Nguru, Nigeria
Nguru (or N'Gourou) is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Nguru near the Hadejia River at 12°52′45″N 10°27′09″E / 12.87917°N 10.45250°E.
It has an area of 916 km and a population of 270,632 at the local government there is college of education and legal studies.
The postal code of the area is 630.
The town probably dates from around the 15th century. There is a variety of landscape types in the area, including the protected Hadejia-Nguru wetlands of Nguru Lake, and the "Sand Dunes", a semi-desert area.
Climate
| Climate data for Nguru, Nigeria (1951–1960, precipitation 1947–1970) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 39.0 (102.2) |
41.0 (105.8) |
43.0 (109.4) |
44.0 (111.2) |
43.5 (110.3) |
41.5 (106.7) |
38.5 (101.3) |
35.5 (95.9) |
38.0 (100.4) |
39.5 (103.1) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.0 (100.4) |
44.0 (111.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) |
33.9 (93.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
40.1 (104.2) |
39.2 (102.6) |
36.8 (98.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
30.6 (87.1) |
32.4 (90.3) |
35.9 (96.6) |
35.2 (95.4) |
31.4 (88.5) |
34.7 (94.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) |
24.2 (75.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.4 (86.7) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.9 (82.2) |
25.9 (78.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.7 (54.9) |
14.4 (57.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
19.9 (67.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) |
6.0 (42.8) |
11.0 (51.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.5 (50.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
2 (0.1) |
27 (1.1) |
65 (2.6) |
140 (5.5) |
210 (8.3) |
83 (3.3) |
9 (0.4) |
2 (0.1) |
0 (0) |
538 (21.2) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.3 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Average relative humidity (%) (at 07:00 LST) | 37 | 34 | 32 | 38 | 61 | 74 | 86 | 92 | 91 | 74 | 42 | 40 | 58 |
| Source: Deutscher Wetterdienst | |||||||||||||
Transport
Nguru is the terminus of the Western Railway of Nigeria.