Recognition of Changes in Air and Soil Temperatures at a Station Typical of China’s Subtropical Monsoon Region (1961–2018)

Table 2

Interdecadal mean air and soil temperatures, annual mean air and soil temperatures in the past 58 years, and the rate of climatic trend of annual mean temperatures (°C/decade) at the Nanchang Weather Station.

Index	Interdecadal mean temperature (°C)						Annual mean temperature (°C)	Climatic trend rate (°C/decade)
	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
Air temperature	17.8	17.5	17.5	18.0	18.6	18.8	18.0	0.255
0 cm soil temperature	20.2	19.7	19.6	20.1	20.7	20.8	20.2	0.186
20 cm soil temperature	19.9	19.3	19.1	19.6	19.9	20.1	19.6	0.104
80 cm soil temperature	19.8	19.4	19.3	19.6	19.9	20.0	19.7	0.074
320 cm soil temperature	19.7	19.4	19.2	19.4	19.8	20.1	19.6	0.104