Climate Variability And Physiological Comfort Measurement In Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.

Abstract

The research study focuses on the variations of temperatures and thermal comfort in Ado-Ekiti an urban centre. It highlights the usefulness of trees incorporated into building designs. The data used for this research work was collected using maximum and minimum thermometers. One set of these instruments were placed at the centre of a selected vegetative canopy that lies within an urban settlements at a height of about 1.5 metres above the ground surface, while another set of the instruments were placed in an open space about 500metres away from the nearest vegetative canopy. The main weather elements measured was the air temperature. Measurements were made at both sides on an hourly interval starting from 8.00am (7.00GMT) through 6.00pm (17.00GMT). A total of one hundred and fifty four (154) measurements were taken.

It was established that Effective Temperature values were higher in open space than under canopy cover.