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Extreme 90th Percentile Hot Temperature
Seasonally, autumn will experience the greatest change in the 10% days that have hotter temperatures than the 90th percentile. All the areas of the region will see a high increase in temperature averaging at 3.0 ºC. Summer temperatures will approach and record beyond 30 ºC by the 2050s.

 

 

Spring Extreme 90th Percentile Temperature (hot) temp (ºC)
The 90th percentile (10% of days have hotter temperatures than this) in the temperature distribution for all days in the months of March, April and May.

Location

Baseline (ºC)

2050s (ºC)

Absolute Change (ºC)

Mean

Mean

 

1

22.6

24.5

+1.9

2

22.0

23.9

+1.9

3

21.6

23.4

+1.8

4

22.1

23.9

+1.8

5

23.6

25.7

+2.1

6

24.5

26.5

+2.0

7

23.0

24.8

+1.8

8

24.7

26.8

+2.1

 

Summer Extreme 90th Percentile Temperature (hot) temp (ºC)
The 90th percentile (10% of days have hotter temperatures than this) in the temperature distribution for all days in the months of June, July and August.

Location

Baseline (ºC)

2050s (ºC)

Absolute Change (ºC)

Mean

Mean

 

1

27.6

30.4

+2.8

2

26.8

29.6

+2.8

3

26.6

29.4

+2.8

4

27.3

30.1

+2.8

5

28.9

31.9

+3.0

6

29.8

32.9

+3.1

7

28.3

31.3

+3.0

8

30.1

33.3

+3.2

 

Autumn Extreme 90th Percentile Temperature (hot) temp (ºC)
The 90th percentile (10% of days have hotter temperatures than this) in the temperature distribution for all days in the months of September, October and November.

Location

Baseline (ºC)

2050s (ºC)

Absolute Change (ºC)

Mean

Mean

 

1

24.3

26.9

+2.7

2

22.3

25.3

+3.0

3

22.8

25.9

+3.0

4

24.0

27.0

+2.9

5

25.3

28.4

+3.1

6

25.6

28.9

+3.3

7

25.1

28.1

+3.0

8

25.8

29.1

+3.3

 

Winter Extreme 90th Percentile Temperature (hot) temp (ºC)
The 90th percentile (10% of days have hotter temperatures than this) in the temperature distribution for all days in the months of December, January and February.

Location

Baseline (ºC)

2050s (ºC)

Absolute Change (ºC)

Mean

Mean

 

1

16.0

17.2

+1.2

2

13.8

15.0

+1.2

3

14.3

15.4

+1.1

4

15.6

16.8

+1.1

5

17.0

18.3

+1.2

6

17.2

18.4

+1.2

7

16.8

17.7

+0.9

8

17.1

18.4

+1.2