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Observing the cloudiness at astronomical noon during the climatological summer, i.e. from 1./6./2022. to 31./8./2022., we noticed that we most often enter "sky without clouds" or "clear sky" in the GLOBE database. We have been recording data on cloud cover for several years, so we have noticed that this summer is different from previous summers in terms of the amount of cloud cover. If we most often record a "cloudless sky", it means that we have a greater number of clear days, stronger sunshine, air temperatures should be higher, so the summer of 2022. should be warmer than the summer of 2021. In this research project, we were interested in how accurate our assumption is and whether the climatological summer of 2022. is warmer compared to the summer of 2021. Analyzing the school GLOBE data that we received through our weather station Davis Vantage Pro and the DHMZ data for the Dubrovnik station, we confirmed our hypothesis about a greater number of clear days during the climatological summer of 2022. compared to the summer of 2021., a greater daily amount of sunshine and a higher average air temperature. The amount of precipitation was less compared to the summer of 2021. and according to the data of the last 40 years, it was the eighth summer in a row with an extremely low amount of precipitation. Average monthly sea temperatures in the summer months did not show a continuous increase in values in 2022. as we expected, but were lower than sea temperatures in 2021.