What is the climate like in South Tyrol? Which areas are affected by climate change, and how do implemented measures impact them? The Climate Change Monitoring South Tyrol continues the Climate Report 2018 (only available in german or italian) using selected indicators, examining the changes in climate and their effects in our region. The ongoing updates enable the visualization of changes and the identification of trends.

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- 7 % CO2

equivalent emissions since 2010

Greenhouse gas emissions by sector

1 - 6

+ 2.0 °C

for the whole of South Tyrol on average (Theil-Sen) since 1980

Annual mean temperature

+ 5 tropical nights

on average (according to Theil-Sen) for the areas in South Tyrol below 500 m in altitude since 1980

Tropical nights

+ 36 % in winter
+ 3 % in summer

more precipitation on average in 2022 since 1981 (Theil-Sen)

Precipitations

+ 90 mm

more heavy precipitation per year since 1980

Heavy precipitation

- 32 Frost days

per year below 500 m since 1980

Frost days

31.445 lightning flashes

in the year 2022

Number of lightning flashes

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Moderate drought

in summer 2022 according to SPEI-6

Drought

83 %

of the 2022 wood exhibition was due to the weather conditions

Damaged timber due to natural hazards

approx. 7 days earlier

The average birch tree in Bruneck/Brunico is flowering earlier than in 1995

Start of the pollen season

+ 0.5 °C

Lake Kaltern/Caldaro water temperature since 2008 (average)

Lake water temperature

6.5 % less

snow cover below 1000 m altitude in South Tyrol since 2002

Snow coverage

+ 5.4 % 

winter runoff every 10 years (average)

Mean discharge of the Etsch/Adige river

- 790 m

average retreat of glaciers analysed since 1990

Changes in glacier length

12 days earlier

than in 1975 (linear average)

Beginning of the full bloom of the apple

1328 fire service operations

due to weather events in 2022

Weather-related fire brigade operations

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+ 9 %

more renewable energy in gross final energy consumption since 2012

Share of renewable energy

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+ 0.13 %

of sealed surface in South Tyrol from 2006 to 2020

Soil sealing

When the Eurac Research Climate Report 2018 was published, it included not only comprehensive descriptions and clear recommendations but also a set of indicators that could be used to assess climate change in our region.

The Climate Change Monitoring South Tyrol builds on this and presents the indicators with current data. Indicators help simplify complex relationships and the often confusing related changes into relevant metrics.

This makes it easier for all stakeholders, whether affected individuals or decision-makers, to understand the changes, make decisions based on a reduced but well-founded data set, and continually evaluate implemented measures.

Our thanks go to the Province of Bolzano for providing the data.

https://doi.org/10.57749/8zpx-hm12
Niedrist, G., Zebisch, M., Crespi, A., Iacopino, T., Fritsch, U., Barandun, M., Bertoldi, G., Bottarin, R., Hoffmann, C., Jacob, A., Marin, C., Mariz, C., Notarnicola, C., Obojes, N., Premier, V., Renner, K., Sparber, W., Vaccaro, R., & Ventura, B. (2022). Climate Change Monitoring South Tyrol. Eurac Research. https://doi.org/10.57749/8ZPX-HM12