Guwahati
India
Guwahati has warmed by about +1.6 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain is falling by about 8% every 10 years.It lies in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta and Northeast India and Myanmar hills regions.
Temperature
Whole year
Getting warmer
+0.36 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change
Hot season (March–May): +0.34 °C every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +0.365 °C/decade
- 95% range
- +0.300 to +0.429
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 27.00°N, 91.00°E (121 km from the city)
- Data
- NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid
Rain
Rainy season (June–September)
Getting drier
−145 mm
every 10 years (−8.0% of the usual amount)
Very sure this is a real change
Whole year: −169 mm every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- −144.5 mm/decade
- 95% range
- −211.6 to −76.1
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 26.25°N, 91.25°E (50 km from the city)
- Data
- GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid
Disasters around Guwahati
Floods
15
flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 3 of them serious or severe.
Most recent: April 2022.
Landslides
69
reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 70 people died.
Deadliest: 8 people died, September 2014.
Fires
217
fires a year seen by satellite nearby in March–May (2003–2024 average).