Table 2. Climate data of the experimental locations.

Months	NİKSAR (Altitude 280 for 2013 and 298 m for 2014)						KAZOVA (Altitude 578 m)
	Mean Temp. (°C)			Total precipitation (mm)			Mean Temp. (°C)			Total precipitation (mm)
	2013	2014	Long Term	2013	2014	Long Term	2013	2014	Long Term	2013	2014	Long Term
March	11.1	11.1	9.1	26.3	43.2	43.2	9.7	11	6.6	20.2	43.4	38.1
April	14.5	15.8	14	54.3	9.7	67.2	13.7	16.2	11.8	35.2	13.2	56.1
May	19.6	18.4	17.5	69.4	67.3	63.5	19	17.4	15.1	21.2	33.6	57
June	21.5	21.3	20.8	89.4	73.5	45.4	20.8	20.3	18.3	23.0	61.4	35.8
July	22.7	24.8	23.3	50.1	10.2	17.0	21.9	24.2	20.7	1.2	7.0	10
August	23.3	25.7	23.1	41.2	0.04	9.1	22.5	25.2	20.5	0.4	1.0	6.6
September	19.0	20.8	20	60.7	39.2	22.9	18	20.2	16.4	11.6	39.0	16.6
October	13.3	15.1	15.1	52.4	57.7	49.2	11.7	14.1	11.8	41.8	47.0	33.5
Mean/Total	18.13	19.13	17.86	443.80	300.84	317.50	17.16	18.58	15.15	154.60	245.60	253.70

Notes.

Source: T.R. Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, General Directorate of Meteorology.