Changeability of Average Values of Daily Absolute Minimum, Maximum and Mean Air Temperature for Each Month of the Year in Baku and Tbilisi in 2005-2024

Abstract

Results of statistical analysis of average values of daily absolute minimum (Tmin), maximum (Tmax), Daily Temperature Range (DTR) and mean (Tmean) air temperature for each month of the year in Baku and Tbilisi in 2005-2024 and their variability in 2020-2024 (second period) compared to 2005-2009 (first period) are presented. It is shown that against the background of rapid climate warming over the past two decades, in the second period of the selected temporal interval compared to the first, in both cities, increase in the specified air temperature characteristics is mainly observed (except for the average absolute maximum of Tmin and DTR in Baku, as well as the average absolute minimum in Tbilisi). In general, in both cities, the warming effect for the average values of the absolute minimum of the specified air temperature parameters is higher than for the average values of the absolute maximum of these parameters. At the same time, the greatest warming effect is observed in Baku for the average absolute minimum for Tmin (increase of 2.9 °C) and in Tbilisi for the average absolute minimum for Tmax (increase of 2.4 °C).