United Arab Emirates vs United States: Tropical nights

Tropical nights in 2014: 215.2 nights in United Arab Emirates and 39.8 nights in United States, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 175.4 nights, or 5.41 times that in United States.

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nights a year · CMIP6

United Arab EmiratesUnited StatesCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts United Arab Emirates at 252 nights and United States at 63.9 nights in 2100.

Every year

nights a year · CMIP6

Year	United Arab Emirates	United States
2014	215.2	39.8
2013	215.5	38.9
2012	219.6	38.7
2011	218	38.4
2010	213.7	38.3
2009	212	37.5
2008	214.8	36.8
2007	215.8	37.7
2006	215.4	37.6
2005	212.2	36.8
2004	212.4	35.8
2003	213.4	36
2002	211.6	37.7
2001	211.6	36.7
2000	212.5	35.5
1999	211.7	36.1
1998	209.4	34.8
1997	210.8	35.1
1996	207.8	33.6
1995	206.6	33.6
1994	206.8	32.4
1993	204.2	30.9
1992	204.3	29.4
1991	206.7	33.7
1990	208.5	33.8
1989	205.9	32.9
1988	204	33
1987	203.6	32.1
1986	206.2	31.5
1985	204.1	32
1984	202.6	30.1
1983	200.4	28.4
1982	203.2	30.8
1981	205.1	32.9
1980	202.8	30.7
1979	203.2	32.1
1978	201.5	31.6
1977	202.2	31.6
1976	202.3	29.7
1975	199.3	31.1
1974	202	29.8
1973	200.9	29.9
1972	199.4	30.7
1971	197	30
1970	201.3	29.7
1969	199.8	30.4
1968	202.3	29.5
1967	197.7	29.7
1966	198	29.1
1965	200.5	28.6
1964	199.6	28.1
1963	197.9	30
1962	201.1	30.8
1961	200.6	31.9
1960	204.3	31.1
1959	202.6	31
1958	202.7	30.6
1957	203.2	31
1956	202.6	32
1955	201	30.7
1954	200.2	30.8
1953	200	31.3
1952	200.2	30.6
1951	198.9	30.7
1950	201.1	30.5

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

Year	United Arab Emirates	United States
2015	221.6206.4–232	40.932.9–49.8
2016	218.7207.6–229.7	41.933.3–52
2017	218.3203.9–232.7	4234–50.6
2018	221.4209.2–237.6	4333.9–52.5
2019	218.7202.8–232.2	43.234.3–52.6
2020	221.7206.9–233.5	42.833.9–53.1
2021	224.6210.5–236.3	42.833.8–52.7
2022	225.3206.9–235.7	43.634.5–52.3
2023	225209.1–236.4	44.535–55.5
2024	223.8205.2–240	44.935.9–54.5
2025	226.3210.1–245	4636.7–55.5
2026	227.7214.2–244.9	44.735.6–54.8
2027	227.6208.2–241.5	46.437.3–58.4
2028	229.9210.9–241.3	45.836.5–56.6
2029	225.1211–240	46.936.9–57.7
2030	227.6216.2–240.9	46.936.6–58.8
2031	229.3215.4–238.4	46.337–55.7
2032	225.5211.9–240.5	46.236.9–56.5
2033	224.2211.4–241.3	49.439.1–60.3
2034	230.4213–245	47.738.7–58.6
2035	231.6214.2–246.5	47.737.5–59.6
2036	230217.2–247.1	49.439.2–61.8
2037	232.6220.2–244.5	48.639.1–59.8
2038	233.6213.5–248.4	50.240.4–59.8
2039	231.4218.1–245.6	50.240.5–60.9
2040	232.5214–246.4	50.739.8–61.8
2041	230.4214.9–244.7	49.840.1–61.2
2042	232.6213.3–249.6	51.441–63.1
2043	233.9220.3–250.1	51.341.4–62.2
2044	236.3223.3–250	51.340.5–63.3
2045	236217.2–252	52.441.5–64.7
2046	237.5219.3–255	53.343.3–64.1
2047	240.9222.1–253	53.844.1–66.5
2048	241.8226.1–256.9	53.542.2–66
2049	233.7215.7–249.4	53.743.2–65.9
2050	240.1226.8–250.9	54.943–67.2
2051	240.9227.2–254.5	54.743.5–67.5
2052	239.2228.3–256.1	53.642–66.1
2053	241.4221.7–257.4	54.342.4–66.8
2054	241.3223.5–256.1	54.543.1–67
2055	240.5223.3–259.3	55.142.4–68
2056	239.3220.5–258.9	55.844.3–70
2057	242.2226.6–260.2	56.244.6–68.1
2058	238.9224.7–255.4	56.144.4–70.4
2059	244.2226.6–262.6	55.544.5–67.9
2060	241227.4–255.2	56.144.9–68.3
2061	239.9227.9–253.1	5746–69
2062	243.2227.3–264.4	57.443.9–70.3
2063	245.3229.1–264.6	57.244.7–70.8
2064	241.1225.2–258.6	5643–68.2
2065	244.3225.3–260.5	56.544.2–71
2066	246230.8–261.7	58.747.4–71.2
2067	245.4223–265.8	58.647.2–71.4
2068	245.4232.6–266.7	58.846.1–71.7
2069	244.6227.4–262.2	59.646.8–73
2070	248.1225.9–266.5	57.944.7–72.8
2071	248.6231–266	5946.5–72
2072	247.9230.2–267	58.746.4–72.9
2073	247.9227.6–261.8	59.345.8–72.1
2074	247.5227.3–270.8	60.546.4–74.6
2075	251.8234.3–269.8	59.846.6–75.3
2076	247.5228.7–266.1	59.647.5–74.4
2077	252.9233.3–269.1	60.147.9–74.3
2078	249.9234.1–264.7	60.747–76
2079	247.6227.4–265.8	61.148.3–76.2
2080	248232–267.9	61.448.8–76.8
2081	250.7231–267.6	6149.2–74.7
2082	248.9235.3–266.8	61.748.1–75.9
2083	248.6234.2–273.1	62.849.6–77.6
2084	248.9228.9–268.2	62.248.1–76.8
2085	253236.8–270.7	6247.9–76
2086	253.4234.9–273.3	6449–78.8
2087	252.9236.9–274.1	63.349.5–77.3
2088	252.1231.1–276.1	63.148.2–78.4
2089	253.4234.1–271.9	61.648.8–76.6
2090	251.9236.4–274.5	64.950.6–79
2091	254.8240.7–274.4	64.750–78.6
2092	254.6232.1–275.1	6448.1–79
2093	250.9233.5–268.9	64.350.1–80.2
2094	251.6236.6–270.8	63.248.2–78.9
2095	252.4238.2–272	64.149.8–79.8
2096	254.6236–272.6	6549.9–79.6
2097	251.4227.8–278	63.347.3–81.2
2098	257.8237.5–278.8	64.349.7–79.2
2099	252.5233.5–276.1	64.350.3–79.5
2100	252236.2–276	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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