DROUGHTY AUTUMN OF 2012 IN THE SOUTH-WEST OF ROMANIA
ION MARINICĂ, ANDREEA FLORIANA MARINICĂ
ABSTRACT. – Draughty autumn of 2012, in the south-west of Romania. The droughty weather of the agricultural year 2011-2012 continued also in autumn which, in Oltenia, had two distinct parts: a first warmish and droughty part, and a second cold part, characterized by drought. In September, the maximum temperature values which were comprised between 30 and 35°C were registered in the last days. The warmish weather continued also in the first decade of October, followed by a slow accentuated cooling. This was the second excessively droughty autumn of the last 14 autumns in Oltenia. In November the weather was slightly warmer than normal and maximum thermal values between 18 and 22°C were registered. The paper is the continuation of a broad series of analysis of the climatic variations in the south-west of the country and analyzes the characteristics of this autumn in detail and the study is completed by a comparison to the last 14 autumns. The paper is useful to researchers, specialists in climatology, master graduates and Ph.D. candidates.
Keywords: droughty autumn, heat waves, Hellmann criterion, warm autumn, record maximum thermal values.