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Long warm summer
Organization(s):Ekonomsko-birotehnicka i trgovacka skola Zadar
Country:Croatia
Student(s):Nina Kožul, Petra Miletić, Lucia Cicero
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Teacher:Marina Sambolek
Contributors:Mentor: Marina Sambolek
Report Type(s):Standard Research Report
Protocols:Air Temperature, Precipitation, Water Temperature
Language(s):English, Croatian
Date Submitted:06/17/2022
Monthly averages and multi-year averages show that air temperatures this summer were higher for 1,2 °C to almost 3 °C, and summer average of 2021 surpasses 40-year average for 1,6 °C, which makes the summer of 2021 sixth most hottest summer in the last 40 years.
According to the totall amount of precipitation the summer of 2021 is the eleventh most drought summer in the last 40 years and with 72,5 l/m2 third most drought in the last 10 years with an average which is 44% lesser than 40 years summer average. June of 2021 had 16 times less percipitation then the multi year average and most dry in the last 20 years.
We concluded that the summer of 2021 is sixth most hottest summer and second driest in history of measuring.