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mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu_(distrito)" title="Damaturu (distrito) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Damaturu (distrito)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88" title="داماتورو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="داماتورو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A4%EB%A7%88%ED%88%AC%EB%A3%A8" title="다마투루 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="다마투루" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaturu" title="Damaturu – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Damaturu" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%9E%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%83%AB" title="ダマトゥル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ダマトゥル" data-language-autonym="日本語" 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style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nigeria_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Damaturu is located in Nigeria"><img alt="Damaturu is located in Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Nigeria_location_map.svg/250px-Nigeria_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Nigeria_location_map.svg/375px-Nigeria_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Nigeria_location_map.svg/500px-Nigeria_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="954" data-file-height="734" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:22.556%;left:76.624%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Damaturu"><img alt="Damaturu" 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.latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Damaturu&params=11_44_40_N_11_57_40_E_region:NG_type:city(88014)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°44′40″N</span> <span class="longitude">11°57′40″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.74444°N 11.96111°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.74444; 11.96111</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="Nigeria"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yobe_State" title="Yobe State">Yobe State</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Local Government Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data">Bukar Adamu (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">APC</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,366 km<sup>2</sup> (914 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2006 census)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">88,014</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2022<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">137,900</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">37/km<sup>2</sup> (96/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Time" title="West Africa Time">WAT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">3-digit postal code prefix</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">620</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">NG.YO.DA</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-overlays="["_cfc91e0f89b9b9e22342b45d35b53a9500d79a7c"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Damaturu&revid=1240962141&groups=_cfc91e0f89b9b9e22342b45d35b53a9500d79a7c" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Damaturu&revid=1240962141&groups=_cfc91e0f89b9b9e22342b45d35b53a9500d79a7c 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Damaturu</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Areas_of_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Government Areas of Nigeria">Local Government Area</a> and the capital city of <a href="/wiki/Yobe_State" title="Yobe State">Yobe State</a> in northern <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Damaturu_Emirate" title="Damaturu Emirate">Damaturu Emirate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Omipidan_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Omipidan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Round_about_jpg_damaturu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Round_about_jpg_damaturu.jpg/220px-Round_about_jpg_damaturu.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Round_about_jpg_damaturu.jpg/330px-Round_about_jpg_damaturu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Round_about_jpg_damaturu.jpg/440px-Round_about_jpg_damaturu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2665" data-file-height="1685" /></a><figcaption>roundabout in Damaturu</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Burabura_modern_Market_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Burabura_modern_Market_01.jpg/220px-Burabura_modern_Market_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Burabura_modern_Market_01.jpg/330px-Burabura_modern_Market_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Burabura_modern_Market_01.jpg/440px-Burabura_modern_Market_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4080" data-file-height="1504" /></a><figcaption>Under construction Burabura modern market</figcaption></figure> <p>Damaturu state is capital and administrative headquarter of Yobe State and where the governor resides and host to State Government Ministry, Department and Agency. </p><p>Damaturu host three tertiary institutions <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fedpodam.edu.ng/">Federal Polytechnic Damaturu</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ysu.edu.ng/ysu/">Yobe State University</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ycnm.edu.ng/">College of Nursing</a> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damaturu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Damaturu came into existence as a colony when it was carved out of the Alagarno district by the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a>. It resulted in the conquest of the <a href="/wiki/Bornu_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Bornu Empire">Bornu Empire</a> in 1902 by colonial forces under the command of Colonel <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Morland" title="Thomas Morland">Thomas Morland</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boko_Haram">Boko Haram</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damaturu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Boko Haram"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Damaturu has been attacked many times by <a href="/wiki/Boko_Haram" title="Boko Haram">Boko Haram</a> <a href="/wiki/Jihadism" title="Jihadism">jihadist</a> <a href="/wiki/Insurgency" title="Insurgency">insurgents</a> in their <a href="/wiki/Boko_Haram_insurgency" title="Boko Haram insurgency">violent campaign</a> to establish a <a href="/wiki/Caliphate" title="Caliphate">caliphate</a> in the northeast.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2011, they killed over 100 people in <a href="/wiki/2011_Damaturu_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Damaturu attacks">a series of attacks</a>. </p><p>In December 2011, they carried out <a href="/wiki/December_2011_Northern_Nigeria_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="December 2011 Northern Nigeria attacks">two bombings</a>. </p><p>In June 2012, 40 insurgents <a href="/wiki/Damaturu_prison_break" title="Damaturu prison break">broke into a prison</a>. 40 inmates escaped and eight people were killed. </p><p>In June 2013, insurgents attacked a school and killed thirteen people, including students and teachers.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2013, <a href="/wiki/Militant" title="Militant">militants</a> engaged security forces in a lengthy gun battle and raided a hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2014, militants carried out attacks again. Gunshots and explosions were heard and a base of the riot police was reported to have been set on fire. <a href="/wiki/Yobe_State_University" title="Yobe State University">Yobe State University</a> also came under attack.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2015, a teenage female <a href="/wiki/Suicide_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Suicide bomb">suicide bomber</a> <a href="/wiki/February_2015_Nigeria_bombings" title="February 2015 Nigeria bombings">killed 16 people</a> at a <a href="/wiki/Bus_station" title="Bus station">bus station</a>. </p><p>In February 2020, a massacre occurred in Auno on the Damaturu-<a href="/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri">Maiduguri</a> highway. Insurgents killed 30 commuters, burned vehicles and kidnapped people.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damaturu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Postal_code" title="Postal code">postal code</a> of the area is 620.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Local Government Area has an area of 2,366 km<sup>2</sup> and a population of 88,014 at the 2006 census.<sup id="cite_ref-Omipidan_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Omipidan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town of Damaturu is on the <a href="/wiki/A3_highway_(Nigeria)" title="A3 highway (Nigeria)">A3 highway</a> and in 2010 had an estimated population of 44,268. <sup id="cite_ref-world_gazetteer_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-world_gazetteer-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The northeasterly line of equal <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a> and <a href="/wiki/Longitude" title="Longitude">longitude</a> passes through the area, including <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Damaturu&params=12_00_00_N_12_00_00_E_region:NG_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°00′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">12°00′00″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.00000°N 12.00000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.00000; 12.00000</span></span></span></a></span></span> in the north. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damaturu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Wet_season" title="Wet season">rainy season</a> in Damaturu is scorching, oppressive, and primarily cloudy, whereas the <a href="/wiki/Dry_season" title="Dry season">dry season</a> is unpleasant, windy, and partly cloudy. The average annual temperature ranges from 58 to 104 <a href="/wiki/Fahrenheit" title="Fahrenheit">degrees Fahrenheit</a>, with 52 and 109 degrees Fahrenheit being extremely rare.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The greatest time of year to visit Damaturu for warm-weather activities, according to the tourist score, is from mid-December to early February. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Average_Temperature_in_Damaturu">Average Temperature in Damaturu</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damaturu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Average Temperature in Damaturu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 12 March to 23 May, the hot season, with an average daily high temperature exceeding 100°F, lasts for 2.4 months. In Damaturu, April is the hottest month of the year, with an average high of 104°F and low of 76°F. </p><p>From 18 July to 26 September, the cool season, which has an average daily high <a href="/wiki/Temperature" title="Temperature">temperature</a> below 90°F, lasts for 2.3 months. In Damaturu, January is the <a href="/wiki/Cold" title="Cold">coldest</a> month of the year, with an average low of 58°F and high of 90°F.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cloud">Cloud</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damaturu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cloud"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over the course of the year, Damaturu has notable seasonal change in the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds. In Damaturu, the clearer season starts about November 6 and lasts about 4.0 months, finishing about March 5. The sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly overcast 61% of the time in January, which is the clearest month of the year in Damaturu. About March 5 is when the cloudier portion of the year starts, and it lasts about 8.0 months, finishing around November 6. In Damaturu, May is the cloudiest month of the year with an average of 67% of the sky being clouded or overcast.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damaturu&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Local_Government_Areas_in_Yobe_State" title="List of Local Government Areas in Yobe State">List of Local Government Areas in Yobe State</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Damaturu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/nigeria/admin/NGA036__yobe/">"Yobe State: Subdivision"</a>. <i>www.citypopulation.de</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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