The rain began around 2 a.m. Within minutes, lightning coursed close to our small gulet before finding a higher target on the mountainside above. Water seeped in through every porthole, and the crew spent the night frantically lashing down and mopping.
Despite the storm engulfing us, research from 1991 – 2020 does not suggest that Montenegro is getting any wetter, although residents believe the rain is becoming more torrential. The statistics confirm it’s becoming more arid and that temperatures are gradually increasing.Trump Still Faces 54 More Felony Charges After Hush Money Verdict
“We used to have deep snow all winter, but there was only 50 cm this year,” says Rale, the deckhand on our small boat cruise, who comes from Nikšićki Korzo in the mountains in the north. Other than in Autumn, the greatest temperature changes are in the northern part of Montenegro. With global warming, the flowering date for olives in the western Mediterranean could become significantly earlier by the end of this century. In the future, olive-intensive cultivation could increase water demand, while water will be less freely available. This could have severe implications for the olive industry, a significant part of Montenegro's agricultural sector, and lead to a decline in olive production.