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Urban Poverty & Climate Change in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania:

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Figure 3: Mean annual m<strong>in</strong>imum temperature (1971 – 2000)<br />

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Bukoba<br />

Sumbawanga<br />

Mwanza<br />

Tabora<br />

Musoma<br />

Mbeya<br />

S<strong>in</strong>gida<br />

Igeri<br />

Dodoma<br />

Songea<br />

Lyamungu<br />

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Arusha Kilimanjaro<br />

Ir<strong>in</strong>ga<br />

Ilonga<br />

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Morogoro<br />

Tanga<br />

Ml<strong>in</strong>gano<br />

Zanzibar<br />

Mafia<br />

Pemba<br />

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Source: Matari et al. (2008)<br />

2.2.2 Temperature<br />

Analysis of both maximum (Figure 4) and m<strong>in</strong>imum (Figure 5) temperatur<strong>es</strong> at <strong>Dar</strong> <strong>es</strong><br />

<strong>Salaam</strong> International Airport <strong>in</strong>dicate significant positive trends over the past 4-5<br />

decad<strong>es</strong>.<br />

Figure 4: Trend of mean maximum temperature anomali<strong>es</strong> dur<strong>in</strong>g the warm<strong>es</strong>t months<br />

(December-February) at <strong>Dar</strong> <strong>es</strong> <strong>Salaam</strong> International Airport<br />

Source: Provided by <strong>Tanzania</strong> Meteorological Agency (TMA), 2010<br />

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