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Dehradun

India

Dehradun has warmed by about +1.2 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain is falling by about 4% every 10 years.It lies in the Western Himalaya landslide region.

Temperature

Whole year

Getting warmer
+0.27 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change

Hot season (March–May): +0.38 °C every 10 years.

Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
011990200020102020°C warmer than the 1951–1980 average
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Rate (Sen's slope)
+0.271 °C/decade
95% range
+0.185 to +0.348
p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
p < 0.001
Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
Yes
Map square used
31.00°N, 79.00°E (120 km from the city)
Data
NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid

Rain

Rainy season (June–September)

Getting drier
−23 mm
every 10 years (−3.9% of the usual amount)
Very sure this is a real change

Whole year: −79 mm every 10 years.

Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
4006008001990200020102020mm of rain in the rainy season
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Rate (Sen's slope)
−23.3 mm/decade
95% range
−35.5 to −10.8
p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
p < 0.001
Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
Yes
Map square used
31.25°N, 78.75°E (124 km from the city)
Data
GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid

Disasters around Dehradun

Floods
6

flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 3 of them serious or severe.

Most recent: October 2021.

Landslides
119

reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 104 people died.

Deadliest: 19 people died, September 2012.

Fires
30

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

See Dehradun on the trends map Compare 2001 and 2024 on the satellite map

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