2016: Nigeria Experiencing Prolonged Heatwave

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Nigeria is experiencing a prolonged heatwave this 2016.

People are complaining bitterly about the extreme heat both in the day and at night.

Temperatures have remained 2-4 °F or 2 °C higher than the mean for the same periods in the past couple of years.

Lagos has been experiencing highs of 97°F / 36 °C and lows of 78 °F / 25.6 °C for the Month of April. March had an average of 96°F but February was even higher with an average high of 98 °F.

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Making this worse is the zero wind which makes it feel even hotter. For a period with fuel shortage, it has been a deadly uncomfortable season.

Weather Underground gave monthly averages for the past years as below:

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