‎NiMet forecasts 3-day sunshine, haziness across Nigeria

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and haziness across the country from Sunday to Tuesday, October 21, 2025.

NiMet made this known via its weather outlook released on Saturday, October 18.

The agency envisaged sunny skies in a hazy atmosphere in parts of Katsina, Yobe, Kano, and Jigawa State on Sunday.

‎The agency anticipated the remaining parts of the northern region to be sunny during the morning hours.

It stated: “Later in the afternoon or evening hours, isolated thunderstorms are expected over parts of southern Taraba.

“For central region, sunny skies with patches of clouds are expected over the region during the morning hours.

“In the afternoon or evening hours, isolated thunderstorms with moderate rains are expected over parts of Benue and Kogi.”

NiMet forecast cloudy atmosphere in the southern region with prospects of morning thunderstorms with light rains in parts of Ebonyi, Ogun, Ondo, Imo, Abia, Lagos, Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River and Akwa Ibom.

‎The agency predicted thunderstorms with moderate rains in most parts of the region later in the day.

According to NiMet, sunny skies are expected in the northern region during the morning hours on Monday.

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It anticipated isolated thunderstorms in parts of southern Kaduna and southern Taraba later in the day.

‎The agency noted: “For the central region, sunny skies with patches of clouds are expected over the region during the morning hours.

“In the afternoon or evening hours, isolated thunderstorms with moderate rains are expected over parts of southern Benue, the Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa.

“For the southern region, cloudy atmosphere is anticipated over the southern region with prospects of morning thunderstorms with light rains over parts of Bayelsa, Rivers, Cross River and Akwa Ibom.”

NiMet forecast thunderstorms with moderate rains in parts of Enugu, Ogun, Oyo, Abia, Imo, Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, and Cross River later in the day.

NiMet envisaged sunny skies in the northern region on Tuesday and sunny skies with patches of clouds in the central region during the forecast period.

The agency predicted a cloudy atmosphere in the southern region with prospects of morning thunderstorms with light rains in parts of Ogun, Lagos, Cross River, and Akwa Ibom.

‎It anticipated thunderstorms with moderate rains in parts of Ogun, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Cross River, and Lagos later in the day.

‎The agency urged the public to drive with caution under rain, just as it enjoined farmers to refrain from applying fertiliser and pesticides right before the rains to avoid leaching nutrients.

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