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1 | Map name | Category | Unit | Model | Technical description | |
2 | Days above 32°C (90°F) | Heat: Increasing heat | Count (days) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days maximum temperature above 32°C (90°F) | |
3 | Days above 35°C (95°F) | Heat: Increasing heat | Count (days) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days maximum temperature above 35°C (95°F) | |
4 | Days above 38°C (100°F) | Heat: Increasing heat | Count (days) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days maximum temperature above 38°C (100°F) | |
5 | Days above 45°C (113°F) | Heat: Increasing heat | Count (days) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days maximum temperature above 45°C (113°F) | |
6 | Average temperature | Heat: Increasing heat | Quantity (°C) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Mean temperature | |
7 | Average daytime temperature | Heat: Increasing heat | Quantity (°C) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Maximum temperature | |
8 | 10 hottest days | Heat: Increasing heat | Quantity (°C) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Temperature of the hottest 10 days in any given year | |
9 | Freezing days | Heat: Decreasing cold | Count (days) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days maximum temperature below 0°C (32°F) | |
10 | Frost nights | Heat: Decreasing cold | Count (days) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days minimum temperature below 0°C (32°F) | |
11 | Nights above 20°C (68°F) | Heat: Decreasing cold | Count (days) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days minimum temperature above 20°C (68°F) | |
12 | Nights above 25°C (77°F) | Heat: Decreasing cold | Count (days) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days minimum temperature above 25°C (77°F) | |
13 | Average nighttime temperature | Heat: Decreasing cold | Quantity (°C) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Minimum temperature | |
14 | Average winter temperature | Heat: Decreasing cold | Quantity (°C) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Average climatological winter temperature: Northern Hemisphere Dec, Jan, Feb; Southern Hemisphere Jun, Jul, Aug | |
15 | 10 hottest nights | Heat: Decreasing cold | Quantity (°C) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Mean minimum temperature of the 10 hottest days in any given year | |
16 | Days above 26°C (78°F) wet-bulb | Heat: Heat and humidity | Count (days) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days maximum wet-bulb temperature above 26°C (78°F) | |
17 | Days above 28°C (82°F) wet-bulb | Heat: Heat and humidity | Count (days) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days maximum wet-bulb temperature above 28°C (82°F) | |
18 | Days above 30°C (86°F) wet-bulb | Heat: Heat and humidity | Count (days) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days maximum wet-bulb temperature above 30°C (86°F) | |
19 | Days above 32°C (90°F) wet-bulb | Heat: Heat and humidity | Count (days) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days maximum wet-bulb temperature above 32°C (90°F) | |
20 | 10 hottest wet-bulb days | Heat: Heat and humidity | Quantity (°C) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Wet-bulb temperature of the 10 hottest days in any given year | |
21 | Change in total annual precipitation | Precipitation | Quantity (mm) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Annual sum precipitation; differences relative to 1971-2000 | |
22 | Change in snowy days | Precipitation | Count (days) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days with daily total precipitation greater than or equal to 1mm and average temperature less than 0°C; differences relative to 1971-2000 | |
23 | Change in dry hot days | Precipitation | Count (days) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days with total precipitation less than historic 10th percentile and maximum temperature greater than or equal to the historic 90th percentile; differences relative to 1971-2000 | |
24 | Change in wettest 90 days | Precipitation | Quantity (mm) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Annual maximum 90-day precipitation sum; differences relative to 1971-2000 | |
25 | Change in frequency of historical "1-in-100 year" storm | Precipitation | Return period (1-in-X) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Future return period of the historic 1-100 year 1-day precipitation event | |
26 | Change in precipitation of "1-in-100 year" storm | Precipitation | Quantity (mm) | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Precipitation from the 1-100 year 1-day precipitation event; differences relative to 1971-2000 | |
27 | Change in water balance | Dryness | z-score | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Mean SPEI-12; differences relative to 1971-2000 | |
28 | Likelihood of year-plus drought | Dryness | % | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Percent of total months with SPEI-12 less than or equal to -0.5 | |
29 | Likelihood of year-plus extreme drought | Dryness | % | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Percent of total months with SPEI-12 less than or equal to -1.6 | |
30 | Change in wildfire danger days | Dryness | days | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Number of days per year with FWI exceeding the 1972-2000 95th percentile; differences relative to 1972-2000 | |
31 | Climate zones | Other | class | RCM, global RCM ensemble (REMO2015 & RegCM4) | Koppen climate classification | |
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