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Srinagar

India

Srinagar has warmed by about +1.6 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain shows no clear change.It lies in the Western Himalaya landslide region.

Temperature

Whole year

Getting warmer
+0.36 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change

Hot season (March–May): +0.51 °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)
+0.363 °C/decade
95% range
+0.273 to +0.440
p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
p < 0.001
Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
Yes
Map square used
35.00°N, 75.00°E (104 km from the city)
Data
NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid

Rain

Rainy season (June–September)

No clear change
+7 mm
every 10 years (+1.1% 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%)
4006008001990200020102020mm of rain in the rainy season
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Rate (Sen's slope)
+6.7 mm/decade
95% range
−17.1 to +30.3
p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
p = 0.58
Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
No
Map square used
33.75°N, 73.75°E (104 km from the city)
Data
GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid

Disasters around Srinagar

Floods
7

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

Most recent: April 2024.

Landslides
130

reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 132 people died.

Deadliest: 16 people died, March 2015.

Fires
3

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

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