Ife South is a

Local Government Area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

Osun State Osun (; ), is a state in southwestern Nigeria; bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states for 84 km and for 78 km respectively, to the north by Kwara State for 73 km, to the south by Ogun State for 84 km and to the wes ...

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

. Its headquarters are in the town of Ifetedo at . It has an area of and its population was 135,338 at the 2006 census. The

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of the area is 220.

Climate

In Ile-Ife, the

dry season The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The t ...

muggy Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air. Water vapor, the gaseous state of water, is generally invisible to the human eye. Humidity indicates the likelihood for precipitation, dew, or fog to be present. Humidity depen ...

and partially cloudy, and the

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is high all year round. The wet season is oppressive and

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. The average annual temperature ranges from , with very few days below or over .

Average Hot Temperature in Ile-Ife

From January 22 to April 4, the hot season, with an average daily high temperature exceeding , lasts for 2.4 months. In Ile-Ife, March is the hottest month of the year, with an average high of and low of .

Average Cool temperature in Ile-Ife

From June 14 to October 6, the cool season, which has an average daily high temperature below , lasts for 3.8 months. In Ile-Ife, August is the

coldest Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjective perception. A lower bound to temperature is absolute zero, defined as 0.00K on the Kelvin scale, an absolute thermodynamic ...

month of the year, with average lows of and highs of .

Clouds

The average proportion of sky covered by

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s at Ile-Ife varies significantly seasonally throughout the year. Ile-Ife experiences 2.9 months of clearer weather, which starts about November 17 and ends around February 13. In Ile-Ife, December is the clearest month of the year, with the sky remaining clear, mostly clear, or partly

y 50% of the time on average. Beginning around February 13 and lasting for 9.1 months, the cloudier period of the year ends around November 17.https://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/Nigeria/Ife/climate-profile.aspx Ile-Ife's cloudiest month of the year is April, when the

sky The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the planetary surface, surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere of Earth, atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from ...

is overcast or mostly cloudy 86% of the time on average.

= Precipitation

= A day that has at least of liquid or liquid-equivalent

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is considered to be wet. In Ile-Ife, the likelihood of rainy days varies wildly throughout the year. The 6.6-month wetter season, which runs from April 7 to October 27, has a more than 45% chance of precipitation on any one day. In Ile-Ife, September has an average of 25.4 days with at least of precipitation, making it the month with the most rainy days. From October 27 to April 7, or 5.4 months, is the dry season. December has an average of 1.4 days with at least of precipitation, making it the month with the fewest wet days in Ile-Ife. We categorize rainy days into those that only involve rain, those that only involve snow, and those that combine the two. With an average of 25.4 days, September is the month in Ile-Ife with the most rainy days. According to this classification, rain alone has a high probability of 86% on September 22 and is the most frequent type of precipitation throughout the year.

Notable people

*Oba Akinola Akinrera Latiiri I, the current Olubosin of Ifetedo, Osun *Hon Lawrence Adeoti, current lawmaker representing Ife South constituency. *Olukayode Samuel Olaolu, Director, Finance and Accounts, Osun tourism board.

References

{{LGAs and communities of Osun State Local Government Areas in Osun State