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Summer 2003 maximum and minimum daily temperatures over a 3300 m altitudinal range Martine Rebetez

Summer 2003 maximum and minimum daily temperatures over a 3300 m altitudinal range Martine Rebetez. Summer 2003 maximum and minimum daily temperatures over a 3300 m altitudinal range. Minimum temperature in summer 2003 Maximum temperature in summer 2003

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Summer 2003 maximum and minimum daily temperatures over a 3300 m altitudinal range Martine Rebetez

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  1. Summer 2003 maximum and minimum daily temperatures over a 3300 m altitudinal range Martine Rebetez

  2. Summer 2003 maximum and minimum daily temperatures over a 3300 m altitudinal range • Minimum temperature in summer 2003 • Maximum temperature in summer 2003 • Comparison of temperatures in 2003 with other hot summers • Trends in hot summers • Conclusions

  3. Location of the meteorological stations

  4. Minimum temperature in summer 2003 • Percentile thresholds (reference period 1961-90) • Averages in 2003: • Percentile 80: 66% of 2003 days • Percentile 90: 49% of 2003 days • Percentile 95: 34% of 2003 days

  5. % of days with MinT > percentile 90 in 2003 compared to ref. period 1961-1990

  6. Lugano Montreux Lucerne Château-d’Oex % of days in summer 2003 with minT > percentile 90 (ref. period 1961-90)

  7. Maximum temperature in summer 2003 • Percentile thresholds (reference period 1961-90) • Averages in 2003: • Percentile 80: 66% of 2003 days • Percentile 90: 50% of 2003 days • Percentile 95: 37% of 2003 days

  8. Number of days in summer 2003 with maxT > percentile 90 (ref. period 1961-90)

  9. Average (61-90) summer insolation and % days > perc. 90 in summer 2003

  10. Cumulative frequencies of daily maximum temperatures in summer 2003 at low elevation

  11. Days with minimum temperature above the 80th percentile at low elevation (ref. period 1901-2002) 2003 1994

  12. Conclusions • Summer 2003 compared to 1961-90: • 1 day out of 2 exhibited temperatures higher than percentile 90 • Less than 4% were below percentile 20 • Minimum temperatures were particularly warm at lower elevations • Maximum temperatures were highest at the sunniest sites • 2003 did not necessarily exhibit daily record highest temperatures • The number of hot days has increased since the beginning of the 20th century • The number of hot days was clearly extreme in summer 2003 compared to expected, even in the context of the beginning of the 21st century

  13. Rebetez M., 2004, Clim Res 27: 45-50

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