Yorkshire & Humber climate change adaptation

... it matters to all ...

 
 
yorkshirefutures
 

Royal Haskoning

 
UK Climate Impacts Programme
 
 
  Environment Agency
 
Yorkshire Forward
 
Yorkshire and Humber Assembly
 
 
 

 

earwig results - 95th percentile extreme hot temperature

Click to enlarge map

 

 
Extreme 95th Percentile Hot Temperature
Similar to the 90th percentile, the extreme 95th percentile high temperature changes will be greatest in the autumn and with the greatest range from 2.6 ºC in an upland area to 3.4 ºC in the Humber. Mean temperatures in the summer will all be above 30 ºC with the warmest temperatures in the winter constantly above 15 ºC.

 

 

Spring Extreme 95th Percentile Temperature (hot) temp (ºC)
The 95th percentile (5% 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

23.5

25.3

+1.8

2

22.8

24.9

+2.0

3

22.6

24.3

+1.8

4

22.9

24.7

+1.8

5

24.3

26.5

+2.3

6

25.4

27.4

+2.0

7

23.8

25.6

+1.9

8

25.5

27.6

+2.1

 

Summer Extreme 95th Percentile Temperature (hot) temp (ºC)
The 95th percentile (5% 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

28.3

31.2

+2.9

2

27.5

30.3

+2.9

3

27.3

30.1

+2.8

4

28.0

30.7

+2.8

5

29.5

32.6

+3.1

6

30.5

33.6

+3.1

7

28.9

32.0

+3.1

8

30.9

34.1

+3.2

 

Autumn Extreme 95th Percentile Temperature (hot) temp (ºC)
The 95th percentile (5% 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

25.1

27.7

+2.6

2

23.0

26.1

+3.1

3

23.5

26.6

+3.0

4

24.6

27.6

+2.9

5

26.0

29.2

+3.2

6

26.3

29.7

+3.4

7

25.8

28.8

+2.9

8

26.6

29.9

+3.2

 

Winter Extreme 95th Percentile Temperature (hot) temp (ºC)
The 95th percentile (5% 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

16.7

17.9

+1.2

2

14.6

15.9

+1.3

3

15.0

16.3

+1.3

4

16.5

17.4

+0.9

5

17.8

19.0

+1.2

6

18.1

19.2

+1.1

7

17.5

18.5

+1.0

8

18.1

19.3

+1.3