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Ahmedabad

India

Ahmedabad has warmed by about +1.1 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain is rising by about 8% every 10 years.It lies in the Arabian Sea cyclone region.

Temperature

Whole year

Getting warmer
+0.24 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change

Hot season (March–May): +0.26 °C every 10 years.

Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
-0.500.511990200020102020°C warmer than the 1951–1980 average
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Rate (Sen's slope)
+0.244 °C/decade
95% range
+0.203 to +0.287
p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
p < 0.001
Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
Yes
Map square used
23.00°N, 73.00°E (44 km from the city)
Data
NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid

Rain

Rainy season (June–September)

Getting wetter
+59 mm
every 10 years (+7.6% of the usual amount)
Sure this is a real change

Whole year: +64 mm every 10 years.

Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
50010001990200020102020mm of rain in the rainy season
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Rate (Sen's slope)
+58.6 mm/decade
95% range
+11.0 to +104.1
p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
p = 0.02
Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
Yes
Map square used
23.75°N, 73.75°E (145 km from the city)
Data
GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid

Disasters around Ahmedabad

Floods
4

flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 2 of them serious or severe.

Most recent: June 2023.

Landslides
1

reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 5 people died.

Deadliest: 5 people died, November 2009.

Fires
17

fires a year seen by satellite nearby in March–May (2003–2024 average).

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