*3.1. Temperature Predictions*

All three CanESM2 scenarios predicted that the daily mean temperatures would generally increase in the periods 2010–2039, 2040–2069, and 2070–2099 (Table 2). However, the scale of these increases differed by the different scenarios. The scenario rcp2.6 projected that the daily mean temperature of the periods 2010–2039, 2040–2069, and 2070–2099 would be 13.6, 13.9, and 13.9 ◦C, respectively, which are 0.9, 1.2, and 1.1 ◦C higher when compared to the observed daily mean temperature. The other scenario rcp4.5 also predicted an increasing trend in the daily mean temperature in the three prospective periods and showed that the mean daily temperature would be 13.4, 14.2, and 14.4 ◦C in the periods 2010–2039, 2040–2069, and 2070–2099, respectively, each being 0.7, 1.4, and 1.6 ◦C higher when compared to the observed one. The scenario rcp8.5 predicted the highest temperature trends in comparison with the other two scenarios. It predicted that the mean daily temperature would rise by 13.8, 14.8, and 15.5 ◦C in the periods 2010–2039, 2040–2069, and 2070–2099, with changes of 1.0, 2.0, and 2.7 ◦C, respectively, in analogy with the observed value.

Both scenarios (A2 and B2) of HadCM3 generally predicted an increasing daily mean temperature trend for the three future periods in comparison with the observed one, except for scenario B2, which projected a very slightly decreasing trend only for the period 2070–2099 (Table 3). The scenario A2 forecasted that the mean daily temperature would rise to 12.7, 12.8, and 12.8 ◦C in the periods 2010–2039, 2040–2069, and 2070–2099, being 0.0, 0.1, and 0.2 ◦C higher, respectively, when compared to the value of the observed period. The mean daily temperatures were projected by the scenario B2 to increase to 12.6 and 12.7 ◦C in the periods 2010–2039, 2040–2069, respectively. In contrast, it predicted that the mean daily temperature would decrease to 12.6 ◦C in the period 2070–2099. Accordingly, the predicted temperature changes by scenario B2 are 0.02, 0.05, and −0.04 ◦C in the periods 2010–2039, 2040–2069, and 2070–2099, respectively, when compared to the observed period.


**Table 2.** Results of the daily mean temperature predictions of the CanESM2 scenarios for the periods 2010–2039, 2040–2069, and 2070–2099.

**Table 3.** Results of the daily mean temperature predictions of the HadCM3 scenarios for the periods 2010–2039, 2040–2069, and 2070–2099.

