From: Climate change and potential impacts on agriculture in Bhutan: a discussion of pertinent issues
Parameters | Simulated changes | |
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Projections for Bhutan | Projections for South Asia | |
Mean annual temperature | Increase by 2.1–2.4 °C over 2040–2069 | Increase by 1.3–3.5 °C in 2100 |
Mean summer temperature | Increase by 2.8 °C over 2040–2069 | Increase by 2 °C in 2100 |
Mean winter temperature | Increase by 2.1 °C over 2040–2069 | Increase by 2.55 °C in 2100 |
Mean annual precipitation | Increase by 20% over 2040–2069, wetter monsoon and drier winter | Decrease by 3% (min) and increase by 37% (max) in 2100 |
Monsoon mean total precipitation | Increase by about 350–450 mm/season from 1980 to 2069 | Decrease by 7% (min) and increase by 37% (max) in 2100 |
Winter mean total precipitation | Decrease by about 5Â mm/season from 1980 to 2069 | Decrease by 14% (min) and increase by 28% (max) |