Precipitation Regime and Temporal Changes in the Central Danubian Lowland Region

Table 3

Statistical characteristics of the selected twenty-year periods of the daily precipitation of the whole year and warm and cold half-years.

	1872–1891	1892–1911	1912–1931	1932–1951	1952–1971	1972–1991	1992–2011
Whole year
Average	5.79	4.49	3.99	3.99	4.12	3.95	4.38
Standard deviation	7.50	6.23	5.78	5.73	6.22	5.55	6.52
Variance	56.25	38.81	33.39	32.82	38.74	30.84	42.48
Maximum	82.50	75.50	88.80	46.20	77.70	43.60	81.80
Skewness	3.20	3.23	3.68	2.65	3.57	2.71	3.53
Kurtosis	16.47	16.87	25.82	8.98	20.09	9.54	19.98
Count	2022	2645	2957	2899	2671	2580	2574
Warm half-year
Average	6.29	5.16	4.72	4.75	4.90	4.64	5.51
Standard deviation	8.44	7.08	6.84	6.72	7.22	6.39	7.92
Variance	71.23	50.15	46.83	45.18	52.11	40.81	62.80
Maximum	82.50	75.50	88.80	46.20	77.70	43.60	81.80
Skewness	3.24	3.20	3.68	2.45	3.35	2.52	3.17
Kurtosis	15.76	16.27	24.18	7.14	17.31	7.75	15.29
Count	1065	1312	1398	1291	1277	1281	1234
Cold half-year
Average	5.23	3.83	3.33	3.38	3.41	3.27	3.33
Standard deviation	6.25	5.18	4.52	4.70	5.05	4.48	4.64
Variance	39.05	26.80	20.46	22.07	25.46	20.11	21.54
Maximum	60.50	41.10	36.70	41.70	47.00	36.10	44.30
Skewness	2.60	2.79	2.58	2.49	3.44	2.59	2.98
Kurtosis	11.13	10.46	8.95	7.95	17.76	8.80	13.17
Count	957	1333	1559	1608	1394	1299	1340