Variações ambientais no município de Lavras, MG.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the observed climatic data of the last 14 years of monthly rainfall and temperatures in Lavras, MG region, comparing with those of the historical series of 1961-1990 period. The Thornthwaite's water balance method was employed for the climatological data of 1961-1990 and for the last observed data of 1991-2004, than used on the Thornthwaite's climatic classification method, to determine the moisture index and the aridity index of the climate. The climatic formula over those periods changed from B3 r B’3 a’ to B2 r B’3 a’. The Köppen climatic classification method, also employed in this work, showed that this classification do not changed, remaining the same for both periods, Cwa.