Figure A3.6: Projected changes in seasonal precipitation (in %) relative to 1990 for 2020-2049 (2030s): low end of IPCC range
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Note: Scaled to the low end of full IPCC range of global warming. Contours are every 5%. 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 precipitation across New Zealand (in percentage terms) relative to 1990 for the 2030s. Seasonal precipitation is expected to generally decrease across the New Zealand from between small or no changes to more than a 20 percent decrease. Although there is no pattern common to all four seasons, the largest decreases are likely along eastern districts of both islands north of about Banks Peninsula to East Cape.
