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Tropical nights in Costa Rica

Tropical nights in Costa Rica: 209 nights in 1950 and 231.5 nights in 2014, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run.

Latest, 2014
231.5 nights
Modelled
Since 1950
+22.5 nights
Projected, 2100
274.2 nights
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)
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nights a year · CMIP6

Tropical nights in Costa RicaTropical nights in Costa Rica: 209 nights in 1950 and 231.5 nights in 2014, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts it at 274.2 nights in 2100, between 256.5 nights and 287.5 nights (models’ 10th–90th percentile).
CMIP6 historical run, model medianCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

  • The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts it at 274.2 nights in 2100, between 256.5 nights and 287.5 nights (models’ 10th–90th percentile).
  • The highest was 234.6 nights in 2012, the lowest 206.8 nights in 1966.

Every year

nights a year · CMIP6

YearCosta Rica
2014231.5
2013232.6
2012234.6
2011233.5
2010229.7
2009230.1
2008228.1
2007227.3
2006226
2005229.2
2004230.1
2003225.9
2002225.6
2001226.7
2000223.2
1999222.8
1998222
1997222.3
1996219.4
1995216.6
1994215.7
1993212.3
1992211.9
1991220.6
1990221.3
1989217.3
1988216
1987216.1
1986215.1
1985211.6
1984212
1983210.8
1982214.3
1981215.3
1980213.9
1979213.7
1978213.1
1977214.6
1976212.3
1975208.8
1974212.4
1973212.4
1972210.2
1971209.7
1970210.3
1969208.6
1968208.1
1967207.2
1966206.8
1965207
1964207.3
1963207.7
1962210.2
1961212.6
1960212.7
1959210.9
1958213.4
1957210.8
1956209.6
1955211.8
1954211.4
1953210
1952209.6
1951210.8
1950209
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
YearCosta Rica
2015235.9217.7–248.6
2016233.8217.1–247.7
2017237.7221.3–247.6
2018238224.7–250
2019237.5221.6–250.6
2020240.3224.1–253
2021241.2228.2–252.3
2022243.6227–255.4
2023242.3225.3–254.5
2024243.7226.6–255.1
2025244.3227.6–258.7
2026245.1225.1–257.9
2027245.5224.5–256.1
2028246.5230.6–258.5
2029246.4230.5–259.1
2030246.3227.9–258.8
2031248.2230.4–260.5
2032250.8237.2–263.6
2033249.9235.3–259.7
2034247.9234.7–263.4
2035249.9233.1–262.2
2036249.2235.6–260
2037253.4241.1–263.7
2038254239.2–264.3
2039251.6237.8–264.6
2040253.1239.8–265.6
2041253.6240–266.7
2042255.3241.5–267.9
2043251.9239.4–267.5
2044253.3238.6–268.6
2045255.4241.8–266
2046258.3241.7–269.3
2047257.1245–269.8
2048258.5246.5–271.4
2049259.5245.9–269.9
2050258.4244.6–275.3
2051259.5244.3–271.6
2052261247.3–272.8
2053259.1244.9–273.7
2054259.4246.5–279
2055260.9247.8–276.1
2056261.8247.9–275.2
2057262.2245.4–273.9
2058262.1249.2–278.5
2059264.3251.3–277.6
2060265.4249.2–280.8
2061263.1249.3–278.4
2062262.7247.1–281
2063264.2251.7–279.2
2064263.6251.1–278.7
2065264.6251.9–280.9
2066264.9252.7–282.3
2067265.8251.4–278.9
2068267.2252.6–280.6
2069264250.9–281.5
2070264.3250.1–282.5
2071267250.6–281.2
2072268.4251.2–285
2073268.7250.6–287.9
2074268.2252.6–284.1
2075267.8251.4–281.3
2076269.1251.2–283.8
2077269.5254.1–283.4
2078272.2254.3–284.7
2079268.3252.3–285.1
2080269.4252–285
2081270.1254–283.7
2082270.6254–281.9
2083269.1255.9–288.2
2084271253.3–285.2
2085271.7256.1–288.4
2086269.7255.9–288.5
2087270.8255.1–284.6
2088271.8254.5–289.5
2089270.7255.5–289.6
2090272.6257.2–284.9
2091274.9253.8–288.8
2092272.1256.2–288.6
2093270.5257.2–290.6
2094272.7257.2–287.5
2095275.6256.9–288.5
2096272.5257.7–292.4
2097272257.7–287
2098273.9255.6–288.3
2099273.5254.6–289
2100274.2256.5–287.5

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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