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. 2022 Sep 27;11(19):2536. doi: 10.3390/plants11192536

Table 6.

Descriptive statistics of temperature (T), rainfall (R), sunshine duration (SS) and photosynthetically active solar radiation (PAR) in Lithuania climatic sub-districts in 2006–2016. Climatic sub-districts marking: Aukštaitija—A, Dzūkija—D, Mūša-Nevėžis—M-N, the Nemunas Lowland—NL, Venta—V, Sūduva—S, Žemaičiai—Z, Pajūris Lowland—PL, Pajūris—P. In Venta climatic sub-district temperature data are in 2012–2016; rainfall data—2008 and 2013–2016; in Aukštaitija climatic sub-district PAR data are in 2013–2016, in Mūša-Nevėžis and Venta climatic sub-districts PAR data are 2008–2016. The lines in the table means that data were not observed.

Lithuania Climatic Sub-District
A D M-N NL V S Z PL P
Tjune, °C Mean ± SD 16.3 ± 1.39 16.4 ± 1.26 16.1 ± 1.42 16.4 ± 1.31 15.1 ±1.67 16.3 ± 1.26 15.4 ± 1.41 15.9 ± 1.34 15.5 ± 1.34
Min–max 14.4–18.4 14.5–18.1 14.3–18.4 14.8–18.4 13.8–17.5 14.5–17.8 13.6–17.5 14.1–17.6 13.3–17.5
CV, % 9 8 9 8 11 8 9 8 9
Tjuly, °C Mean ± SD 18.8 ± 1.62 18.9 ± 1.36 18.9 ± 1.54 19.1 ± 1.47 17.8 ± 1.21 18.9 ± 1.36 18.2 ± 1.62 18.8 ± 1.52 18.8 ± 1.33
Min–max 16.9–22.0 17.2–21.7 16.9–21.8 17.1–21.7 16.2–19.6 17.2–21.2 16.0–20.9 16.8–21.1 16.8–21.1
CV, % 9 7 8 8 7 7 9 8 7
T∑april–july, °C Mean ± SD 55.4 ± 2.86 55.8 ± 2.45 55.20 ± 2.68 56.60 ± 2.33 51.60 ± 3.24 56.10 ± 2.13 52.40 ± 2.51 54.60 ± 2.50 52.90 ± 2.02
Min–max 50.2–59.9 51.3–60.0 49.7–58.7 51.7–59.4 46.5–54.0 51.5–58.7 46.4–54.8 48.8–57.9 48.2–55.8
CV, % 5 4 5 4 6 4 5 5 4
Rjune, mm Mean ± SD 64.4 ± 39.90 72.6 ± 40.27 64.4 ± 31.77 68.7 ± 28.87 52.9 ± 22.92 75.9 ± 29.26 63.4 ± 24.96 57.2 ± 22.36 49.2 ± 17.37
Min–max 20.2–131.4 11.5–136.2 17.9–131.1 17.8–114.9 30.2–83.3 19.0–121.5 28.7–118.0 12.6–92.2 23.5–79.2
CV, % 62 55 49 42 43 39 39 39 35
Rjuly, mm Mean ± SD 94.8 ± 28.37 102.1 ± 41.97 94.7 ± 33.50 92.00 ± 35.56 62.40 ± 31.50 114.80 ± 50.26 100.10 ± 49.10 99.23 ± 70.61 87.4 ± 50.5
Min–max 52.4–135.0 24.8–165.0 35.3–141.0 44.3–166.0 30.1–165.0 26.8–192.1 21.6–180.7 16.9–286.0 11.0–193.7
CV, % 30 41 36 39 50 44 49 71 58
R∑Aptil–july, mm Mean ± SD 259.34 ± 59.38 283.00 ± 63.30 250.80 ± 63.51 249.00 ± 63.47 229.40 ± 72.78 292.10 ± 87.88 245.90 ± 64.15 234.59 ± 91.50 214.20 ± 66.76
Min–max 166.2–386.8 207.1–388.1 134.8–338.8 149.9–324.8 121.3–275.5 151.2–464.5 125.8–345.9 102.0–454.9 89.3–333.0
CV, % 23 22 25 25 32 30 26 39 32
SDjune, h Mean ± SD 264.9 ± 48.86 254.4 ± 52.99 266.8 ± 45.59 272.0 ± 55.18 282.1 ± 56.18 282.8 ± 42.19 287.1 ± 49.73 295.3 ± 26.26
Min–max 180.1–319.3 168.3–321.3 184.8–322.1 192.4–364.2 181.8–364.2 207.3–341.7 217.6–353.4 258.2–334.9
CV, % 18 21 17 20 20 15 23 9
SDjuly, h Mean ± SD 264.1 ± 49.92 249.9 ± 50.02 272.1 ± 49.94 269.3 ± 52.71 273.4 ± 52.13 284.5 ± 49.52 282.5 ± 72.77 284.2 ± 52.37
Min–max 177.4–343.5 176.8–342.3 199.3–361.3 186.5–395.5 199.9–341.7 222.90–373.10 171.6–396.0 192.6–356.1
CV, % 19 20 18 20 19 17 26 18
SD∑april–july, h Mean ± SD 1007.8 ± 102.93 945.8 ± 59.31 1012.4 ± 77.47 1022.6 ± 91.81 1056.6 ± 86.56 1064.0 ± 82.92 1080.2 ± 49.73 1096.3 ± 77.31
Min–max 877.8–1246.5 848.7–1070.9 870.7–1149.9 895.8–1173.1 976.8–1264.2 959.8–1205.6 851.9–396.0 1008.7–122.8
CV, % 10 6 8 9 8 8 5 7
PARjune, MJ/m2 Mean ± SD 334.7 ± 31.16 309.9 ± 43.78 323.7 ± 36.63 307.5 ± 31.94 331.5 ± 25.44
Min–max 289.9 –358.3 217.7–346.5 261.1–369.8 264.0–339.4 291.5–371.8
CV, % 9 14 11 10 8
PARjuly, MJ/m2 Mean ± SD 299.3 ± 40.47 314.00 ± 22.59 312.80 ± 28.41 306.40 ± 32.93 319.30 ± 38.48
Min–max 247.3–345.9 280.0–354.3 270.8–359.8 249.8–348.8 244.1– 369.7
CV, % 14 7 9 11 12
PAR∑april–july, MJ/m2 Mean ± SD 1154.3 ± 32.07 1167.0 ± 27.05 1173.5 ± 33.84 1138.8 ± 61.00 1175.0 ± 105.32
Min–max 1117.4–1182.5 1118.5–1202.7 1106.4–1218.2 1009.00–1214.0 909.7–1264.9
CV, % 3 2 3 5 9