Australia vs China: Tropical nights

Tropical nights in 2014: 135.1 nights in Australia and 41.5 nights in China, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Australia, by 93.6 nights, or 3.26 times that in China.

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nights a year · CMIP6

AustraliaChinaCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

Australia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Australia at 169.9 nights and China at 63.3 nights in 2100.

Every year

nights a year · CMIP6

Year	Australia	China
2014	135.1	41.5
2013	133	41.7
2012	132.9	40.8
2011	133.8	40.2
2010	134.2	40.5
2009	132.3	39.5
2008	132.3	39.2
2007	131.8	38.7
2006	128.1	39.5
2005	131.7	39.5
2004	131.4	39.7
2003	132.4	38.5
2002	129.7	38.8
2001	130.1	39.5
2000	129.7	38.6
1999	127.7	38.5
1998	128.1	37.6
1997	124.5	37.1
1996	123.9	36.6
1995	123.5	35.1
1994	124.4	34.9
1993	121.4	33.2
1992	116.7	32.3
1991	125.1	35.9
1990	126	36.4
1989	124.4	36.1
1988	125.2	35.1
1987	124.4	34.5
1986	124.9	34
1985	122.7	33.5
1984	123.9	33.4
1983	122.5	31.5
1982	124.7	34.1
1981	123.3	34.2
1980	123.7	34.3
1979	122.3	33.8
1978	121.2	34.8
1977	120.6	33.3
1976	121.1	32.7
1975	118.6	33.1
1974	119.7	33.3
1973	123.3	33.1
1972	120.2	32.6
1971	120.4	33
1970	118.5	32.4
1969	120.9	33.4
1968	118.9	32.8
1967	118.6	33.4
1966	116.5	33.4
1965	116.5	32.5
1964	112.5	32.1
1963	114.6	34.5
1962	119	34
1961	121.9	34.6
1960	120.7	34.1
1959	120.3	34
1958	121.8	35
1957	119.8	34.4
1956	119.9	34.6
1955	117.5	34.2
1954	119.9	34.2
1953	118.5	34.3
1952	119.9	34.3
1951	119.6	35.1
1950	119.7	34.9

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

Year	Australia	China
2015	134116.5–149.2	42.334.8–49.8
2016	134.8118.2–149.5	42.134.4–50
2017	136.1119.3–149.5	43.135.3–51.6
2018	135.8118.4–151.4	42.335.5–49.5
2019	136.6120.4–151.6	43.836.5–51.1
2020	136119.8–151.4	43.736.8–51.1
2021	135.6118.6–151.2	44.136–52.1
2022	138.6121.4–155.1	44.737.5–52.7
2023	139.9123.6–155.2	45.737.8–53.4
2024	141122.4–156.1	45.738.1–54
2025	140.9121–159.3	46.337.5–54.8
2026	139.4121.9–157.8	46.237.6–55.5
2027	140.4123.7–156	46.138–54.9
2028	141.8125.4–158.7	46.438.4–54.3
2029	143.3126–159.6	46.939.1–55.6
2030	140.1125.4–156.4	47.138.8–55.3
2031	141.6124.9–156.9	4738.8–56
2032	144.6128.6–162.1	48.339.3–57.4
2033	144.5127.7–159.2	47.939.7–56.6
2034	145129.2–161.3	48.440.5–57.3
2035	146.5128.8–161.8	49.740.8–58.6
2036	146.9128–161.8	4940.1–58.2
2037	146.6130.1–161.6	4941.2–57.6
2038	148.2131.2–164	50.542.4–59.3
2039	146.9130.3–163.4	49.641.2–59.2
2040	147.9130.6–164.6	50.942.4–60.4
2041	147.6130.5–165.9	51.342.5–61.1
2042	148.2129.2–166.5	51.642–61.5
2043	148.9133.1–164.5	50.742.7–61
2044	151135.2–166.3	51.942.4–61.9
2045	149.3130.9–164.3	51.542.8–61.1
2046	151.2135.4–168	5343.7–62.7
2047	153.5132.9–169.5	53.544.5–62.5
2048	154.1135.2–171.4	53.144–62.6
2049	153.4137.4–170.1	52.843.8–63.3
2050	152.3133–170.6	53.644.4–63.8
2051	154.5135.1–171.8	54.345.1–64.8
2052	154.7134.9–175.7	53.444.6–63.2
2053	153.8131.8–173	54.244.2–64.2
2054	152.8134.4–172.4	54.545.3–64.8
2055	155.2138.1–174.8	5545.1–65.8
2056	157139.6–173.6	55.245.1–66.6
2057	156.3137.4–172.3	54.844.9–65.7
2058	158.3135.3–176.6	55.145.8–67.7
2059	157.9138.9–174.7	55.345.1–67.2
2060	158.4140.3–176.8	57.246.9–68.1
2061	158.8139.6–175.2	56.546.6–66.3
2062	156.1137.8–172.7	56.846.9–68.5
2063	160.2140–178.6	57.247.2–68.6
2064	159.3140.5–177.9	5747.1–67.7
2065	156.7136.6–177.5	57.347.1–67.8
2066	161.6142–180.6	57.347.9–68.7
2067	162.5141.6–183.1	57.546.4–68.2
2068	162.4140.7–180.1	58.748.5–70.5
2069	162.6143.3–181	58.548.4–69
2070	161.4140.4–180.3	5847.6–71.7
2071	162.1142–181.9	59.347.4–71.6
2072	162.2142.3–179.6	59.248.1–71.5
2073	163.8144.6–182.6	59.849.1–70.9
2074	162.2142.8–181.6	59.648.7–71.1
2075	163.1143–180.9	58.748.3–71.4
2076	163.2141.1–181.9	60.249–70.9
2077	163.1141.8–181.8	60.851.1–72.4
2078	163.9145.8–181.3	59.648.8–72.4
2079	163.3143.1–186	60.750.1–72.6
2080	163142.7–183.3	59.950–72.3
2081	165.8142.9–185.5	60.950–73.2
2082	164.6145–182.6	6149.8–73.3
2083	164.2141.3–187	61.251.2–73.6
2084	165.6140.7–187.4	61.749.7–74.6
2085	167.2143.9–187.5	61.250.8–75.2
2086	166.8143.2–186.2	61.648.9–74.5
2087	165.2142.9–189.1	61.650.6–75
2088	167.5146–187.8	62.750.5–77.1
2089	166.3146.9–184.2	61.950–75.2
2090	168.6145–188.3	62.551.4–73.7
2091	168.3145.8–186.5	63.852–75.7
2092	167.4144.8–185.2	63.251.2–75.1
2093	168.2146–191.5	63.252–75.4
2094	169146.8–187.2	6351.1–76.3
2095	169.5146.9–189.1	63.952.8–76.4
2096	170.2145.3–192.8	63.852.2–76.8
2097	168.2145.9–187.4	62.750.7–75.1
2098	169.7149.4–190.8	63.451.2–76.8
2099	167.1147.5–187.7	63.851.9–76.1
2100	169.9149.9–190.1	63.351.7–76.2

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Nights in a year when the temperature stays above 20 °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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