تحليل درجات حرارة فصل الصيف في محطة حميميم خلال المدَّة 2020-2024

Abstract

The eastern Mediterranean basin is one of the hottest regions, so this study was conducted at the synoptic station of Hmaimeem on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in order to investigate the temperature behavior during the last five years during the summer months using daily data for the maximum summer temperature for the period 2020-2024 by adopting appropriate statistical methods to determine and calculate the number of hot days and investigate the number of heat waves.

The results of this study showed that the summer of 2024 was the hottest with an average temperature of 30.5°C, and the year 2020 witnessed three minor heat waves, a low-impact wave, a medium wave, and 44 hot days, and the year 2021 recorded three minor waves, a low-impact wave, and 47 hot days, the number of heat waves during the summer of 2022 increased to four minor waves, one low-impact wave, one medium wave, and 51 hot days. The year 2023 recorded four minor waves, one medium-to-severe long wave, and the number of hot days reached 60 days. The hottest year during the studied period, 2024, witnessed two high-intensity heat waves, four minor long waves, and 61 hot days. The occurrence of heat waves in the region was associated with the seasonal Indian depression, the Red Sea depression at sea level, and the subtropical upper high at 500 millibars.