Flood Check
El Niño and African rain
A strong El Niño is under way in 2026. These pages show what past strong El Niño years did to the rain, region by region, next to this year's rain so far.
- NigeriaJune to September rains
In the three recent strong El Niño years, Nigeria as a whole got 93% of its normal June to September rain in 1997, 92% in 2015 and 104% in 2023. Most of them brought a little less rain than normal, but not every year and not everywhere.