What’s the Reason Why Winter Hasn’t Come Yet?

Every time you put on your thick coat sweat and regret, even with a thin coat, we are experiencing a strange season where you never feel cold, with plenty of sunshine, little cold, and almost completely dry.

The temperatures in Turkey are above the seasonal norms, with an average of 15-20 degrees. ‘‘Experts warn, snowfall and storm are comingr” replaced the winter news we used to”What’s going on?” he left the news. Environment, Urbanization and Climate Minister Murat Kurum made a statement that ‘the warmest December in the last 52 years’. So really, what’s going on?

When there was no snow in Uludağ, the machines that make artificial snow started to work. In the city centers where the average temperature is normally very low in this season, the weather is 15-20 degrees, we passed the snow, even the rain does not fall properly in many cities.

to this question common answer that everyone memorizes now of course climate change. But this is not the only reason.

Let’s start with the first one, however; Turkey’s climate has begun to transition from subtropical to tropical in the last few years.

Our country is located in the subtropical zone due to its location in the world. But Due to its special geographical structure It has some climatic features that develop outside of the subtropical climate.

For example, in a subtropical climate, the temperature is It progresses above 10 degrees. While subtropical climate conditions are met to a large extent in the Aegean and Mediterranean regions, our country is under the influence of continental climate in the inner regions. At least that’s how it was. But not anymore.

It has an irregular precipitation regime with high daily temperature differences; In the tropical climate, where flood disasters can occur due to heavy rainfall in some periods and the average temperature is above 18 degrees throughout the year, winter loses its effect.

Of course, we cannot say that ‘we have completely surrendered to the tropical climate’ yet. However, especially subtropical climate prevails We will feel this change more strongly in the Aegean and Mediterranean regions. In other regions, the difference between the seasons will gradually decrease and the effect of the tropical climate will increase.

In other words, in the following years, instead of the definition of ‘four seasons are experienced in Turkey’ in the textbooks, we will see the definition of ‘two seasons with a cool and a cold and a warm and a warm period’.

This will affect our country in many ways, from agriculture to tourism. grown for hundreds of years agricultural products will become out of reach. Irregular precipitation regime and lack of snow will negatively affect both summer and winter tourism.

And the worst part is that it will happen in such a ‘short time’ that if we don’t take strong measures we will be caught off guard in many ways and we will witness everything with our eyes.

If we understood the part about climate change, now let’s look at the other reason;

A similar situation has been experienced in our country this winter in Europe for the last few weeks. Temperatures hover around 20 degrees in many European countries. Paradise of winter tourism No snow fell in the Alps. People swim in the sea in January.

Climate experts believe that one of the root causes of the problem is from Northwest Africa to the middle parallel. a wind formation that brings warm air says it is.

This hot air wind, which is formed by the effect of the high pressure point on the Mediterranean region and the low pressure system in the Atlantic Ocean, is widespread both in our country and in Europe. It makes the winter even hotter.

in the jet stream Another reason is that the changes in the world have deteriorated the climate. We have explained the details of this issue in our content below. You can also take a look at it if you wish.

As a result, although climate change does not seem to be the only reason, climate change is behind many things that cause heat and cold air imbalances.

Many different events related to climate change and its solutions came to the agenda and we discussed this issue from many different angles. You can check out our content below!