Temperature patterns of the winters in the periods from 1703/04 to 1708/09 in Trenčín, Slovakia

• DOI: 10.5194/ems2023-349
• Publication Date: 2023-07-06T12:09:06Z
• Authors: Marián Melo; Miloš Marek
• Keywords: Weather patterns

The Diarium of the Jesuit order at Trenčín written in Latin contains systematic daily weather records (with some interruptions) from 8 November 1701 to 10 January 1710. Daily this period were kept by two administrators dormitory (“regens convictus”) Ján Garajský and Juraj Košetič. After death 1702, are interrupted, so winter season 1702/03 is without any information. With arrival his successor Košetič, such data appear only gradually course 1703. Records related temperature precipitation patterns, cloudiness, as well frequencies different phenomena fogs, thunderstorms, strong winds. Information about floods occurrence ice on River Váh also valuable. In contribution, we focus evaluation patterns individual seasons period. Winters defined December 1 February 28 (or 29). For analysis, selected all describing state weather. Based evidence, each day classified indices (from -3 +3). Although contain for every single day, but not record specifically relates a pattern. Out total nine winters during period, 6 had more than 70 percent recorded, 1703/04 (73%), 1704/05 (97%), 1705/06 (93%), 1706/07 (86%), 1707/08 (71%) 1708/09 (81%). From them, coldest was cold pattern), then moderately mild warmest pattern). Overall, month 1709, which very ranking. 1706 with Like result hard (ice cover, jam flood later March) Trenčín, recorded Diary   Acknowledgment: This work supported Slovak Research Development Agency under contract No. APVV-20-0374. Keywords: Diary, winter, indices, cold, mild,