Air temperature is a key climatic variable that reflects environmental conditions and influences various human activities. Recent observations indicate a persistent upward trend associated with global warming, leading to greater variability in climate patterns. These changes highlight the importance of forecasting methods that can accurately represent the characteristics of air temperature time series to support planning and decision-making. Reliable prediction is therefore essential for understanding climate dynamics and anticipating potential environmental impacts. This study proposes an air temperature forecasting approach using a hybrid Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) and Fourier Series Analysis (FSA) model. The ARIMA component is applied to model trend behavior and temporal dependence, while FSA captures the remaining seasonal patterns in the ARIMA residuals. By integrating these two approaches, the hybrid model aims to improve forecasting accuracy in the presence of both stochastic and periodic components. The results show that the hybrid ARIMA–FSA model achieves good forecasting performance, with a Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of 0.56, a Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of 0.66, and a Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) of 2.07%. These findings indicate that the proposed model effectively represents air temperature dynamics and can be considered a reliable alternative for climate forecasting applications
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