ANALYSIS OF SOME CLIMATIC PARAMETERS IN GROKO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study was undertaken to analyze some climatic parameters in Gboko Local Government Area State Nigeria Data for this holy were collected from the Nigerian Meteorological As (NIMET) Air Force Base Makurdi the rainfall pattern by carried out through the use of rainfall done which was col to computer software. The Arc Map was used to designed isoline which shower communities that have the same amount of rainfall pattern in the Study Area. The analysis looked into areas that normally experienced low and high amount of rainfall in the area which indicated that different month has different amount of rainfall based on the pattern considered The study also established that the high and low amount of rainfall in Gboko Local Government Area shown different pattern is different months. The trend analysis was used to show the trends in rainfall, temperature and relative humidity using third years data. The analysis shows that most years under study experienced total dry spell with high temperature and low relative humidity while other years experienced heavy rainfall with low temperature and high relative humidity was also discovered that rainfall in the study area it not evenly distributed and perhaps result in dry spells and heavy floods which relied to the suffering of the people in the study area. It was therefore recommended that Weather Forecasting Agencies such as the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) should intensity more effort on seasonal forecasts of dates of rainy season, onset, cessation duration of rainy season as well as daily temperature and relative humidity down to the Local Government level to as to be prepared them for any emergency