Research Article

Characteristics of the Temporal Variation in Temperature and Precipitation in China’s Lower Yellow River Region

Table 2

Annual precipitation trend, precipitation trend in spring, precipitation trend in summer, precipitation trend in autumn, precipitation trend in winter, and their significances.

StationAnnual trendTrend in springTrend in summerTrend in autumnTrend in winter

Yushe−29.764.25−28.00*−10.394.38**
Xingtai−12.930.61−12.02−5.814.29**
Anyang−7.301.55−3.28−11.696.12**
Yangcheng−15.436.16−18.39−11.928.71**
Xinxiang−6.972.76−2.40−11.634.30**
Leting−24.636.45−39.70*5.403.22**
Tanggu−25.557.90−38.592.172.97**
Huanghua−53.22*3.57−59.45**−1.434.09**
Nangong−9.305.74−14.96−5.165.07**
Huiminxian−24.280.62−25.33−4.705.13**
Dongying−39.860.09−35.90*−8.104.05*
Longkou−20.03−3.31−11.08−14.49*8.85**
Chaoyang−40.98*2.10−31.06−15.49*3.47*
Jinan−9.095.25−13.07−6.675.40**
Taishan−8.0710.04−24.69−7.7814.36**
Yiyuan−13.61−0.51−13.59−5.776.25**
Weifang−31.12−3.45−35.871.207.00**
Yanzhou−29.111.41−30.45−6.156.08**
Juxian−54.03*0.56−49.40*−12.026.83**
Sanmenxia−4.63−1.520.94−9.575.51**
Zhengzhou−1.090.972.18−14.6310.39**
Xuchang10.722.786.46−9.6011.08**
Kaifeng9.273.837.19−10.638.88**
Baofeng13.19−0.3319.64−19.7513.64**
Xihua40.130.7832.67−7.1513.83**
Shangqiu−0.92−2.130.49−12.3813.09**
Dangshan−16.05−0.88−20.89−7.7913.52**
Xuzhou1.38−4.591.64−11.2715.60**
Bozhou3.43−2.88−1.10−6.2713.69**
Suzhou−1.02−2.91−12.73−1.6616.28**
Fuyang37.45−9.7820.174.8522.23**
Whole region−11.721.13−13.89−7.628.66**

Note: mm/10 . **means ≤ 0.01 level of significance and *means α ≤ 0.05 level of significance.