EXCESSIVELY DROUGHTY AUTUMN IN THE SOUTH-WEST OF ROMANIA DURING 2011
ION MARINICĂ, ANDREEA FLORIANA MARINICĂ
ABSTRACT. - Eexcessively droughty autumn in the south-west of Romania during 2011. The atypical weather of 2011 continued also in autumn. Consequently, Oltenia had two distinct parts: a first warmish and droughty part, and a second cold part, characterized by drought too. In September, 7 days with maximum temperature values exceeding 35°C were registered. The warmish weather continued also in the first week of October, followed by a sudden cooling. This was the first excessively droughty autumn of the last 13 autumns in Oltenia. In November the weather was colder than normal and negative maximum thermal values were registered during the day, which means that there were winter days. The paper analyzes the characteristics of this autumn in detail and the study is completed by a comparison to the last 12 autumns. The paper is useful to researchers, specialists in climatology, master graduates and Ph.D. candidates.
Keywords: rainy autumn, heat waves, Hellmann criterion, warm autumn, record maximum thermal values.