Snowfall in the Northwest Iberian Peninsula: Synoptic Circulation Patterns and Their Influence on Snow Day Trends
Table 2
Trends for maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation, and snow days for the stations studied, between 1960 and 2011.
Station
max
min
Precipitation
Snow days
Test
Signific.
Test
Signific.
Test
Signific.
Test
Signific.
Burgos (Villafría)
2.13
*
0.029
1.24
0.037
−0.91
−0.98
−0.76
−0.064
Valladolid
2.47
*
0.029
2.42
*
0.056
−1.46
−1.546
−1.58
−0.05
Zamora
3.56
***
0.047
0.31
0.006
−0.39
−0.476
−1.23
−0.025
Soria
2.33
*
0.024
−0.24
−0.006
−0.53
−0.614
−1.23
−0.069
León
0.45
0.005
0.35
0.005
−1.6
−2.025
−3.01
**
−0.142
Ponferrada
3.14
**
0.035
−1.13
−0.016
−0.08
−0.16
−2.47
*
−0.044
Salamanca
3.21
**
0.044
−0.73
−0.013
−1.22
−0.954
−2.32
*
−0.079
Palencia
0.32
0
2.55
*
0.008
0.41
0
NaN
Segovia
NaN
−0.81
−0.018
0.54
0.477
2.032
*
0.08
Ávila
NaN
NaN
2.75
**
2.247
NaN
Mann-Kendall test () indicates sign of observed trend, with significance of 0.001 (***), 0.01 (**) 0.05 (*). represents trend slope, using Sen’s slope estimator.
