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Multan

Pakistan

Multan has warmed by about +1.5 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain is rising by about 7% every 10 years.It lies in the Indus plain flood region.

Temperature

Whole year

Getting warmer
+0.33 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change

Hot season (March–May): +0.46 °C every 10 years.

Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
0121990200020102020°C warmer than the 1951–1980 average
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Rate (Sen's slope)
+0.330 °C/decade
95% range
+0.231 to +0.413
p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
p < 0.001
Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
Yes
Map square used
31.00°N, 71.00°E (106 km from the city)
Data
NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid

Rain

Rainy season (June–September)

Getting wetter
+17 mm
every 10 years (+6.9% of the usual amount)
Sure this is a real change

Whole year: +32 mm every 10 years.

Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
2004001990200020102020mm of rain in the rainy season
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Rate (Sen's slope)
+16.7 mm/decade
95% range
+2.0 to +31.1
p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
p = 0.02
Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
Yes
Map square used
31.25°N, 71.25°E (124 km from the city)
Data
GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid

Disasters around Multan

Floods
4

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

Most recent: August 2023.

Landslides
1

reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017).

Fires
21

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

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