Research Article
Assessment of Climate Change Vulnerability at the Local Level: A Case Study on the Dniester River Basin (Moldova)
Table 2
Temperature and precipitation conditions of a warm season in the Moldavian part of the Dniester basin.
| Month | Climatic subregions | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | (°C) | (mm) | HI | (°C) | (mm) | HI | (°C) | (mm) | HI |
| Baseline period (1971–2000) |
| April | 8.8 | 48 | 0.79 | 9.8 | 43 | 0.65 | 10.0 | 39 | 0.57 | May | 14.7 | 59 | 0.70 | 15.6 | 51 | 0.56 | 16.0 | 49 | 0.51 | June | 17.9 | 84 | 0.83 | 19.1 | 75 | 0.64 | 19.7 | 61 | 0.43 | July | 19.2 | 85 | 0.87 | 20.5 | 73 | 0.67 | 21.4 | 58 | 0.45 | August | 18.7 | 55 | 0.84 | 20.0 | 54 | 0.48 | 21.0 | 49 | 0.38 | September | 14.1 | 55 | 0.85 | 15.3 | 55 | 0.79 | 16.3 | 50 | 0.66 | October | 8.4 | 29 | 0.69 | 9.5 | 32 | 0.71 | 10.4 | 34 | 0.72 | Season | 14.5 | 415 | 0.75 | 15.7 | 383 | 0.64 | 16.4 | 340 | 0.53 |
| Projected period (2021–2050) |
| April | 9.7 | 53 | 0.82 | 10.9 | 48 | 0.66 | 11.1 | 41 | 0.54 | May | 15.4 | 63 | 0.72 | 16.8 | 53 | 0.53 | 17.2 | 50 | 0.47 | June | 18.8 | 88 | 0.82 | 20.7 | 76 | 0.55 | 21.4 | 61 | 0.32 | July | 19.8 | 82 | 0.81 | 22.1 | 70 | 0.55 | 23.0 | 54 | 0.32 | August | 19.6 | 50 | 0.45 | 21.8 | 48 | 0.34 | 22.9 | 41 | 0.22 | September | 15.1 | 61 | 0.90 | 16.9 | 59 | 0.78 | 18.0 | 55 | 0.66 | October | 9.9 | 26 | 0.54 | 11.2 | 29 | 0.55 | 12.3 | 32 | 0.58 | Season | 15.5 | 423 | 0.72 | 17.2 | 383 | 0.57 | 18.0 | 334 | 0.43 |
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