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

Table 3

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

Season	Interdecadal	Mean air temperature	0 cm soil temperature	20 cm soil temperature	80 cm soil temperature	320 cm soil temperature
Spring	1960s	16.9	18.7	17.6	16.5	16.3
	1970s	16.5	18.0	17.0	16.1	16.1
	1980s	16.6	18.2	16.9	16.1	15.9
	1990s	17.1	18.8	17.6	16.5	16.2
	2000s	18.1	19.8	18.4	17.1	16.6
	2010s	18.4	20.0	18.6	17.2	16.8
	Annual	17.3	18.9	17.7	16.6	16.3
	Climatic trend rate	0.371	0.380	0.295	0.202	0.135
Summer	1960s	28.3	32.7	30.2	27.0	20.4
	1970s	28.0	32.0	29.7	26.8	20.3
	1980s	27.9	32.0	29.4	26.6	20.0
	1990s	27.8	31.7	29.2	26.5	20.2
	2000s	28.5	32.4	29.6	26.7	20.7
	2010s	28.7	32.2	29.7	26.8	21.1
	Annual	28.2	32.2	29.6	26.7	20.5
	Climatic trend rate	0.083	−0.088	−0.091	−0.048	0.145
Autumn	1960s	19.4	21.9	22.4	23.3	23.0
	1970s	18.8	21.1	21.6	22.8	22.7
	1980s	19.0	21.0	21.4	22.7	22.3
	1990s	19.6	21.9	22.0	23.1	22.5
	2000s	20.1	22.5	22.2	23.2	22.9
	2010s	20.3	22.5	22.4	23.3	23.3
	Annual	19.5	21.8	22.0	23.1	22.8
	Climatic trend rate	0.259	0.240	0.092	0.056	0.062
Winter	1960s	6.1	7.1	8.9	12.2	19.0
	1970s	6.5	7.4	8.8	12.1	18.8
	1980s	6.3	7.1	8.6	12.1	18.6
	1990s	7.3	7.9	9.3	12.4	18.9
	2000s	7.5	8.1	9.3	12.4	19.1
	2010s	7.1	7.6	8.9	12.2	18.0
	Annual	6.8	7.5	9.0	12.2	18.7
	Climatic trend rate	0.273	0.185	0.092	0.051	−0.072