Tropical nights in South Korea

Tropical nights in South Korea: 59.8 nights in 1950 and 68.9 nights in 2014, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run.

Latest, 2014: 68.9 nights; Modelled
Since 1950: +9.1 nights
Projected, 2100: 96.3 nights; CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)

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nights a year · CMIP6

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 96.3 nights in 2100, between 81.6 nights and 113.8 nights (models’ 10th–90th percentile).
The highest was 69.7 nights in 2013, the lowest 46.8 nights in 1983.

Every year

nights a year · CMIP6

Year	South Korea
2014	68.9
2013	69.7
2012	67.7
2011	65.3
2010	68.3
2009	65.8
2008	63.7
2007	64.2
2006	64.8
2005	65.1
2004	66.8
2003	63.2
2002	63.3
2001	63.4
2000	61.7
1999	64.2
1998	60.7
1997	60.4
1996	61.2
1995	55.2
1994	54.8
1993	49.2
1992	50.7
1991	56.9
1990	58.8
1989	58.7
1988	55.6
1987	52.6
1986	51.4
1985	53.1
1984	50.4
1983	46.8
1982	54
1981	53.9
1980	51.6
1979	52.6
1978	56.4
1977	51.8
1976	52.8
1975	54.6
1974	52.7
1973	50.4
1972	51.8
1971	49.7
1970	50.4
1969	55.2
1968	51.7
1967	57.3
1966	52.9
1965	52.8
1964	52.2
1963	57.9
1962	53.3
1961	58.2
1960	55.2
1959	54.8
1958	56
1957	55.8
1956	59.1
1955	55.7
1954	54
1953	55.4
1952	57
1951	54.7
1950	59.8

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

Year	South Korea
2015	68.656.8–82
2016	70.353.5–81.8
2017	70.559.5–82.9
2018	69.156.9–81.2
2019	74.663.1–84.4
2020	7157.6–83
2021	70.252.7–84.1
2022	72.563–81.2
2023	74.563.2–84.2
2024	73.558.6–87.1
2025	75.762.3–87.1
2026	7564–88.4
2027	74.163.4–88.9
2028	77.361.5–87.9
2029	75.463.1–86.7
2030	75.364.5–87.6
2031	76.763.6–87.3
2032	76.761–89.2
2033	78.860–92.7
2034	77.264.7–87.2
2035	8168.9–92.1
2036	81.964.1–95
2037	78.465.8–89.3
2038	78.866.9–89.4
2039	77.564.7–89.2
2040	80.567.4–92.7
2041	80.966.4–97.7
2042	82.469.1–95
2043	83.268.5–97.9
2044	83.169.3–91.6
2045	8170.4–92.2
2046	8668.3–95.2
2047	83.469.7–96.7
2048	82.769.2–95.2
2049	81.669–96.8
2050	81.569.8–93.8
2051	84.572.7–98.8
2052	83.167.8–98.5
2053	86.969.8–98.1
2054	84.773.3–97.5
2055	86.570.8–101.3
2056	85.874.5–99.8
2057	87.976.1–100.7
2058	86.275.2–99.4
2059	86.766.9–100.4
2060	86.371.9–101.9
2061	8974.8–99.5
2062	87.772.3–102.2
2063	86.774.6–101.2
2064	86.673.6–100.3
2065	91.575.3–102.2
2066	89.272.6–100.5
2067	90.372.7–102.6
2068	90.473.8–106.4
2069	9174.5–102.5
2070	89.774.6–107
2071	92.674.9–107.9
2072	90.976.6–103.9
2073	91.376.2–104
2074	91.974.6–107
2075	94.576.4–103.7
2076	93.477.5–105.6
2077	95.776.3–107.2
2078	93.576.9–110.5
2079	91.179.2–105.7
2080	92.481.7–107.1
2081	93.878–108.8
2082	96.279.9–110.1
2083	94.481.1–108
2084	91.574.4–107.3
2085	9481.4–107.4
2086	93.678.5–111.5
2087	94.480.9–113.5
2088	93.779.8–108.5
2089	94.478.9–107
2090	97.979.5–109
2091	95.280.6–107.7
2092	9580–106.3
2093	95.379.5–109.9
2094	92.279.8–111
2095	94.884–112.2
2096	100.481–113.2
2097	97.278.6–108.8
2098	97.479.9–110.4
2099	95.879.9–109.3
2100	96.381.6–113.8

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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