摘要：Comparative climatic characteristics between the winter of 2011¨C2012 and the winter of 1953¨C1954 in the south of Romania. The authors makes a comparative analysis of the typical climatic evolution in two winter season: 2011¨C2012 and 1953¨C1954, the latter interval representing a 20th-century risk-high record. The beginning was January 25, 2012 when, after an excessively dry autumn, the weather would change all of a sudden. The first two warm winter months, which had lasted until January the 24th2012, were followed by true winter weather between January 25 and February 15, when temperatures dropped below -20¡ãC, associated with heavy snowfalls, snowstorms and strong winds (70¨C80 km/h) that blew and drifted the snow with disastrous effects for Romania's south-east counties, in particular. National losses: disrupted traffic of all types, snow-blocked households and animal shelters, black-outs, closed schools, difficulties in conducting supply and salvage operations for the population, etc. Although the harsh weather lasted only 25 days (blizzards, 40¨C135 cm-deep snow cover, 2¨C3 m-high snowpacks), yet the picture was partly similar to the 1953¨C1954 winter season which remains the severest one not only in the 20thcentury, but in the whole history of meteorological observations in Romania
关键词：climatic hazard; snowstorm; severe winter phenomena; snow layer; Oltenia
