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Trend of monthly temperature and daily extreme temperature during 1951–2012 in New Zealand

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Among several variables affecting climate change and climate variability, temperature plays a crucial role in the process because its variations in monthly and extreme values can impact on the global hydrologic cycle and energy balance through thermal forcing. In this study, an analysis of temperature data has been performed over 22 series observed in New Zealand. In particular, to detect possible trends in the time series, the Mann-Kendall non-parametric test was first applied at monthly scale and then to several indices of extreme daily temperatures computed since 1951. The results showed a positive trend in both the maximum and the minimum temperatures, in particular, in the autumn-winter period. This increase has been evaluated faster in maximum temperature than in minimum one. The trend analysis of the temperature indices suggests that there has been an increase in the frequency and intensity of hot extremes, while most of the cold extremes showed a downward tendency.

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The author would like to thank the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere Research for providing access to the New Zealand meteorological data from the National Climate Database.

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Caloiero, T. Trend of monthly temperature and daily extreme temperature during 1951–2012 in New Zealand. Theor Appl Climatol 129, 111–127 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-016-1764-3

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