The paper characterises the annual and monthly precipitation recorded in the Polish Carpathian Mountains in 2010 against a wider background of the period 1881–2010. Monthly precipitation totals were taken as the input data covering the period 1881–2010 and recorded at 11 stations, including: Wisła, Bielsko-Biała, Żywiec, Maków Podhalański, Zakopane, Nowy Sącz, Krynica, Jasło, Dukla, Sanok and Wetlina. The study demonstrates that the precipitation totals of 2010 were among the highest during the period and their anomaly was either high or extremely high, depending on the criterion adopted. The highest totals were recorded in the Beskid Śląski, Beskid Żywiecki and Beskid Mały ranges, in the Silesian Foothills and in the Tatras. When compared to the long-term average, the totals of 2010 ranged from 139% in Maków Podhalański and Wetlina to 159% in Nowy Sącz. At five of the stations the precipitation totals were the highest of the period. At all of the stations the monthly totals between May and September were higher than average and at all but one station (Jasło) the combined total of these months was the highest during the long-term period constituting between 72% (Wetlina) and 79% (Nowy Sącz) of the annual total in 2010. There was a difference between the eastern and western part of the study area in the monthly pattern. May yielded very high totals at all stations, including the highest of the long-term period at eight of them, constituting between 259% (Jasło, Dukla) and 497% (Żywiec) of the longterm average. At the other end of the spectrum, the October totals were anomalously low. An increased incidence of cyclonic circulation types was accountable for the high precipitation totals recorded in southern Poland in 2010.

The paper characterises the annual and monthly precipitation recorded in the Polish Carpathian Mountains in 2010 against a wider background of the period 1881–2010. Monthly precipitation totals were taken as the input data covering the period 1881–2010 and recorded at 11 stations, including: Wisła, Bielsko-Biała, Żywiec, Maków Podhalański, Zakopane, Nowy Sącz, Krynica, Jasło, Dukla, Sanok and Wetlina. The study demonstrates that the precipitation totals of 2010 were among the highest during the period and their anomaly was either high or extremely high, depending on the criterion adopted. The highest totals were recorded in the Beskid Śląski, Beskid Żywiecki and Beskid Mały ranges, in the Silesian Foothills and in the Tatras. When compared to the long-term average, the totals of 2010 ranged from 139% in Maków Podhalański and Wetlina to 159% in Nowy Sącz. At five of the stations the precipitation totals were the highest of the period. At all of the stations the monthly totals between May and September were higher than average and at all but one station (Jasło) the combined total of these months was the highest during the long-term period constituting between 72% (Wetlina) and 79% (Nowy Sącz) of the annual total in 2010. There was a difference between the eastern and western part of the study area in the monthly pattern. May yielded very high totals at all stations, including the highest of the long-term period at eight of them, constituting between 259% (Jasło, Dukla) and 497% (Żywiec) of the longterm average. At the other end of the spectrum, the October totals were anomalously low. An increased incidence of cyclonic circulation types was accountable for the high precipitation totals recorded in southern Poland in 2010.