В.2. Atmospheric precipitation

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Brief description:

The indicator shows annual average precipitation and deviation from the long-term average precipitation in the Republic of Belarus as well as by selected cities and areas with the maximum and the minimum average precipitation;
annual average precipitation is presented by region.

Annual precipitation for 2000-2022

(millimetres)



Methodology:

Precipitation represents the total volume of water precipitated to a certain surface area for a given period of time (in either liquid or solid state, i.e. in the form of rain, drizzle, snow, sleet, snow pellets, small hail or hail);
a 30-year period from 1991 to 2020 is used to calculate the long-term average, used to compare recent or current observations, including for assessing anomalies in climatic parameters. This period is also used explicitly or implicitly to predict the climatic conditions that are most likely to be expected; period from 1961 to 1990 set as standard reference period for long-term assessment of climate change;
the calculation is made in accordance with the recommendations of the World Meteorological Organization.

Data source:

The National Environmental Monitoring System;
The data producer is the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.

Relevance of the indicator:

The indicator characterises the impact of precipitation on the change in quantity of surface water and groundwater.



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