Singapore vs United States: Tropical nights

Tropical nights in 2014: 365 nights in Singapore and 39.8 nights in United States, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Singapore, by 325.2 nights, or 9.17 times that in United States.

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nights a year · CMIP6

SingaporeUnited StatesCMIP6 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 Singapore at 365 nights and United States at 63.9 nights in 2100.

Every year

nights a year · CMIP6

Year	Singapore	United States
2014	365	39.8
2013	365	38.9
2012	365	38.7
2011	365	38.4
2010	365	38.3
2009	365	37.5
2008	365	36.8
2007	365	37.7
2006	365	37.6
2005	365	36.8
2004	365	35.8
2003	365	36
2002	365	37.7
2001	365	36.7
2000	365	35.5
1999	365	36.1
1998	365	34.8
1997	365	35.1
1996	365	33.6
1995	365	33.6
1994	365	32.4
1993	365	30.9
1992	365	29.4
1991	365	33.7
1990	365	33.8
1989	365	32.9
1988	365	33
1987	365	32.1
1986	365	31.5
1985	365	32
1984	365	30.1
1983	365	28.4
1982	365	30.8
1981	365	32.9
1980	365	30.7
1979	365	32.1
1978	365	31.6
1977	365	31.6
1976	365	29.7
1975	365	31.1
1974	365	29.8
1973	365	29.9
1972	365	30.7
1971	365	30
1970	365	29.7
1969	365	30.4
1968	365	29.5
1967	365	29.7
1966	365	29.1
1965	365	28.6
1964	365	28.1
1963	365	30
1962	365	30.8
1961	365	31.9
1960	365	31.1
1959	365	31
1958	365	30.6
1957	365	31
1956	365	32
1955	365	30.7
1954	365	30.8
1953	365	31.3
1952	365	30.6
1951	365	30.7
1950	365	30.5

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

Year	Singapore	United States
2015	365360–365	40.932.9–49.8
2016	365360–366	41.933.3–52
2017	365360–365	4234–50.6
2018	365360–365	4333.9–52.5
2019	365360–365	43.234.3–52.6
2020	365360–366	42.833.9–53.1
2021	365360–365	42.833.8–52.7
2022	365360–365	43.634.5–52.3
2023	365360–365	44.535–55.5
2024	365360–366	44.935.9–54.5
2025	365360–365	4636.7–55.5
2026	365360–365	44.735.6–54.8
2027	365360–365	46.437.3–58.4
2028	365360–366	45.836.5–56.6
2029	365360–365	46.936.9–57.7
2030	365360–365	46.936.6–58.8
2031	365360–365	46.337–55.7
2032	365360–366	46.236.9–56.5
2033	365360–365	49.439.1–60.3
2034	365360–365	47.738.7–58.6
2035	365360–365	47.737.5–59.6
2036	365360–366	49.439.2–61.8
2037	365360–365	48.639.1–59.8
2038	365360–365	50.240.4–59.8
2039	365360–365	50.240.5–60.9
2040	365360–366	50.739.8–61.8
2041	365360–365	49.840.1–61.2
2042	365360–365	51.441–63.1
2043	365360–365	51.341.4–62.2
2044	365360–366	51.340.5–63.3
2045	365360–365	52.441.5–64.7
2046	365360–365	53.343.3–64.1
2047	365360–365	53.844.1–66.5
2048	365360–366	53.542.2–66
2049	365360–365	53.743.2–65.9
2050	365360–365	54.943–67.2
2051	365360–365	54.743.5–67.5
2052	365360–366	53.642–66.1
2053	365360–365	54.342.4–66.8
2054	365360–365	54.543.1–67
2055	365360–365	55.142.4–68
2056	365360–366	55.844.3–70
2057	365360–365	56.244.6–68.1
2058	365360–365	56.144.4–70.4
2059	365360–365	55.544.5–67.9
2060	365360–366	56.144.9–68.3
2061	365360–365	5746–69
2062	365360–365	57.443.9–70.3
2063	365360–365	57.244.7–70.8
2064	365360–366	5643–68.2
2065	365360–365	56.544.2–71
2066	365360–365	58.747.4–71.2
2067	365360–365	58.647.2–71.4
2068	365360–366	58.846.1–71.7
2069	365360–365	59.646.8–73
2070	365360–365	57.944.7–72.8
2071	365360–365	5946.5–72
2072	365360–366	58.746.4–72.9
2073	365360–365	59.345.8–72.1
2074	365360–365	60.546.4–74.6
2075	365360–365	59.846.6–75.3
2076	365360–366	59.647.5–74.4
2077	365360–365	60.147.9–74.3
2078	365360–365	60.747–76
2079	365360–365	61.148.3–76.2
2080	365360–366	61.448.8–76.8
2081	365360–365	6149.2–74.7
2082	365360–365	61.748.1–75.9
2083	365360–365	62.849.6–77.6
2084	365360–366	62.248.1–76.8
2085	365360–365	6247.9–76
2086	365360–365	6449–78.8
2087	365360–365	63.349.5–77.3
2088	365360–366	63.148.2–78.4
2089	365360–365	61.648.8–76.6
2090	365360–365	64.950.6–79
2091	365360–365	64.750–78.6
2092	365360–366	6448.1–79
2093	365360–365	64.350.1–80.2
2094	365360–365	63.248.2–78.9
2095	365360–365	64.149.8–79.8
2096	365360–366	6549.9–79.6
2097	365360–365	63.347.3–81.2
2098	365360–365	64.349.7–79.2
2099	365360–365	64.350.3–79.5
2100	365360–365	63.950.3–80.2

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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