Table 3.
Deviation between the maximum and the minimum daily temperature (°C) in the carcasses below and above the snow in the study period of 112 days.
| Month | Below the snow |
Above the snow |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average minimum temperature (range) | Average maximum temperature (range) | Average minimum temperature (range) | Average maximum temperature (range) | |
| Decembera | −0.6 (−2.5/+0.6) | 0.0 (−2.1/+1.0) | −4.7 (−11.7/-1.0) | +4.2 (−1.7/+8.9) |
| January | +0.6 (0.0/+1.1) | +1.0 (+0.2/+1.4) | −1.6 (−7.9/+0.9) | +4.7 (+0.2/+13.8) |
| February | +0.1 (−0.9/+1.1) | +0.5 (−0.4/+1.4) | −5.6 (−16.9/-0.5) | +1.9 (−7.1/+14.2) |
| March | +1.4 (−0.1/+1.9) | +1.8 (+0.4/+2.3) | −2.0 (−10.0/+3.1) | +6.0 (−0.1/+13.8) |
| Aprilb | +1.9 (+1.7/+2.4) | +2.4 (+2.1/+3.3) | +1.5 (−1.8/+3.9) | +10.4 (+6.0/+14.8) |
a
From 19 to 31 December.
b
From 1 to 7 April, excluding the last two days of the study period (8 and 9 April), when the snow was completely melted.