NHESS Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences NHESS Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 1684-9981 Copernicus Publications Göttingen, Germany 10.5194/nhess-14-67-2014 Recent trends in daily temperature extremes over southern Montenegro (1951–2010) Burić D. 1 Luković J. 2 Ducić V. 1 Dragojlović J. 3 Doderović M. 4 Hydrometeorological Service of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Belgrade, Serbia Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia Faculty of Philosophy, Nikšić, Montenegro 08 01 2014 14 1 67 72 Copyright: © 2014 D. Burić et al. 2014 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is available from https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/14/67/2014/nhess-14-67-2014.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/14/67/2014/nhess-14-67-2014.pdf

Montenegro so far has been poorly investigated in terms of climate extremes. The aim of this paper was to analyse the extreme ETCCDI (Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices) temperature indices in the Mediterranean region of Montenegro for the period of 1951–2010. Four stations in the coastal area of Montenegro have been analysed: Herceg Novi, Ulcinj, Budva and Bar. Two periods (before 1980 and after 1980) were separately investigated in this study due to a well-known climate shift that occurred in the late 1970s. Seven indices of temperature extremes have been chosen. The trend was analysed using a Mann–Kendall non-parametric test, while the slope was estimated using Sen's slope estimator. A negative trend has been calculated for cold nights and cold days at almost all stations. The most significant positive trends were obtained for warm conditions. The two separately investigated periods have shown contrasting temperature trends.

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