Saudi Arabia

Tropical nights in Saudi Arabia

Tropical nights in Saudi Arabia: 161.6 nights in 1950 and 181.5 nights in 2014, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run.

Latest, 2014
181.5 nights
Modelled
Since 1950
+19.9 nights
Projected, 2100
218.7 nights
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)
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nights a year · CMIP6

Tropical nights in Saudi ArabiaTropical nights in Saudi Arabia: 161.6 nights in 1950 and 181.5 nights in 2014, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts it at 218.7 nights in 2100, between 202.3 nights and 241 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 218.7 nights in 2100, between 202.3 nights and 241 nights (models’ 10th–90th percentile).
  • The highest was 182.8 nights in 2012, the lowest 159.5 nights in 1965.

Every year

nights a year · CMIP6

YearSaudi Arabia
2014181.5
2013180.4
2012182.8
2011182.7
2010179.2
2009177.1
2008180.3
2007178.9
2006177.5
2005177.9
2004177.6
2003177.4
2002175.6
2001178.1
2000176.4
1999173.2
1998173.4
1997173.8
1996172
1995169.2
1994170.4
1993164.6
1992165.9
1991169.2
1990172.7
1989168.9
1988166.8
1987167.3
1986169.4
1985166
1984165
1983163.5
1982164.7
1981168.9
1980166.8
1979165.3
1978164.8
1977165.6
1976165.9
1975161.2
1974162.9
1973163.7
1972163.7
1971160.4
1970162.5
1969161.3
1968162.7
1967159.5
1966159.5
1965159.5
1964159.9
1963160.2
1962163.2
1961163.7
1960165.7
1959164.4
1958164.1
1957165.5
1956163.6
1955162
1954161.2
1953162.5
1952163.4
1951161.2
1950161.6
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
YearSaudi Arabia
2015184.9169.4–198.7
2016183167.7–195.7
2017182.6168.1–196.7
2018186.8173.1–199.4
2019184.1168.8–199.1
2020185.3171.8–198.9
2021188.6173.6–202.8
2022187.6170.7–202
2023188.6173–203.8
2024187.1172.9–203.9
2025191.5176–206.1
2026191.8177.1–205.5
2027191.2176.6–206.8
2028191.9175.5–205.1
2029192.2176.6–205.7
2030193.3178.4–206.3
2031194.7179.1–207.6
2032192.2175.2–206
2033192.6177.5–206.9
2034196.7181.6–213
2035196.5179.9–211.6
2036194.1180–209.7
2037197183.7–209.9
2038198.4182.3–213.3
2039198184.4–213.6
2040199.2182.1–212.7
2041197.7181.4–211.7
2042198.3181.2–217
2043198.2182.3–215.3
2044199.2185.5–213.5
2045202187.1–216.8
2046204.1185.3–219.4
2047204.1187.4–220
2048206.1190.7–220
2049201.6187.7–216.2
2050205.7190.2–219.3
2051204.3188.8–222.1
2052203.8189.6–218
2053203.8186.3–218.8
2054207.6188.3–222.3
2055207.8190.8–221
2056203.7186.6–220.1
2057207.5188.8–224.2
2058205.9189.2–221.4
2059207.3191.6–226.9
2060206.9192.7–222.8
2061206.5190.4–220.9
2062208.1189.4–228.3
2063210.4193–227.1
2064207.5191.9–223.3
2065208.9193.9–226.1
2066210.3194.9–228
2067210.9193.1–228.6
2068209.8194.6–228.6
2069208.9194.5–226.3
2070211.2191.2–229
2071215.1196.3–233.3
2072213.6195.3–229.3
2073213.7194.1–231.6
2074210.5191.9–229.3
2075212.1196.6–231.8
2076212.8194.8–230.3
2077215.1196.6–233.9
2078215.5197.6–230.7
2079213.6197–229
2080213.6197.1–233.9
2081214.7194.4–231.6
2082214198.9–230.9
2083214.2198.5–238
2084217.4197.4–233.1
2085217.4199.6–237.9
2086217197.4–237.4
2087217.3199.7–238.7
2088216.1198.2–243.1
2089217.6199.5–239
2090217.3198.5–239.2
2091218.5202.8–238.4
2092218.5198.5–241.6
2093216.6197.8–236.3
2094218.8202–236.9
2095219.4204.2–237.4
2096219.9197.7–239.6
2097216.7196.8–239.7
2098219.7199.6–241.3
2099216.8200.8–236.8
2100218.7202.3–241

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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