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<p>Climate change is increasingly occurring not only in Slovakia and Europe, but worldwide. One of the consequences is frequent droughts alternating with extreme rainfall. Drought, especially in the spring months, causes water shortages in the soil and limited crop growth. Extreme rainfall causes frequent floods and destroys crops and property. The aim of this work was to statistically evaluate precipitation during January–December for the period 1921–2020 in the most fertile part of Slovakia – the Danube Lowland. The results show a statistically significant (<italic>p</italic> &lt;0.10) decrease in precipitation in April and an increase in September, with the annual total precipitation from 535 to 600 mm (except for extremes in some years). The work provides a statistical analysis of changes and rainfall distributions over 100 years, which can help identify and address drought problems.</p>
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Climate change is increasingly occurring not only in Slovakia and Europe, but worldwide. One of the consequences is frequent droughts alternating with extreme rainfall. Drought, especially in the spring months, causes water shortages in the soil and limited crop growth. Extreme rainfall causes frequent floods and destroys crops and property. The aim of this work was to statistically evaluate precipitation during January–December for the period 1921–2020 in the most fertile part of Slovakia – the Danube Lowland. The results show a statistically significant (p <0.10) decrease in precipitation in April and an increase in September, with the annual total precipitation from 535 to 600 mm (except for extremes in some years). The work provides a statistical analysis of changes and rainfall distributions over 100 years, which can help identify and address drought problems.

Analysis of precipitation in the Danube Lowland (Slovakia) in 1921–2020

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae

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Climate change is increasingly occurring not only in Slovakia and Europe, but worldwide. One of the consequences is frequent droughts alternating with extreme...

Analysis of precipitation in the Danube Lowland (Slovakia) in 1921–2020

Published Online: Nov 01, 2022

Page range: 197 - 202

Received: May 27, 2022

Accepted: Sep 19, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahr-2022-0024

Keywords
precipitation, Mann-Kendall test, drought, Danube Lowland

© 2022 Vladimír Kišš et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Analysis of precipitation in the Danube Lowland (Slovakia) in 1921–2020

Published Online: Nov 01, 2022

Page range: 197 - 202

Received: May 27, 2022

Accepted: Sep 19, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahr-2022-0024

Keywordsprecipitation, Mann-Kendall test, drought, Danube Lowland

© 2022 Vladimír Kišš et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
precipitation, Mann-Kendall test, drought, Danube Lowland