Australia vs Singapore: Tropical nights

Tropical nights in 2014: 135.1 nights in Australia and 365 nights in Singapore, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Singapore, by 229.9 nights, or 2.7 times that in Australia.

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nights a year · CMIP6

AustraliaSingaporeCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

Singapore 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 Singapore at 365 nights in 2100.

Every year

nights a year · CMIP6

Year	Australia	Singapore
2014	135.1	365
2013	133	365
2012	132.9	365
2011	133.8	365
2010	134.2	365
2009	132.3	365
2008	132.3	365
2007	131.8	365
2006	128.1	365
2005	131.7	365
2004	131.4	365
2003	132.4	365
2002	129.7	365
2001	130.1	365
2000	129.7	365
1999	127.7	365
1998	128.1	365
1997	124.5	365
1996	123.9	365
1995	123.5	365
1994	124.4	365
1993	121.4	365
1992	116.7	365
1991	125.1	365
1990	126	365
1989	124.4	365
1988	125.2	365
1987	124.4	365
1986	124.9	365
1985	122.7	365
1984	123.9	365
1983	122.5	365
1982	124.7	365
1981	123.3	365
1980	123.7	365
1979	122.3	365
1978	121.2	365
1977	120.6	365
1976	121.1	365
1975	118.6	365
1974	119.7	365
1973	123.3	365
1972	120.2	365
1971	120.4	365
1970	118.5	365
1969	120.9	365
1968	118.9	365
1967	118.6	365
1966	116.5	365
1965	116.5	365
1964	112.5	365
1963	114.6	365
1962	119	365
1961	121.9	365
1960	120.7	365
1959	120.3	365
1958	121.8	365
1957	119.8	365
1956	119.9	365
1955	117.5	365
1954	119.9	365
1953	118.5	365
1952	119.9	365
1951	119.6	365
1950	119.7	365

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

Year	Australia	Singapore
2015	134116.5–149.2	365360–365
2016	134.8118.2–149.5	365360–366
2017	136.1119.3–149.5	365360–365
2018	135.8118.4–151.4	365360–365
2019	136.6120.4–151.6	365360–365
2020	136119.8–151.4	365360–366
2021	135.6118.6–151.2	365360–365
2022	138.6121.4–155.1	365360–365
2023	139.9123.6–155.2	365360–365
2024	141122.4–156.1	365360–366
2025	140.9121–159.3	365360–365
2026	139.4121.9–157.8	365360–365
2027	140.4123.7–156	365360–365
2028	141.8125.4–158.7	365360–366
2029	143.3126–159.6	365360–365
2030	140.1125.4–156.4	365360–365
2031	141.6124.9–156.9	365360–365
2032	144.6128.6–162.1	365360–366
2033	144.5127.7–159.2	365360–365
2034	145129.2–161.3	365360–365
2035	146.5128.8–161.8	365360–365
2036	146.9128–161.8	365360–366
2037	146.6130.1–161.6	365360–365
2038	148.2131.2–164	365360–365
2039	146.9130.3–163.4	365360–365
2040	147.9130.6–164.6	365360–366
2041	147.6130.5–165.9	365360–365
2042	148.2129.2–166.5	365360–365
2043	148.9133.1–164.5	365360–365
2044	151135.2–166.3	365360–366
2045	149.3130.9–164.3	365360–365
2046	151.2135.4–168	365360–365
2047	153.5132.9–169.5	365360–365
2048	154.1135.2–171.4	365360–366
2049	153.4137.4–170.1	365360–365
2050	152.3133–170.6	365360–365
2051	154.5135.1–171.8	365360–365
2052	154.7134.9–175.7	365360–366
2053	153.8131.8–173	365360–365
2054	152.8134.4–172.4	365360–365
2055	155.2138.1–174.8	365360–365
2056	157139.6–173.6	365360–366
2057	156.3137.4–172.3	365360–365
2058	158.3135.3–176.6	365360–365
2059	157.9138.9–174.7	365360–365
2060	158.4140.3–176.8	365360–366
2061	158.8139.6–175.2	365360–365
2062	156.1137.8–172.7	365360–365
2063	160.2140–178.6	365360–365
2064	159.3140.5–177.9	365360–366
2065	156.7136.6–177.5	365360–365
2066	161.6142–180.6	365360–365
2067	162.5141.6–183.1	365360–365
2068	162.4140.7–180.1	365360–366
2069	162.6143.3–181	365360–365
2070	161.4140.4–180.3	365360–365
2071	162.1142–181.9	365360–365
2072	162.2142.3–179.6	365360–366
2073	163.8144.6–182.6	365360–365
2074	162.2142.8–181.6	365360–365
2075	163.1143–180.9	365360–365
2076	163.2141.1–181.9	365360–366
2077	163.1141.8–181.8	365360–365
2078	163.9145.8–181.3	365360–365
2079	163.3143.1–186	365360–365
2080	163142.7–183.3	365360–366
2081	165.8142.9–185.5	365360–365
2082	164.6145–182.6	365360–365
2083	164.2141.3–187	365360–365
2084	165.6140.7–187.4	365360–366
2085	167.2143.9–187.5	365360–365
2086	166.8143.2–186.2	365360–365
2087	165.2142.9–189.1	365360–365
2088	167.5146–187.8	365360–366
2089	166.3146.9–184.2	365360–365
2090	168.6145–188.3	365360–365
2091	168.3145.8–186.5	365360–365
2092	167.4144.8–185.2	365360–366
2093	168.2146–191.5	365360–365
2094	169146.8–187.2	365360–365
2095	169.5146.9–189.1	365360–365
2096	170.2145.3–192.8	365360–366
2097	168.2145.9–187.4	365360–365
2098	169.7149.4–190.8	365360–365
2099	167.1147.5–187.7	365360–365
2100	169.9149.9–190.1	365360–365

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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