Afghanistan vs Iraq: Days above 35 °C

Days above 35 °C in 2014: 50.4 days in Afghanistan and 143.3 days in Iraq, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Iraq, by 92.9 days, or 2.84 times that in Afghanistan.

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days a year · CMIP6

AfghanistanIraqCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

Iraq has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Afghanistan at 70.5 days and Iraq at 168.1 days in 2100.

Every year

days a year · CMIP6

Year	Afghanistan	Iraq
2014	50.4	143.3
2013	50.1	143.1
2012	49.2	142.6
2011	49.9	142.2
2010	47.4	139.4
2009	48.6	138.4
2008	47.7	141.5
2007	47.4	139.4
2006	48.3	140
2005	48.4	139.3
2004	47.9	139.9
2003	47.1	138.9
2002	49.3	138.1
2001	46.7	140
2000	47.9	140.9
1999	47.8	136.7
1998	46.6	135.3
1997	46.6	137
1996	45.2	137.4
1995	43.9	133.4
1994	43.7	133.6
1993	42.4	130.1
1992	41.6	127.6
1991	45	131.5
1990	45.1	136
1989	45.4	135.7
1988	44.5	134.3
1987	44.4	132.2
1986	43.4	135.4
1985	43.2	131
1984	43	129.7
1983	40.5	127.6
1982	43.3	129.4
1981	44.4	132.1
1980	43.7	134.4
1979	44.6	130.4
1978	43.4	129.9
1977	41.1	129.8
1976	42.9	132.6
1975	41.7	128.2
1974	42.2	129.9
1973	40.9	129.9
1972	42.2	130.2
1971	40.9	128.3
1970	41.2	130
1969	40.7	131.1
1968	41.2	127.9
1967	42.7	128.3
1966	41.5	129
1965	41.3	128.6
1964	41.3	129.3
1963	42	130
1962	42.3	130.2
1961	43.4	134
1960	42.6	131.1
1959	42.1	133.8
1958	43.9	131.8
1957	43.1	131.7
1956	42.1	130.7
1955	42.1	129.8
1954	42.9	131.7
1953	42.4	132.9
1952	43.5	133.6
1951	43	133.5
1950	43.8	130.2

CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100

Year	Afghanistan	Iraq
2015	52.144.5–59.7	146.5134.9–155.9
2016	52.145.1–59.4	145.4133.9–160.3
2017	5243.4–58.8	146132.3–158.3
2018	50.744.2–58.6	146.2132.5–158.8
2019	52.245.5–60.7	146.8135.9–158.8
2020	53.546.5–62.5	148.8135.8–160.2
2021	53.344.4–62.3	146.6135.6–157.1
2022	52.145–61.7	148.4136.8–159.5
2023	55.744.7–63.7	149.7138.7–161.4
2024	55.345.9–63.6	148.6138.1–160.9
2025	55.647.5–63.6	149.3137.3–161.5
2026	53.344.3–64.8	147.6136.7–158.3
2027	55.447.5–63.3	150.9138.6–161.1
2028	55.545.6–64	149.4134.2–162.8
2029	53.845.7–62.7	149.1139.1–159.9
2030	55.648–63.7	149.4138.7–161.4
2031	56.448.4–64.2	149.8138.5–163.1
2032	56.747.8–66	151.3138.1–162.1
2033	56.947.3–67	153.3141.2–164.6
2034	59.248.8–68.7	151.3139–165.8
2035	58.549–68.2	152141.2–165.7
2036	57.749.1–66.8	150.3136.4–161.5
2037	5950.4–71	152.6138.8–165.1
2038	59.249.5–66.7	153.8140.6–166.8
2039	58.249.5–67	155.8142.5–168.3
2040	59.150.7–69.2	156.2144.7–166.4
2041	57.648.2–67.1	154.2140.9–163.6
2042	60.451–69.8	157.4142.7–166.1
2043	58.248.9–69.5	156.5139.2–166.1
2044	58.449.6–68.7	155.9146.3–166
2045	6150.4–71.3	158.2146.5–171.2
2046	6050.9–70.5	156.8145.5–169.4
2047	61.852.4–71.3	157.7145.9–169.1
2048	61.954.2–70.7	156.8145.8–169
2049	61.351.4–71.6	156.1144.3–166.8
2050	63.253–73.1	159.3146.2–171
2051	63.152–73.1	160.8148.7–171.4
2052	63.852.9–73.8	157.8144.1–169
2053	62.652.8–72.6	156.4144.3–169.1
2054	63.553.8–72.5	158.8143.4–175.1
2055	64.455.4–74.1	162.7147.9–174.7
2056	6354–73.3	156.9143.8–169.1
2057	64.655.1–74.7	158.5144.4–172.5
2058	63.754.8–75.4	160.7147.3–172.2
2059	62.555.1–71	158.5145.8–173.2
2060	6654.6–75.5	159.6148–175.7
2061	64.956.6–73.5	162.4149.3–172.8
2062	66.155.6–75.9	160.3147.2–173.3
2063	65.757.7–77.1	162.1146.3–173.4
2064	65.455.9–77.1	161.2147.6–172.3
2065	66.456.6–77.1	160.4149.2–172.3
2066	66.557.7–77.5	159.6149.3–173.8
2067	68.857.1–79.6	162.7152.7–179.1
2068	66.956.9–77.3	163.1147.4–173.5
2069	66.857.2–77.5	163.9149.4–172.1
2070	66.758.4–77.3	165153.2–175.5
2071	67.257.2–78.2	163.2151.8–177.8
2072	67.255.9–79.7	163.9150.2–174.6
2073	68.757.2–79.9	166.2151.5–179.5
2074	68.658.3–78.1	163.7147.1–179
2075	67.558.4–79.8	163.3148.9–175.3
2076	68.356.9–80.8	163148.4–175.1
2077	67.857–78.4	165.4149.6–178
2078	66.655.3–82.4	165151.6–176.3
2079	67.157–79.5	165.3151.1–177.6
2080	67.858.3–80.6	165.1153.7–177.3
2081	67.856.6–81	165.4151.8–180.6
2082	69.358.7–81.5	165.4151.9–178.4
2083	69.559.1–81.2	166.3149.9–178.5
2084	70.160.5–81	168.8156.7–179.6
2085	68.358.1–83.7	164.8153.3–179
2086	68.957.9–81	168155.9–178.1
2087	70.761.8–82.2	167.4152.7–179.4
2088	70.858.9–81.9	168.3153.6–181.4
2089	70.560.5–82.3	166.3150.5–179.8
2090	69.959.6–83.2	165.5150–179.2
2091	70.659.8–81.6	166.8154.8–181
2092	70.860.2–82.7	167.6155.6–178.5
2093	71.161.4–80.6	168.4156.2–180.5
2094	71.161–84.6	169.3158.3–181.6
2095	72.359.4–82.8	166.8154.1–181.1
2096	71.660.6–84.1	167.4154.4–181.6
2097	69.558.6–81.6	170.5151.7–182.3
2098	7260.3–84.5	166.4152.3–182.3
2099	70.458.4–83.3	168.4155.5–179.9
2100	70.558.4–84.4	168.1155.5–182.3

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Days in a year whose highest temperature passes 35 °C, averaged over the country.
Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.

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