Extreme temperature characteristics of Central Anatolia Region

Central Anatolia Region is one of seven geographical regions of Turkey. The area covering the internal parts of Turkey, is located in 13 provinces. In the study, 52 station data were used to represent the entire geography of the region. In general, the trend to increasing at the air temperatures (especially at night temperatures) is remarkable. In recent times, hot-cold weather fluctuations and severe summer droughts have been more frequently, are more likely to cause significant socio-economic problems. The aim of the study is to understand the spatial and temporal distribution patterns of the temperatures in the summer and winter of the Central Anatolia Region, to determine extreme temperature (hot and cold) events and to examine the regional characteristics of extreme events.Basic statistics of the temperature data are defined within the scope of the study. The Kruskal-Wallis (K-W) test was performed to determine whether there was any significant change in the maximum and minimum temperature data. The Mann-Kendall (M-K) order correlation coefficient method was used to understand the nature and magnitude of variability in the data.According to the Kruskal-Wallis test statistic, statistically significant inhomogeneity was observed especially in the summers of the stations in most of the temperatures. According to the MK test statistic, there is a statistically significant increase in the temperature extremes (summer day, tropical night, extreme warm day, warm day)