Characterization of Future Caribbean Rainfall and Temperature Extremes across Rainfall Zones

Table 2

Linear trends calculated over 1979–1989 for station observations (OBS) and PRECIS-reanalysis matching points (RMP) for all indices across each zone and the entire Caribbean. Trend values with differences that are statistically significant at the 95% level are in bold and italics. CDD (CWD) is the maximum number of consecutive dry (wet) days; R10 is the annual count of days when precipitation is greater than or equal to 10 mm; R95P is the annual total precipitation when rainfall is greater than the 95th percentile; RX5 is annual highest 5-consecutive-day precipitation (mm); TX90 (TN90) is the percentage of days when maximum (minimum) temperature is greater than the 90th percentile; TX10 (TN10) is the percentage of days when maximum (minimum) temperature is less than the 10th percentile.

Zones		1		2		3		4		5		All		Units/year
		OBS	RMP	OBS	RMP	OBS	RMP	OBS	RMP	OBS	RMP	OBS	RMP
Indices	CDD	0.26	0.54	−0.87	1.02	0.24	1.29	0.08	0.77	−0.27	0.31	−0.06	0.60	days
	CWD	−0.01	0.51	0.01	−0.85	−0.12	−0.65	0.06	0.00	−0.12	0.81	−0.02	0.12	days
	R10	0.98	−1.13	0.24	−1.12	0.52	−0.31	−0.58	−1.68	−0.20	0.49	−0.11	−0.94	days
	R95P	6.41	−34.67	−12.45	−12.56	10.76	−5.86	−3.19	−19.44	16.93	−0.63	3.39	−19.13	mm
	RX5	−2.26	−12.44	3.84	−1.67	−8.77	−0.87	4.62	−3.44	0.69	−0.77	1.37	−5.13	mm
	TN10P	−0.15	0.09	−0.25	0.02	−0.15	0.14	−0.09	0.59	−0.18	0.42	−0.14	0.30	%
	TN90P	0.15	−0.08	0.41	0.11	0.30	−0.17	−0.03	−0.48	0.28	−0.39	0.16	−0.29	%
	TX10P	−0.06	0.01	−0.75	−0.20	0.44	0.01	0.11	0.55	−0.08	0.40	−0.05	0.26	%
	TX90P	0.07	−0.02	0.36	0.13	−0.83	−0.07	0.04	−0.30	0.09	−0.21	0.04	−0.18	%