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Goa

India

Goa has warmed by about +0.8 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain shows no clear change.It lies in the Western Ghats and Arabian Sea regions.

Temperature

Whole year

Getting warmer
+0.19 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change

Hot season (March–May): +0.15 °C every 10 years.

Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
00.511990200020102020°C warmer than the 1951–1980 average
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Rate (Sen's slope)
+0.193 °C/decade
95% range
+0.146 to +0.240
p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
p < 0.001
Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
Yes
Map square used
15.00°N, 73.00°E (104 km from the city)
Data
NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid

Rain

Rainy season (June–September)

No clear change
−52 mm
every 10 years (−3.3% of the usual amount)
Not sure: could be natural ups and downs

Whole year: no clear change.

Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
1000150020001990200020102020mm of rain in the rainy season
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Rate (Sen's slope)
−52.5 mm/decade
95% range
−120.0 to +19.5
p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
p = 0.16
Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
No
Map square used
16.25°N, 73.75°E (85 km from the city)
Data
GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid

Disasters around Goa

Floods
2

flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 1 of them serious or severe.

Most recent: July 2009.

Landslides
35

reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 9 people died.

Deadliest: 8 people died, September 2007.

Fires
6

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

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