The study investigates the meteorological seasons of the year at a phytoclimatic research station in Kopciowa near Krynica (49^o27’ N, 20^o58’ E; altitude 720 m) in the Beskid Sądecki Mts based on the daily temperature records from the period 1971–2000. The duration of the meteorological (thermal) seasons – winter, early spring, spring, late spring, summer, early autumn, autumn, late autumn – and the dates of their beginning and end were established on the basis of mean daily air temperature. Winter was the longest thermal season of the year and spring was the shortest. The dates of beginning and end of a season showed the greatest year-to-year variation for early autumn, summer and winter. The duration of winter was the most varied. The results confirm the view that the area of Kopciowa is representative of the lower cool temperate climatic zone in the Beskid Sądecki Mts.

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