Research Article
Five Decadal Trends in Averages and Extremes of Rainfall and Temperature in Sri Lanka
Table 4
Number of stations with statistically significant trends in measures listed in Table
1 for daily maximum temperature (
Tmax) from 1961 to 2015.
| | | Average | Extreme days | Maximum values | Minimum values | | Average | | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + |
| | Annual | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | Monthlies | 0 | 16 | | SWM | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | Jan | 0 | 11 | | FIM | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | Feb | 0 | 11 | | NEM | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | Mar | 0 | 10 | | SIM | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | Apr | 1 | 7 | | | Maximum events for the duration | May | 0 | 13 | | | 2 d | 3 d | 5 d | 7 d | Jun | 0 | 14 | | | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | Jul | 0 | 12 | | | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Aug | 0 | 14 | | | Number of extreme events for the duration | Sep | 0 | 12 | | | 2 d | 3 d | 5 d | 7 d | Oct | 0 | 15 | | | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | Nov | 0 | 10 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dec | 1 | 10 |
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