Varanasi
India
Varanasi has warmed by about +1.1 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain is falling by about 5% every 10 years.
Temperature
Whole year
Getting warmer
+0.25 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change
Hot season (March–May): +0.24 °C every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +0.247 °C/decade
- 95% range
- +0.186 to +0.299
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 25.00°N, 83.00°E (36 km from the city)
- Data
- NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid
Rain
Rainy season (June–September)
Getting drier
−53 mm
every 10 years (−5.4% of the usual amount)
Very sure this is a real change
Whole year: −49 mm every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- −53.3 mm/decade
- 95% range
- −84.8 to −21.9
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 26.25°N, 83.75°E (130 km from the city)
- Data
- GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid
Disasters around Varanasi
Floods
3
flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 2 of them serious or severe.
Most recent: July 2015.
Landslides
1
reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017).
Fires
1
fires a year seen by satellite nearby in March–May (2003–2024 average).