Since the beginning of summer in Serbia, it has not yet rained as much as it was supposed to fall only in June
This year's June, normally one of the rainiest months in Serbia, he was convincing the driest in the history of measurement.
Maybe we have the impression that the situation has changed since then. Especially in the northern parts of Serbia, during July and August the weather was relatively changeable, with heat waves and cold spells with rain.
However, at most meteorological stations in Serbia, summer precipitation (from June 1 of this year and ending on August 17) is still far behind the multi-year averages. writes Nikola Zdravković for the Klima 101 portal.
Not only are the rainfall totals so far far from the summer averages - at none of these four important rainfall stations, as of August 17, have they not even reached the average June rainfall.
In other words, this summer it still hasn't rained as much as it typically does in June, across the country.
Precipitation will be less frequent.
Although a summer with this little precipitation is unusual, it is actually in line with the projections of the impact of climate change.
"Due to climate change, climate variability has increased," explained Dr. Ana Vuković Vimić from the Faculty of Agriculture in Belgrade.
"The period from June to August is becoming drier, and the climatic maximum of precipitation is moving towards the earlier months. Although there may be greater or lesser differences from year to year, the tendency is that June is increasingly drier, along with July and August. This means that in the future this kind of weather will be more and more 'normal', i.e. more and more likely, while the former normal precipitation will become an increasingly rare occurrence," stated Vuković Vimić.
Summer droughts can affect the entire functioning of a society, from agriculture to energy. If we know what awaits us in the future, we must not allow such, or even more extreme summers in the future to catch us off guard.
If this summer is not only an unexpected extreme, but also the announcement of a new, future normal for this climate, it means that it is necessary to adapt to the new conditions.
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