Most parts of Nigeria will witness shorter rainy and planting season in 2014, the Nigeria Meteorological Agency, has said.
According to the agency, the country will witness normal harmattan coupled with hot season between January and April. It added that rainfall onset dates varying between March and late June would be experienced in most parts of Nigeria.
The Director General/Chief Executive Officer, NiMet, Dr. Anthony Anuforom, said this on Tuesday during the public presentation of the agency’s 2014 Seasonal Rainfall Prediction in Abuja.
He said, “Based on the signals we have at the moment, this is a year we are to witness shorter than normal rainy season.
“In other words, we are going to have shorter planting and cropping seasons. We are also seeing a year that we will have widespread little dryness and it is likely to be more pronounced than we had in the previous season.
“This is very important because it now advises farmers to use early maturing species in their cropping to make sure that within the shorter rainy season they can quickly plant and the crops will reach maturity and harvesting within the short rainy season that is likely to occur.”
The forcast indicated that the temperature pattern in 2014 would not be significantly different from that of 2013.
The Seasonal Rainfal Prediction indicated that the period would come with varying levels of discomfort particularly in northern Nigeria in March and April.
It predicted that rainfall onset dates would vary between first week of March (especially in the South) and late June in the far northern parts.
It said most eastern and western parts of the country were expected to have delayed onset by about a week, while onset would be normal in Sokoto, Kano, Nguru, Potiskum, Gombe, Bauchi, Jos, Lafia, Bida, Oshogbo, Ijebu-ode, Ilorin, Asaba, Enugu, Port Harcourt and Calabar.
The rainy season, it said, would end between the first week of October in the North and fourth week of December in the South.
According to the agency, rainfall cessation is predicted to be earlier than normal in most parts of the North and central states and much later over the southern areas.
It added that although most parts of the country were predicted to have a shorter length of rainy season, longer than normal length of the season might be experienced over Iseyin and Calabar, “while normal length is predicted over Abuja, Yola, Port Harcourt, Akure and Owerri.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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