increasing , following a trend similar to the annual trend .
The minimum temperature recorded during this period was 16 ° C in the agricultural year 1932 – 1933 , while the maximum reached 20.7 ° C in 2008 – 2009 , making it the warmest year on record .
The temperature during the vegetation period has been in continuous increase since 2006 , reaching 19.5 ° C in the agricultural year 2018 – 2019 .
Figure 1 . Evolution of the annual temperature recorded in the Banat Plain ( 1897-2019 ).
Cold period of the year temperature
In contrast to the vegetation period , the temperature during the cold period of the year ( October – March ) has exhibited significant oscillations . The lowest recorded value in this six-month period was 0.5 ° C in the agricultural year 1931 – 1932 , while the highest was 7.1 ° C in 2000 – 2001 .
Despite oscillations , there is a slight upward trend in the temperature during the cold period , with values increasing from 2.6 ° C in 1897 – 1898 to 5.9 ° C in the agricultural year 2018 – 2019 .
Analysing the Figures 2 and 3 , it can be observed that the evolution of annual rainfall has a slight downward trend .
Figure 2 . Evolution of annual rainfall in the Banat Plain , recorded at the Weather Station in Timisoara Regional Meteorological Center Banat- Crisana over a period of 146 years ( 1873 – 2019 ).
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