Dorota Matuszko

Climate change in Krakow and adaptation to it in the context of urban planning

Based on climatological data from 1901–2020 from the Research Station of the Department of Climatology of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, the multi-year course of selected elements of Krakow climate was characterised and the role of local spatial development plans was indicated in terms of minimising the effects of the urban heat island and global warming.

Keywords: climate change, urban climate, urban heat island, adaptation to climate change, climate change mitigation, spatial planning

Zarys treści: Na podstawie danych klimatologicznych z lat 1901–2020 ze stacji naukowej Zakładu Klimatologii IGiGP UJ w Krakowie dokonano charakterystyki przebiegu wieloletniego wybranych elementów klimatu Krakowa i wskazano rolę miejscowych planów zagospodarowania przestrzennego w aspekcie minimalizowania skutków miejskiej wyspy ciepła i globalnego ocieplenia.

Cloudiness and thunderstorms in the context of extreme atmospheric events

The paper discusses cloudiness in the context of the occurrence of extreme events using records from Krakow ( 1951–2012 ). The variables analysed included the maximum cloud cover, the number of cloudy and overcast days, and the structure of cloud cover. The study also analysed the numbers of days with the Cumulonimbus cloud and a thunderstorm in Krakow and its environs using data from the stations at Gaik-Brzezowa and Łazy ( 1991–2012 ). The number was found to have increased, especially in the cool half of the year, which may be related to the current climatic warming. However, the increase in the number of days with a thunderstorm was greater than in that with the Cumulonimbus cloud.