Comparative analysis of the periods 1961 – 1990 and 1991 – 2020 regarding the impact of climate change on the date of the last frost on the territory of the Republic of Moldova

Abstract

The results obtained from the data analysis show us some obvious changes regarding the extreme date of the last frosts for the period 1991 - 2020, which know an advance towards the warm period of the year by about 10 days compared to the period 1961 - 1990, which tells us about the shrinking of the growing season.Also, the date of occurrence of early frost knows some changes. It manifests itself about 6 - 13 days earlier, which represents an advance towards the warm period, thus reducing the vegetation period.As a result, there is also a change in the frost-free period, which shows a decrease for Baltata and Tiraspol m.s. respectively by about 10 and 3 days recorded in the period 1991 - 2020 compared to the period 1961 - 1990.