Escravos Airport

DN56 · Delta, Nigeria

Climate Escravos Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Akure Airport (DNAK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.9 100 0 5 14 14
February 6.3 16 7 7 4
March 35.3 51 6 5 41
April 51.2 56 26 47 61
May 29.2 0 80 23 37
June 33.0 0 0 49 26
July 29.3 23 0 23 48
August 18.8 21 5 8 21
September 42.8 67 7 15 44
October 31.6 29 36 27 21
November 57.8 38 58 51 78
December 46.9 33 80 9 100
Average 33.9 51.7 23.1 25.3 23.5 31.6

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 54.6 100 48 45 86 55
February 63.9 58 55 89 61
March 90.7 92 100 72 98
April 94.2 78 84 100 97
May 92.4 100 80 94 91
June 88.9 80 0 87 91
July 71.8 83 43 64 82
August 66.9 79 57 56 68
September 78.0 100 60 82 67
October 79.3 93 64 87 79
November 95.5 63 100 97 92
December 77.1 100 88 47 100
Average 79.4 91.9 75.4 69.4 76.9 78.1

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 30.2 34 31 30 27 31
February 32.0 34 31 31 33
March 32.2 34 30 31 33
April 29.9 28 28 31 30
May 29.5 30 25 31 30
June 28.0 28 22 28 29
July 26.7 28 26 26 27
August 26.6 27 25 26 27
September 27.0 29 26 28 26
October 28.8 29 27 29 29
November 31.8 30 32 33 32
December 31.5 29 32 33 28
Average 30.0 34.1 29.4 28.4 29.4 29.7

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 23.1 30 28 21 22 23
February 26.2 28 26 28 25
March 26.3 24 26 27 28
April 25.9 26 25 26 26
May 26.1 30 24 27 26
June 24.8 27 22 24 25
July 23.4 26 24 22 23
August 23.1 24 23 23 23
September 23.9 28 24 25 23
October 24.4 27 26 24 25
November 26.9 28 28 27 28
December 23.3 27 25 23 26
Average 24.7 24.1 26.8 24.4 24.8 24.7

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 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 2.2 0 0 1 4
August 1.7 0 5 6 0
September 2.5 0 0 3 8
October 2.8 0 0 5 0
November 0.3 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 0.6 0.4 1.2 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 4.0 4 3 4 2 4
February 2.9 4 3 2 3
March 4.7 3 6 6 5
April 5.2 3 5 6 6
May 5.0 5 4 5 5
June 3.8 7 0 4 4
July 4.3 3 5 4 5
August 4.9 4 5 5 6
September 3.0 2 4 4 3
October 2.9 2 1 3 3
November 1.8 2 2 2 3
December 2.8 4 3 4 5
Average 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.9 4.3

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 161° 107° 060° 199° 063°
February 354° 149° 210° 068°
March 232° 210° 204° 241°
April 198° 210° 220° 218°
May 210° 120° 212° 216°
June 249° 360° 221° 211°
July 236° 256° 229° 233°
August 261° 234° 253° 233°
September 219° 224° 223° 228°
October 213° 300° 261° 202°
November 165° 235° 244° 070°
December 257° 085° 075° 180°

Prevailing wind direction

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