Ghana vs South Africa: Tropical nights

Tropical nights in 2014: 356.8 nights in Ghana and 27.1 nights in South Africa, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Ghana, by 329.7 nights, or 13 times that in South Africa.

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nights a year · CMIP6

GhanaSouth AfricaCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

Ghana has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Ghana at 364.2 nights and South Africa at 58.7 nights in 2100.

Every year

nights a year · CMIP6

Year	Ghana	South Africa
2014	356.8	27.1
2013	355.8	28.3
2012	356.8	27.9
2011	355.7	26.1
2010	355.9	26
2009	353.2	25.8
2008	353.1	24.8
2007	353.8	24.7
2006	353.9	25.5
2005	352.7	25.3
2004	352.4	25.8
2003	353.8	25.1
2002	353.2	25
2001	354.9	24.5
2000	352.2	23.3
1999	350.2	23
1998	350.6	23.4
1997	350.5	22.5
1996	349.1	20.4
1995	348.9	19.3
1994	347.9	20
1993	347.1	18.1
1992	344.5	18.1
1991	348.4	22.3
1990	352.1	22.7
1989	347.9	22
1988	347.2	21.2
1987	346.6	21.9
1986	348.4	21
1985	347.2	18.9
1984	346.2	20
1983	344.8	19
1982	344.8	20.3
1981	346.8	20
1980	344.5	21.2
1979	346.4	19.9
1978	343.9	19.8
1977	345.9	19.2
1976	344.5	19.2
1975	345.3	18.8
1974	343	19.7
1973	344	19.6
1972	344.4	19
1971	342.7	19.1
1970	344	18.6
1969	342.5	18.7
1968	342	17.8
1967	342.7	17.5
1966	342.1	17.8
1965	342	17.2
1964	340	14.9
1963	342.8	16.5
1962	345.9	19.6
1961	344.1	19.7
1960	345.7	19.8
1959	344.6	18.5
1958	344.6	19.3
1957	344.1	19.4
1956	343.5	18
1955	342.5	19.5
1954	346.8	18.4
1953	344.5	18.4
1952	341.9	19.3
1951	343.8	18.9
1950	340.3	18.1

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

Year	Ghana	South Africa
2015	356341.5–361.7	28.620–39.5
2016	356.5341.4–361.5	26.817.8–37.9
2017	355.2341.3–361.6	28.919.6–37.8
2018	355.8345.7–362.1	29.620.6–40.6
2019	353.9343.6–362.3	29.820.8–41.5
2020	356341.7–362.9	29.518.9–39.1
2021	356.9345.4–362.7	31.121.4–42.9
2022	358.2342–362.6	3223.7–43.1
2023	356.7344–361.7	31.922.9–41.8
2024	358.6347.7–363.4	3324–45.6
2025	357.1347.2–361.9	31.920.7–44.5
2026	357.2343.5–362.7	34.521.9–46.9
2027	357.5344.3–362.4	34.423–47.7
2028	359.5348.6–363.6	33.522.9–46
2029	358.8349–363.1	36.226.5–48.3
2030	359.6350.6–363.2	36.124.9–49
2031	360.8351–364	36.324.5–50.3
2032	359.7346.4–363.9	36.424.5–49.2
2033	360.2349–364.1	36.924.5–48.3
2034	359.4350.8–363.1	37.626.4–51.8
2035	360.5350.8–364	37.625.2–49.5
2036	360.9350.6–364.9	3826.5–50.5
2037	361350.5–364	39.928.2–53.4
2038	361.4354.4–363.9	41.528.4–54.2
2039	361.3352.3–364.5	39.227–52.9
2040	361.5352.2–365.2	38.125.6–55.6
2041	361.3351.7–364.3	40.227.4–54.3
2042	360.6352.3–364.3	4229–56.4
2043	360.6351.8–364	42.128.2–58.4
2044	361.6353.6–364.8	41.929.5–57.8
2045	361.1353.2–364.4	42.728.2–59
2046	361.9353.1–364.1	44.130–59.5
2047	362.3350.3–364.5	44.630.7–61.2
2048	362.1354.7–365.3	4531.9–61.5
2049	362.6354–364.4	45.632.3–61.4
2050	362.2355.3–364.4	46.931–63.6
2051	362.3355.7–364.6	47.532–65
2052	362.1354.2–365	48.332.7–64.3
2053	362.4354.1–364.5	45.733.7–62.1
2054	362.9354.8–364.6	4833.3–64.3
2055	362.5355.1–364.5	46.833–68.4
2056	363.3355.6–365.7	47.933.2–64.8
2057	363.2355.9–364.8	50.232.6–68.9
2058	363356.3–364.9	47.934–66.4
2059	362.9356.2–364.8	51.333.1–66.9
2060	362.9354.1–365.7	51.936–69.9
2061	363.2354–364.9	50.534.8–71.3
2062	363.1355–364.9	50.532.7–71
2063	363.2355.5–364.9	50.434.3–69.7
2064	363.3356.6–365.6	5134.1–67.7
2065	363.7357.8–364.9	50.433.6–70.2
2066	362.7356.9–364.8	5335.7–72.4
2067	363.6354.1–364.9	50.634.8–70.4
2068	364.1356.3–365.8	54.837.8–72.5
2069	362.8356.3–364.9	54.339.1–73.4
2070	363.3356.2–364.9	54.337.2–73.3
2071	363.5355.3–364.9	55.837.9–76.9
2072	364.1355.6–365.8	5639.4–78.6
2073	363.6355.1–364.8	60.443.4–80.3
2074	363.4355.4–364.8	57.439.1–75.3
2075	363.4357–364.9	56.137.7–76
2076	363.8358.4–365.8	58.538.4–75.3
2077	363.8357.8–365	57.341–80.5
2078	363.9356.6–364.9	5639.5–79
2079	364.2358–365	57.639.3–78
2080	364.3357.8–366	59.540.3–80.9
2081	363.8357.1–365	5841.5–79.6
2082	363.5357.1–364.9	58.839.7–77.7
2083	364.1358.3–365	60.839.1–82.9
2084	364358.5–365.9	62.540.4–82.9
2085	364.1358.3–365	60.741.3–87.6
2086	364.1357.8–365	60.542.1–83.3
2087	364.1357.9–365	57.941–82.9
2088	364.2356.4–365.9	64.243.4–85.3
2089	363.9357.6–365	61.541.3–81.2
2090	364.2357.6–365	61.641.5–86.8
2091	363.9357.6–364.9	63.341.6–86.3
2092	364.4356.6–366	63.144.9–84.8
2093	364.4358.2–365	62.443.2–86.1
2094	364.1357.9–365	63.145.6–87.4
2095	364358.2–365	65.342.6–91.7
2096	363.9358–366	6142.7–90.1
2097	363.9356.3–364.9	58.841.2–84.6
2098	363.7357.8–364.9	65.143.8–89.8
2099	363.9358.6–365	64.345–87
2100	364.2357.6–365	58.742–88.2

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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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