Figure A3.2: Projected changes in seasonal mean temperature (in °C) relative to 1990 for 2020-2049 (2030s): low end of IPCC range
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Note: Scaled to low end of full IPCC range of global warming. Contours are every 0.1°C. See also the box above Figure 2.2.
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For the low end of full IPCC range of global warming, this figure displays the projected changes in seasonal mean temperature across New Zealand (in degrees Celsius) relative to 1990 for the 2030s. In summer there is a slight cooling in the order of one tenth of a degree over the South Island and southern half of the North Island and over the rest of the North Island a slight warming of about one tenth of a degree. For autumn and spring a slight warming is expected, with a rise in temperature of about 0.1 degrees. During winter, temperatures are expected to rise over New Zealand by about 0.2 to 0.3 degrees.
