The changing of air temperatures and percipitation in Ljubljana and Trieste by seasons in the 1851-2002 period

The author analyses the changeability of seasonal temperatures and precipitation in Ljubljana and Trieste in the 1851-2002 period, with special reference to the last 15 years. He has established the mid-term variations and the general trend. A greater variability and better expressed temperature trends occur in Ljubljana. Winter and spring temperatures explicitly increase, autumn wetness and annual precipitation amount is decreasing, although autumn precipitation of the last 15 years has increased again. This phenomenon, together with higher temperatures, anticipates the sub-Mediterraneanization of the climate in Ljubljana and more intense Mediterranean in Trieste