Belgium vs China: Tropical nights

Tropical nights in 2014: 0.2 nights in Belgium and 41.5 nights in China, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in China, by 41.2 nights, or 170 times that in Belgium.

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nights a year · CMIP6

BelgiumChinaCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Belgium at 7.7 nights and China at 63.3 nights in 2100.

Every year

nights a year · CMIP6

Year	Belgium	China
2014	0.2	41.5
2013	0.5	41.7
2012	0.5	40.8
2011	0.1	40.2
2010	0.6	40.5
2009	0.1	39.5
2008	0	39.2
2007	0	38.7
2006	0	39.5
2005	0.3	39.5
2004	0.1	39.7
2003	0.4	38.5
2002	0	38.8
2001	0	39.5
2000	0	38.6
1999	0.2	38.5
1998	0	37.6
1997	0	37.1
1996	0	36.6
1995	0	35.1
1994	0	34.9
1993	0	33.2
1992	0	32.3
1991	0	35.9
1990	0	36.4
1989	0	36.1
1988	0	35.1
1987	0	34.5
1986	0	34
1985	0	33.5
1984	0	33.4
1983	0	31.5
1982	0	34.1
1981	0	34.2
1980	0	34.3
1979	0	33.8
1978	0	34.8
1977	0	33.3
1976	0	32.7
1975	0	33.1
1974	0	33.3
1973	0	33.1
1972	0	32.6
1971	0	33
1970	0	32.4
1969	0	33.4
1968	0	32.8
1967	0	33.4
1966	0	33.4
1965	0	32.5
1964	0	32.1
1963	0	34.5
1962	0	34
1961	0	34.6
1960	0	34.1
1959	0	34
1958	0	35
1957	0	34.4
1956	0	34.6
1955	0	34.2
1954	0	34.2
1953	0	34.3
1952	0	34.3
1951	0	35.1
1950	0	34.9

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

Year	Belgium	China
2015	0.10–3.4	42.334.8–49.8
2016	0.40–3.5	42.134.4–50
2017	0.30–4.5	43.135.3–51.6
2018	0.30–2.1	42.335.5–49.5
2019	0.40–3	43.836.5–51.1
2020	0.40–4.4	43.736.8–51.1
2021	0.30–3.8	44.136–52.1
2022	0.70–4.2	44.737.5–52.7
2023	0.60–4.8	45.737.8–53.4
2024	0.70–4.7	45.738.1–54
2025	1.30–5.8	46.337.5–54.8
2026	1.20–5.5	46.237.6–55.5
2027	0.80–3.6	46.138–54.9
2028	0.60–6	46.438.4–54.3
2029	1.10–4.6	46.939.1–55.6
2030	0.90–4	47.138.8–55.3
2031	0.70–4	4738.8–56
2032	0.70–5.4	48.339.3–57.4
2033	0.90–5	47.939.7–56.6
2034	1.50–8.7	48.440.5–57.3
2035	1.20–7.3	49.740.8–58.6
2036	1.50–6.5	4940.1–58.2
2037	1.60–7.1	4941.2–57.6
2038	0.90–10.4	50.542.4–59.3
2039	0.90–5.5	49.641.2–59.2
2040	10–6.1	50.942.4–60.4
2041	1.80–7.2	51.342.5–61.1
2042	1.10–5.5	51.642–61.5
2043	1.80–6	50.742.7–61
2044	1.60.1–7.4	51.942.4–61.9
2045	2.10–7.4	51.542.8–61.1
2046	1.40.1–8	5343.7–62.7
2047	2.50.1–8.4	53.544.5–62.5
2048	2.20–10.9	53.144–62.6
2049	2.70–9.2	52.843.8–63.3
2050	2.90.1–7.7	53.644.4–63.8
2051	1.70.1–6.5	54.345.1–64.8
2052	1.80–10.1	53.444.6–63.2
2053	1.20–7	54.244.2–64.2
2054	2.40.3–9.6	54.545.3–64.8
2055	1.80–5.7	5545.1–65.8
2056	3.50.1–10.1	55.245.1–66.6
2057	2.70–9.4	54.844.9–65.7
2058	4.30.2–12.1	55.145.8–67.7
2059	2.70–11.7	55.345.1–67.2
2060	2.90.1–10.7	57.246.9–68.1
2061	30.2–11.5	56.546.6–66.3
2062	4.10.3–11.8	56.846.9–68.5
2063	2.30.2–11	57.247.2–68.6
2064	2.10.3–8.1	5747.1–67.7
2065	30.1–14.1	57.347.1–67.8
2066	2.20–8.7	57.347.9–68.7
2067	6.60.7–16.4	57.546.4–68.2
2068	1.90–7.8	58.748.5–70.5
2069	4.20.7–11.9	58.548.4–69
2070	3.90.1–13.1	5847.6–71.7
2071	4.20.1–13.5	59.347.4–71.6
2072	4.51.3–10.4	59.248.1–71.5
2073	3.70.1–15.1	59.849.1–70.9
2074	40.3–12.8	59.648.7–71.1
2075	3.60.2–15	58.748.3–71.4
2076	5.10.2–15.2	60.249–70.9
2077	4.40–14.7	60.851.1–72.4
2078	5.40.1–17.8	59.648.8–72.4
2079	3.10.3–13.4	60.750.1–72.6
2080	4.60.3–12	59.950–72.3
2081	5.50.1–14.9	60.950–73.2
2082	4.60.3–18.7	6149.8–73.3
2083	4.50.7–14.2	61.251.2–73.6
2084	3.10.3–14	61.749.7–74.6
2085	40.3–16.3	61.250.8–75.2
2086	7.10.2–19.4	61.648.9–74.5
2087	7.30.2–23.2	61.650.6–75
2088	6.61.2–19.7	62.750.5–77.1
2089	5.71.2–11.1	61.950–75.2
2090	3.90–16.8	62.551.4–73.7
2091	7.60.2–16.1	63.852–75.7
2092	5.60.1–15	63.251.2–75.1
2093	3.70.3–13.6	63.252–75.4
2094	61.5–17	6351.1–76.3
2095	7.10.2–17.3	63.952.8–76.4
2096	6.70.1–18.3	63.852.2–76.8
2097	3.30.2–17.2	62.750.7–75.1
2098	5.90.4–17.2	63.451.2–76.8
2099	4.90.1–22	63.851.9–76.1
2100	7.70.5–15.1	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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