Cold days/cold nights (Q436)

Subject, term, tag: Cold days/cold nights

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Cold days/cold nights	Subject, term, tag: Cold days/cold nights

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source version

IPCC Glossary v1.5

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Source

https://apps.ipcc.ch/glossary/

date accessed

27 May 2026

Part of

Working Group I: Climate Change 2021 – The Physical Science Basis

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Definition

Days where maximum temperature, or nights where minimum temperature, falls below the 10th percentile, where the respective temperature distributions are generally defined with respect to the 1961-1990 reference period. For the corresponding indices, see Box 2.4. (English)