The paper presents a brief review of contemporary research on climatic features of Palagruža Island, both in the pre-instrumental and instrumental period. The analysis was made upon climatic data provided by the meteorological station of Palagruža. For comparison purposes, data from the station in Split-Marjan was used, covering the standard climate period 1961-1990. The results show, among other things, that there is a decreasing trend of annual mean maximum air temperatures for 0.37 °C/30 years, average air temperature for 0.05 °C/30 years, and the mean minimum air temperature for 0.04 °C/30 years. There is a decreasing trend of annual mean of precipitation amount for 62 mm/30 years. Spearman rank statistic shows that neither of the trends noted above is statistically significant at 0.05 level (two-tailed t-test)
On the basis of climatological data (from 1911 to 1989) the authors have made the analysis of thermohaline values, their annual and vertical distribution in the Pag Bay and Velebitski channel, and also the analysis of synoptic data obtained from two oceanographic measurements in June 1989. The results show usual and nontypical conditions in the thermohaline structure in the water column. Explanation of phenomena are presented.
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