Niger - Climate



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Niger, one of the hottest countries in the world, has three basic climatic zones: the Saharan desert in the north, the Sahel to the south of the desert, and the Sudan in the southwest corner. The intense heat of the Saharan zone often causes the scant rainfall to evaporate before it hits the ground; at Bilma, in the east, annual rainfall is only 2 cm (0.79 in). On the average, rainfall in the Aïr Massif is limited to a maximum of 25 cm (10 in) annually, and most of it comes during a single two-month period. At Agadez, in the northern Sahel, annual rainfall averages 16.5 cm (6.5 in), but yearly totals often vary greatly. In the south, rainfall is higher. It averages 56 cm (22 in) at Niamey, in the southern Sahel, and 87 cm (34 in) at Gaya, in the Sudanese zone. The rainy season is from May through October, with most rain in July and August. At Niamey, the average maximum daily temperature fluctuates from 31° C (88° F ) in August to 41° C (106° F ) in April. Nights are cool (below 20° C /68° F ) from November to February.

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Alyssa
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Jan 10, 2008 @ 12:12 pm
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Mar 26, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
hey i'm victoria and i just wanted to say that in school i have to do this HUGE project about countries in Africa and i got the county Niger. this site was very useful and i got a lot of information out of it. thanks
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May 20, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
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Jack
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Nov 21, 2008 @ 11:11 am
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Jan 7, 2009 @ 7:07 am
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Mar 10, 2009 @ 10:22 pm
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Sep 30, 2009 @ 2:14 pm
iam doing a project for school on Africa and this site really helped me a lot
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Oct 6, 2009 @ 1:13 pm
Hey my name is Erin. I have to do a report for french class about Niger. This site helped me alot.
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Jan 27, 2010 @ 4:16 pm
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Apr 25, 2010 @ 5:17 pm
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May 24, 2010 @ 7:19 pm
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May 24, 2010 @ 8:20 pm
Hi, I have to do a very large project on a region of Africa with a conflict and we have to come up with a possible solution. We were not assigned countries; in that area we had to fend for ourselves. I found this website- all of it very useful in my search for a country
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Jun 4, 2010 @ 8:20 pm
i am doing a project on niger and i wanted to ask if someone could help me. please thanks.
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Sep 21, 2010 @ 12:12 pm
I had to do an essay on Niger and this website and the World Bank website helped alot. Thankss :) x
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Jan 9, 2011 @ 3:15 pm
I have a country report an im in 6th grade and it helps alot thanks
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HEHE... I don't need to search every where for my climate information! Thanks this helped my project!(:
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May 8, 2013 @ 10:10 am
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Oct 13, 2013 @ 7:07 am
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Dec 16, 2013 @ 1:13 pm
at my school I am doing a report on niger and I thought it would not work but it helped me alot
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Dec 16, 2013 @ 1:13 pm
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Natalie
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Mar 2, 2015 @ 4:04 am
I have to do this development essay on Niger, and this is really helpful! I spent ages on the internet flicking through pages at home, but I came back to school today and found this! My essay is not 2 pages over the required length for full effort, and I'm hoping to get at least 75%. Thank you a million, whoever created this page!!
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Bailey Phillips
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Mar 20, 2015 @ 3:15 pm
This is an awesome site because it helps you figure out the climate and gives you more information about Niger. I still need more for my project.


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Jamie
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Oct 15, 2015 @ 2:02 am
I found this website very helpful. I'm doing a massive assignment in year 7 and it's on Niger. One of the sections was on climate and this pretty much cleared that up 😀😀😀
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John
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Oct 24, 2015 @ 11:11 am
This site helped me a lot for my project at school i still need a lot more but this helped me a lot thank you
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Ash
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Mar 8, 2016 @ 9:21 pm
this did help me a little but I still need more thx
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Bradley
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Apr 13, 2016 @ 9:21 pm
this actually helped me so much i was looking every where but could not find my the awnser to my question
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Caleb
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Apr 20, 2016 @ 8:20 pm
I think that the people that own this great website should just add the lowest and highest temperatures in Niger. Otherwise, this a great website and it has helped me heaps.
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Aug 18, 2016 @ 11:23 pm
Thank you for the help, so much information on this one website!
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Matthew Landis
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Sep 5, 2016 @ 7:19 pm
This website helped on my Human Geography class. But you can always add more info.
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Dec 21, 2016 @ 3:03 am
This site helped me too. And I really used the text about Niger climate with my students .
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Jan 18, 2017 @ 8:08 am
this was very helpful for my project on niger thx alot.
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Feb 5, 2017 @ 2:14 pm
Thank you! This site really helped me find not just climate but other things I needed to know about Niger for a school project.
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Feb 7, 2017 @ 12:12 pm
Thank you! This site really helped me find not just climate but other things I needed to know about Niger for a school project.
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Apr 5, 2017 @ 10:10 am
this site is the best site if you are looking for the best imformation and it really helped me on my projet
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Mikasa Ackerman
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Jun 19, 2017 @ 4:16 pm
Hey! Thanks to this website, I learned alot more on Niger and it's climate! This is alot more fun than killing titans I mean than listening to my teacher talk! I'm going to get a great mark on my project now, thanks to this!
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Amelia
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May 5, 2018 @ 9:21 pm
I am doing a thing for Niger for science and one of the questions was on climate. This website basically cleared that all up. Thank You!!
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Luke
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May 9, 2018 @ 3:03 am
Thank I have to do a science essay on Niger and this website has helped me a lot, thanks :)
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demj
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May 6, 2019 @ 10:10 am
This is helpful, but half of the site is comments...
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May 7, 2019 @ 10:10 am
I agree, demj. This site DID help me, though. Thanks! :)
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May 10, 2019 @ 7:19 pm
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May 24, 2019 @ 6:06 am
This was a big help for my social studies project, thanks!
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Apr 7, 2020 @ 4:04 am
this was a very usefull website I am needing to do a GCSE of the place Niger this was a very good help due to coronavirus I can not do my GCSE's at school so I have to do it at home as my website I was given it was really usefull.

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