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AI InsightAs it guides the efforts for planning the solutions to the problems brought about by climate change, the present study is expected to contribute to the subject matter
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Abstract
Short and long-term changes in the climate lead to significant problems in many ways. Therefore, conducting analyses aiming to identify climatic trends/changes is crucial. In this regard, the parameters of temperature and precipitation are the ones demonstrating the changes in the climate the best. Based on this, the objective of the present study is to reveal the annual and seasonal trends demonstrated in the temperature data obtained from the meteorological stations in the province of Muğla between 1966 and 2020, contributing to the existing body of literature. In this respect, the study makes use of the average temperatures, average maximum temperatures and average minimum temperatures obtained from the Turkish State Meteorological Service based on the data collected from the meteorological stations in Bodrum, Dalaman, Datça, Fethiye, Köyceğiz, Marmaris, Milas, Muğla, and Yatağan. Initially, the distribution (Kolmogorov-Smirnov) and homogeneity (Kruskal-Wallis) of the temperature data were tested. The results obtained from the test revealed that the data not having a mostly homogeneous structure. The outcomes of the Mann-Kendall, Spearman’s Rho tests, both being non-parametric methods, were used for conducting trend analyses. In order to appoint the start year of the trends in annual temperatures; Mann-Kendall order correlation test has been practiced. The analyses revealed that the temperatures recorded at the stations had a significant increasing trend. The most apparent increasing trend for annual average temperatures was recorded in Milas stations while the average maximum values were observed in Bodrum (Mann-Kendall) and Yatağan (Spearman’s Rho) and the minimum temperatures in Fethiye stations. In terms of seasons, this increasing trend was the most significant in summer and autumn whereas winter displayed the weakest trends in this regard. As it guides the efforts for planning the solutions to the problems brought about by climate change, the present study is expected to contribute to the subject matter