130218_Luxor-Egypt SECAP Final
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Source: http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?LANG=en&WMO=62405&ART=MXMN&CONT=afri&R=0&LEVEL=150®ION=0011&LAND=EG&NOREGION=1&MOD=<br />
&TMX=&TMN=&SON=&PRE=&MONAT=&OFFS=&SORT=&MM=07&YY=2017&WEEK=24<br />
Climate data: Annual Maximum temperature 2017), <strong>Luxor</strong><br />
Maximum pressure 2017, <strong>Luxor</strong><br />
Figure 19: Climate data (Mean Temperature and Precipitation Level (year 2016 - 2017), <strong>Luxor</strong><br />
Source : https://weatherspark.com/y/97258/Average-Weather-in-<strong>Luxor</strong>-<strong>Egypt</strong><br />
4.2. Climate trends<br />
The decadal trends in seasonally averaged temperatures for <strong>Egypt</strong> between 1960 and 2010 indicate that<br />
there is a spatially consistent warming signal for temperature over <strong>Egypt</strong> 57 . Figure 19 describes both summer<br />
consistent warming (June to August) and winter (December to February).<br />
In the city of <strong>Luxor</strong> – Governorate of <strong>Luxor</strong> and the city of Hurghada – Governorate of Red Sea, there is a<br />
warming period during summer of 0.25 °C to 0.5 °C per decade compared with that during winter of 0.05 °C<br />
to 0.1°C per decade as shown in Figure 20. In line with the increase in the mean temperature, warm nights<br />
have become more frequent. It increased by +2 to +3.5 per cent per decade, whereas cool nights have<br />
occurred less frequent due to the decrease by - 1 to - 2 per cent per decade as shown in Figure 21.<br />
Regarding the rainfall pattern, the annual total precipitation over the period 1960 to 2003 decreased<br />
relatively from the baseline (1961-1990) by -1 mm to -15 mm in the city of Hurghada – Governorate of Red<br />
Sea as shown in below.<br />
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<strong>Egypt</strong> Climate: Observations, projections and impacts, UK Met Office, 2011 - The research was led by the UK Met Office in collaboration with<br />
experts from the University of Nottingham, Walker Institute at the University of Reading, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, University of Leeds,<br />
Tyndall Centre — University of East Anglia, and Tyndall Centre — University of Southampton – available at:<br />
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/mohippo/pdf/4/j/egypt.pdf<br />
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