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BELFAST CLIMATE CHANGE The Science © OpenStreetMap contributors FOG How has Belfast’s climate changed? The Belfast* climate stripes show how annual average temperature has changed since 1884, compared with a baseline average between 1981 and 2000. Tides – High tides can occasionally affect Belfast
Dates MET/1/ Anemograms: Records made by Anemograhps - instruments for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. 1870-1994 MET/1/1/ Aldergrove 1927-1989 MET/1/2/ Armagh 1870-1949 MET/1/3/ Ballykelly 1957-1994 MET/1/4/ Ballypatrick Forest 1967-1993 MET/1/5/ Belfast Harbour 1920-1994
, Ricardo Energy & Environment/the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and Belfast City Council. Key webinar talking points IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report and Sustainable Development Goals The recent IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report emphasised the need for fast and accelerated action and indicates high
BELFAST CLIMATE PACK INTRODUCTION This City Pack provides high level, non-technical summaries of climate change projections for an individual city or town. It uses scientific research to provide robust climate information to help decision makers plan for the future, enabling cities and towns
Belfast Heat Pack Cities can be impacted by a range of weather and climate hazards including extreme heat, heavy rainfall and sea level rise. The Heat Pack provides information on how extreme heat events in your city may change this century due to climate change, the impacts, and how to build
Mean change in the variable e.g. temperature RANGE BELFAST CLIMATE CHANGE UKCP Results UKCP Headlines for the UK Although the trend is for drier summers in the future, the latest UKCP data suggests possible increases in the intensity of heavy summer rainfall events. Sea levels will continue to rise
to the nearest C for the medium emission scenario RCP4.5 1950 2020 2050 2100 London 35 C 36 C 37 C 39 C Cardiff 33 C 34 C 35 C 37 C Edinburgh 29 C 30 C 31 C 33 C Belfast 27 C 28 C 29 C 31 C One-day rainfall Table 2: The table shows the most likely one-day rainfall total in winter (Dec Jan Feb) for a one-in-fifty
statistics. Aberdeen Aldergrove (Belfast International) Alderney Belfast City Benbecula Biggin Hill Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bristol Cambridge Carlisle Coventry Cranfield Dundee Durham Tees Valley (Teeside) East Midlands Edinburgh Eglinton (City of Derry) Exeter Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow
to climate change, the impacts, and how to build resilience to extreme heat. They are available to download for the following cities: Bristol Heat Pack working with Bristol City Council Belfast Heat Pack working with Belfast City Council and Climate Northern Ireland Hull Heat Pack Manchester Heat
, Belfast and Hull. This work has also been combined with socio-economic data to understand which areas are more vulnerable to heat risks within the city. These Heat Packs can be used to understand the risks of heat in particular cities so that these areas can be better prepared against extreme events
