 60 42
December 36.3 35 57 32
Average 30.4 33.8 29.7 28.0 39.0 33.3

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.4 54 22 54
February 49.4 49 63 38 0
March 91.9 94 100 33 0
April 93.1 88 100 100 100
May 90.9 93 100
June 57.2 57 100 33
July 63.5 68 0 73
August 63.9 64 63 40
September 54.6 46 88 67 0
October 77.9 87 100 73
November 75.1 77 80 68
December 62.6 62 71 61
Average 65.6 72.3 69.7 62.6 67.6 57.1

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.3 33 31 33
February 32.0 33 32 29 29
March 33.2 34 33 32 29
April 30.0 29 30 33 30
May 30.9 32 24
June 29.1 29 32 27
July 27.6 29 25 27
August 27.9 29 27 26
September 27.4 28 28 28 24
October 28.9 30 31 29
November 30.2 31 30 30
December 32.2 32 33 33
Average 29.5 33.2 29.9 31.0 29.6 26.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 28.8 28 29 30
February 28.8 28 31 29 29
March 28.5 28 33 32 29
April 28.6 26 28 33 30
May 28.5 29 24
June 26.1 25 29 27
July 25.9 26 25 26
August 26.0 25 27 25
September 25.9 26 28 26 24
October 26.8 27 31 27
November 27.3 27 29 28
December 29.3 28 31 31
Average 27.6 27.9 26.8 29.3 28.0 26.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 1.8 1 0
June 5.3 7 0 0
July 7.7 8 0 0
August 7.2 8 13 0
September 6.6 10 0 0 0
October 0.7 1 0 0
November 1.4 2 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0
Average 1.3 4.4 0.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.5 5 5 4
February 3.7 4 4 2 0
March 5.1 5 10 5 5
April 4.4 4 5 7 0
May 5.3 5 0
June 4.6 5 5 4
July 4.9 5 5 4
August 4.7 5 5 6
September 4.3 4 8 4 0
October 2.9 3 6 2
November 3.6 4 4 3
December 4.5 4 3 5
Average 4.2 4.6 4.4 4.5 3.6 4.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 266° 011° 260°
February 313° 252° 233° 360°
March 241° 231° 206° 165°
April 276° 045° 184° 360°
May 229° 360°
June 243° 201° 206°
July 242° 206° 312°
August 246° 188° 207°
September 248° 239° 316° 360°
October 253° 234° 108°
November 244° 266° 226°
December 268° 270° 050°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.