Table 12 Thresholds used over the historical period 2010s (2001–2020) for heatwave selection and number of heatwaves found per period in each city.

From: Typical and extreme weather datasets for studying the resilience of buildings to climate change and heatwaves

CZ

City

CORDEX Domain

Threshold to detect heatwaves over 2010s

Number of heatwaves detected

95 Threshold (°C)

97.5 Threshold (°C)

99.5 Threshold (°C)

2010s

2050 s

2090 s

0A

Singapore

SEA

30.4

30.9

31.7

7

58

136

0B

Abu Dhabi

SEA

37.1

38.1

39.3

5

47

61

1A

Guayaquil

AFR

29.3

29.8

30.8

8

40

207

2A

Sao Paulo

SAM

25.3

26.3

28.3

7

87

172

3A

Buenos Aires

SAM

25.3

26.4

28.0

6

19

32

3A

Rome

EUR

25.6

26.4

27.9

7

21

36

3B

Los Angeles

NAM

22.0

22.8

24.4

3

40

81

4A

London

EUR

20.6

21.9

24.3

6

16

46

4A

Brussels

EUR

20.4

22.0

24.6

9

14

36

4A

Ghent

EUR

20.2

21.8

25.0

7

20

33

4C

Vancouver

NAM

24.0

25.3

27.5

8

23

54

5A

Toronto

NAM

23.3

24.2

25.7

4

39

85

5A

Copenhagen

EUR

18.7

20.1

22.3

10

19

23

6A

Montreal

NAM

23.3

24.1

25.5

4

38

88

6A

Stockholm

EUR

18.6

19.8

21.7

9

25

27