Kandahar
Afghanistan
Kandahar has warmed by about +1.7 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain shows no clear change.
Temperature
Whole year
Getting warmer
+0.40 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change
Hot season (March–May): +0.52 °C every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +0.397 °C/decade
- 95% range
- +0.280 to +0.485
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 31.00°N, 65.00°E (96 km from the city)
- Data
- NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid
Rain
Rainy season (June–September)
No clear change
−1 mm
every 10 years (−5.7% 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%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- −1.1 mm/decade
- 95% range
- −3.1 to +0.8
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p = 0.21
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- No
- Map square used
- 31.25°N, 66.25°E (65 km from the city)
- Data
- GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid
Disasters around Kandahar
Floods
5
flood alerts within 150 km since 2000.
Most recent: February 2025.
Landslides
0
reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017).
Fires
few
fires a year seen by satellite nearby in March–May (2003–2024 average).