One of the processes with the greatest impact on humanity in the
second half of the twentieth century was global warming. Detection,
estimation and prediction of trends are important aspects of climate research
(Hansen and Lebedeff, 1987). Trends have become the most frequently used
technique to identify climatic variability on a regional and local basis (Amadi
et. al., 2014). Trend is a long-term change (increase or decrease) in a time
series (Ragatoa, 2018). In the current context of climate change, we considered
that a study on the evolution of air temperature in the last 35 years is needed,
especially since it is the first study of its kind for this area. The aim of this study
was to highlight long-term trends (magnitude and direction) in terms of air
temperature (average, minimum, maximum, anomalies), at different time
scales (multiannual, seasonal and monthly), in the city of Târgu Mureș,
between 1986-2020. The analyzed data series come from the archive of the
National Meteorological Administration with the records made by the local
meteorological station. The analysis was performed using MS Excel
spreadsheets with MAKESENS software to evaluate trend and data
distribution (Mann-Kendall, Sen's slope, Kurtosis and Skewness). According
to the results of the Mann-Kendall test and the estimation of the slope of
Sen, there were statistically significant positive trends in the warmer
months (June, July and August). Average temperature values increased by
up to 1.6° C, and the average slope varied by 0.049° C / 35 years. Regarding
the multiannual average, with one exception (2011), the last 13 years have
shown positive trends. Consequently, the average annual temperature in
Târgu Mureș shows obvious growth trends in the last 35 years.