Reduced air temperatures in Croatia

U siječnju reducirane temperature u Hrvatskoj poprimaju vrijednosti od -2st. C do -1st. C u unutrašnjosti, do 9st. C-10st. C na obali. Na istoj geografskoj širini reducirane temperature su više nad morem i na obali nego u unutrašnjosti. Reducirane temperature rastu od sjevernog prema južnom Jadranu. Termički utjecaj Jadranskog mora ljeti je mnogo slabiji nego zimi. Utjecaj mora na sniženje temperature u srpnju značajan je samo na vanjskim i manjim otocima. Zato je i u srpnju obala (23 st. C - 26 st. C) toplija od unutrašnjosti (21 st. C - 23 st. C). Na niže temperature u unutrašnjosti utječe još i strujanje maritimnog polarnog zraka sa sjeverozapada, jako noćno ohlađivanje i rashlađujući utjecaj Alpa. U godišnjem prosjeku reducirane temperature iznose od 10 st. C -11 st. C u unutrašnjosti do 16 st. C - 17 st. C na južnom Jadranu.In January the reduced temperatures in Croatia are in the range from -2 C do -1 C in the interior to 9 C-10 C in the coastal belt. Due to the different thermic characteristics of sea and land the reduced temperatures are higher above the sea and in the coastal belt than at the same latitude in the interior. The reduced temperatures arise from the Northern Adriatic to the Southern Adriatic. In July the cooling influence of the Adriatic Sea is weaker than its warming efect in the winter. In July the coastal belt (23 C - 26. C) is warmer than the interior (21 C - 23 C) because the cooling influence of the Adriatic Sea is evident far from the coastline and on smaller islands. Besides, the lower temperatures in the interior are the result of cool air streams of maritime polar air from Northwest, the cooling influence of Alps and stronger nocturnal cooling as well. The annual reduced temperatures are in the range from 10 C - 11 C in the interior to 16 C - 17 C on the Southern Adriatic