Expressions of climatic change in Slovak Republic

The development of climate change is evaluated on the basis of trends in a long-term time series (1951–2018) of individual climatic elements by comparing values from individual years with the normal period in climatology of 1961–1990. The aim of the article is to present the manifestations of climate change in Slovakia (since its inception) according to selected indicators: (1) average annual air temperature, (2) soil temperature, (3) total atmospheric precipitation and (4) drought index over the last decade. The data presented in the article were obtained from public reports on the state of the environment in the Slovakia and other related documents. Slovakia, during the years 1881–2018, underwent significant changes in all monitored climatic elements. The most significant changes were in 2017 and 2018.