2025: EXPECT ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL - LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT ADVISES RESIDENTS

March 14, 2025, 9:37 a.m.

The Lagos State Government has that there will be above normal rainfall this year, 2025, as it begins preparations to mitigate any emergency that may arise as a result. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, made this known during a media briefing in Alausa, Ikeja. Mr Wahab said that the Seasonal Climate Predictions briefing was in line with the tradition of alerting the public about the patterns of predicted rainfall and its socio-economic implications for the people of Lagos State. "The rainy season is expected to start as early as the last week of March, while the end of season is expected in the first week of December, saying the average annual rainfall amount predicted is 1936mm which is greater than the long-term 1991-2020 average" he said. The Commissioner said that the forecast for this year was based on the neutral phase of the El-Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) which is expected to persist in the first six to eight months of the year. He said the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET), had on February 4, 2025, as part of its ministerial mandate, released this year’s Seasonal Climate Prediction, which was a forecast of the expected patterns of rainfall, temperature and other weather parameters in the entire country. He stated specifically that Ikeja is expected to have an onset date of 2nd of April and a cessation date of 2nd December with an annual amount of 1900mm while Badagry is expected to have a rainfall onset date of 30th March and the end of season date of 4th December with an annual rainfall amount of 1978mm. He added that Ikorodu is expected to have a rainfall onset date of 2nd of April and end of season date of 3rd December with an annual amount of 1903mm as Lagos just as Lagos Island on its part is expected to have a rainfall onset date of 1st of April, cessation date of 3rd December and annual amount of 1936mm. He stressed that Epe is expected to have a rainfall onset date of 31st of March and a cessation date of 4th of December with an annual amount of 1952mm saying Lagos State is expected to experience above normal rainfall and the same scenario is also expected to be experienced in the neighbouring Ogun State.

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