Research Article

Trends of Convective and Stratiform Precipitation in the Czech Republic, 1982–2010

Table 3

Trend magnitudes (expressed as relative change of the examined characteristics in %/10 years, from linear regression) of average precipitation characteristics over 1982–2010 for the western and the eastern part of the Czech Republic. * (**) denotes trend significant at the 0.2 (0.1) level.

CharacteristicsConvectiveStratiformTotal
WestEastWestEastWestEast

Spring
 Amount 10.1** 8.6* −5.9 4.9* 3.1 7.7**
 Days 15.1** 14.4** −5.3* −1.4 2.7 3.3*
 R6h −8.1** −3.5 1.9 5.7* −2.9* 2.2
 R1D −2.7 −4.6 −5.7*10.0** −4.1 8.0**

Summer
 Amount 7.9** 7.1** 3.7 2.5 7.7** 6.3*
 Days 5.9** 4.9** −5.0* −3.4 1.8 1.5
 R6h 0.5 0.4 4.3 −1.2 1.8 2.0
 R1D 1.5 2.8 6.3 3.7 5.8* 7.3*

Autumn
 Amount19.2** 10.9* 7.2*11.7**11.0**12.6**
 Days27.8** 19.1** 2.0 4.2* 7.1** 6.7**
 R6h 5.0 −1.9 2.215.1** 2.213.9**
 R1D 4.5 −4.0 8.1**19.9** 7.1**17.7**

Winter
 Amount 5.7 −1.9 −6.0* 1.0 −4.5 1.9
 Days −1.0 −2.9 −5.7** −3.0 −4.2* −1.4
 R6h13.2* −0.2 1.3 2.8 2.6 2.1
 R1D10.1 −2.2 −1.2 5.7* −1.2 5.2*