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Days above 35 °C in Saudi Arabia

Days above 35 °C in Saudi Arabia: 148.8 days in 1950 and 165.7 days in 2014, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run.

Latest, 2014
165.7 days
Modelled
Since 1950
+16.9 days
Projected, 2100
195.8 days
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)
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days a year · CMIP6

Days above 35 °C in Saudi ArabiaDays above 35 °C in Saudi Arabia: 148.8 days in 1950 and 165.7 days in 2014, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts it at 195.8 days in 2100, between 182.5 days and 210.3 days (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 195.8 days in 2100, between 182.5 days and 210.3 days (models’ 10th–90th percentile).
  • The highest was 165.7 days in 2014, the lowest 145.3 days in 1967.

Every year

days a year · CMIP6

YearSaudi Arabia
2014165.7
2013163.7
2012164.4
2011164.2
2010162.2
2009160
2008161.6
2007159.7
2006160.2
2005161
2004160.4
2003159.5
2002160.4
2001162
2000159.8
1999158.2
1998156.3
1997156.7
1996156.3
1995154.1
1994154.8
1993148.8
1992147
1991153.4
1990156.8
1989153.8
1988153.1
1987152.7
1986153.7
1985151
1984150
1983147.7
1982149.2
1981153.2
1980153
1979150.7
1978149.5
1977150.1
1976151.5
1975146.6
1974147.9
1973149.5
1972148.2
1971146.3
1970146.9
1969147.4
1968147.4
1967145.3
1966146.9
1965146.3
1964145.4
1963145.8
1962148.7
1961150.1
1960150.9
1959151
1958150.2
1957152.3
1956148.7
1955148.6
1954148.7
1953150.2
1952150.8
1951148.6
1950148.8
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
YearSaudi Arabia
2015168.1155.2–180.8
2016167.4155–178.2
2017166.4152.1–178.2
2018167.1153.7–180.7
2019168.2153.9–180.5
2020169.6156.7–182
2021168.7155.3–180.5
2022169.6153.9–183.2
2023169.7155.9–184.9
2024170.4157.8–184.5
2025171.2159.4–181.9
2026173.2159.7–185.5
2027173.9159.3–185.4
2028172.8158.3–185.8
2029171157.4–183.8
2030174.4160.6–185.9
2031175160.1–186.7
2032173.2160.2–185
2033176.3161.4–189.7
2034178.6164.5–193.4
2035176.1161.7–191.7
2036174.7162–187.2
2037177.3164.7–189.2
2038177.8163.1–191.7
2039178.3165.1–192.5
2040178.6165.4–188.9
2041177.4162.3–190
2042180165.1–193.2
2043179.6161.2–192.6
2044180.4167.3–191
2045182.8167.9–195.9
2046182168–195.8
2047182.6170–195
2048184.1169.5–199.4
2049182.9169.7–195.4
2050184.9170.6–196.8
2051185.3171.5–197.6
2052184.2170–196.6
2053181.7168.3–195.1
2054183.9167.9–197.3
2055187.7171.8–200.3
2056183.5168.6–196.2
2057186.6172.5–201.3
2058184.9169.7–198.2
2059184.3169.9–199.3
2060188.1174–198.7
2061187.6174–198.4
2062186.9170.4–201.9
2063188.8174.6–201.8
2064187.2174.3–201.1
2065186.3171–200.8
2066188.6174.6–204.2
2067190.8177.1–204.4
2068188.1176.8–201.4
2069189.2174–202.2
2070190.4177.1–204.1
2071193.2174.7–207.4
2072190.3174.7–203.7
2073192.8177.3–207.7
2074189.9174.1–206.8
2075190.3174.8–206.1
2076190.9175–206.9
2077193.3176.6–206.1
2078192.2178.3–207.4
2079192177.9–203.8
2080192.9177.3–209.4
2081193.1174.9–208
2082192.8177.3–208.2
2083194.3178.4–208.7
2084193.4181.1–208.4
2085193.9178.3–211
2086193.2177.7–211.5
2087194.6180.8–208.8
2088195178.3–211.9
2089195.7180.6–209.9
2090194.9178.8–210.6
2091195.9182.4–210.1
2092195.7181.2–210.7
2093194.4178.8–210.4
2094195.7181.7–209.9
2095196.2182.1–210.7
2096196.8178.8–213.1
2097195.2178–211.1
2098196.3177.7–212.9
2099195.3181.5–210.6
2100195.8182.5–210.3

Good to know

  • Days in a year whose highest temperature passes 35 °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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