Ife South

Ife South & Ife South West LCDA
LGA
Ife South & Ife South West LCDA Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 7°12′N 4°36′E / 7.200°N 4.600°E / 7.200; 4.600
Country	Nigeria
State	Osun State
Government
• Ife South Local Government Chairman & Ife South West LCDA Chairman	Hon. Aroke Aderemi Muyiwa & Hon. Lukman Tijani Kolawole(Respectively)
Area
• Total	730 km2 (280 sq mi)
Population  (2006 census)
• Total	135,338
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
3-digit postal code prefix	220
ISO 3166 code	NG.OS.IS

Ife South is a Local Government Area in Osun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ifetedo at 7°11′00″N 4°42′00″E / 7.18333°N 4.70000°E / 7.18333; 4.70000.

It has an area of 730 km² and its population was 135,338 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 220.^[1]

In Ile-Ife, the dry season is muggy and partially cloudy, and the temperature is high all year round. The wet season is oppressive and overcast. The average annual temperature ranges from 66 °F to 93 °F, with very few days below 60 °F or over 98 °F.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

From January 22 to April 4, the hot season, with an average daily high temperature exceeding 91 °F, lasts for 2.4 months. In Ile-Ife, March is the hottest month of the year, with an average high of 92 °F and low of 73 °F.^{[7][8][9][2][3][4]}

From June 14 to October 6, the cool season, which has an average daily high temperature below 84 °F, lasts for 3.8 months. In Ile-Ife, August is the coldest month of the year, with average lows of 71 °F and highs of 82 °F.^[10][11][12]

The average proportion of sky covered by clouds at Ile-Ife varies significantly seasonally throughout the year.^{[13][14][2][3][4][5][7]}

Ile-Ife experiences 2.9 months of clearer weather, which starts about November 17 and ends around February 13.^{[15][16][13][11][9][7]}

In Ile-Ife, December is the clearest month of the year, with the sky remaining clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 50% of the time on average.^{[17][18][2][3][4][7]}

Beginning around February 13 and lasting for 9.1 months, the cloudier period of the year ends around November 17.^{[19][3][5][4][9][8]}

Ile-Ife's cloudiest month of the year is April, when the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 86% of the time on average.^{[7][17][16][4][2][3][8]}

A day that has at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation is considered to be wet. In Ile-Ife, the likelihood of rainy days varies wildly throughout the year.^{[20][2][4][3][5][6][7]}

The 6.6-month wetter season, which runs from April 7 to October 27, has a more than 45% chance of precipitation on any one day. In Ile-Ife, September has an average of 25.4 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation, making it the month with the most rainy days.^{[21][22][23][24][4][3][5]}

From October 27 to April 7, or 5.4 months, is the dry season. December has an average of 1.4 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation, making it the month with the fewest wet days in Ile-Ife.^{[23][24][22][19][4][5][3]}

We categorize rainy days into those that only involve rain, those that only involve snow, and those that combine the two.^{[3][4][2][5][7][24][8]}

With an average of 25.4 days, September is the month in Ile-Ife with the most rainy days. According to this classification, rain alone has a high probability of 86% on September 22 and is the most frequent type of precipitation throughout the year.^{[24][22][3][4][5][6][7]}