An empirical prediction of seasonal rainfall in Nigeria
The need to have quantitative means of probing anticipated rainfall is essential and inevitable for the purposes of planning and policy formulation. This paper attempts to present some results of an ongoing experiment on empirical prediction of seasonal rainfall in Nigeria. Rainfall in Nigeria is characterized by both latitudinal and longitudinal variations. In the southern part of the country, the seasons could be classified as March, April, May (MAM), April, May, June (AMJ) and June, July, August, September, (JJAS) while the northern area has one rainfall season