Scenario Season Tmean Range (oC) Precipitation Range (%)
    Min Mean Max Min Mean Max
A2 DJF 0.60 2.60 5.76 -41.34 0.73 66.41
  MAM 1.14 2.79 6.85 -60.68 -6.51 43.30
  JJA 0.90 2.87 5.34 -25.58 45.75 256.59
  SON 10.01 2.96 5.49 -27.30 50.94 346.83
B2 DJF 0.94 2.29 4.46 -36.67 -8.40 17.92
  MAM 0.89 2.39 4.85 -57.18 -8.78 510.05
  JJA 1.16 2.44 4.13 -16.89 42.16 170.41
  SON 10.01 2.50 4.25 -16.29 43.31 229.30
A1F1 DJF 10.05 3.29 6.11 -51.67 -130.05 25.96
  MAM 1.25 3.46 7.47 -75.86 -190.09 55.86
  JJA 0.98 3.44 6.72 -31.97 710.03 4110.00
  SON 0.89 3.41 6.92 -34.13 78.14 528.70
B1 DJF 0.81 20.00 3.69 -32.26 -16.61 40.00
  MAM 0.82 2.14 4.32 -44.13 -12.67 41.35
  JJA 10.00 2.13 3.63 -17.28 44.96 167.90
  SON 0.75 2.12 3.57 -13.19 53.44 240.68
Table 5: Projected seasonal temperature and precipitation changes over the Sahara Region for 2020, 2050 and 2080 time slices based on IPCC A2, B2, A1F1 and B1 scenarios for GCM models.