Trends in Extreme Climate Events over Three Agroecological Zones of Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Trends in temperature extreme indices per year by AEZ.

Index	Units	Lowland AEZ		Midland AEZ		Highland AEZ
		MK test (Z-test)	Sen’s slope	MK test (Z-test)	Sen’s slope	MK test (Z-test)	Sen’s slope
TX90p	%	0.315	0.326	−0.177^ns	−1.501^ns	0.480	0.565
TX10p	%	−0.234^ns	−0.158^ns	−0.089^ns	−0.05^ns	−0.363	−0.284
TN90p	%	0.552	0.547	0.198^ns	0.234^ns	0.572	0.61
TN10p	%	−0.659	−0.349	−0.612	−0.605	−0.686	−0.264
TXx	°C	0.258	0.025	−0.252	−0.017	0.523	0.042
TXn	°C	0.137^ns	0.01^ns	0.141^ns	0.012^ns	0.290	0.024
TNx	°C	0.462	0.055	0.407	0.037	0.597	0.063
TNn	°C	0.653	0.078	0.581	0.075	0.690	0.084
WSDI	Days	0.156^ns	2.00^ns	−0.322^ns	−1.000^ns	0.270^ns	2.667^ns
CSDI	Days	−0.652	−0.667	−0.566	−2.259	−0.591	−1.00
DTR	°C	−0.367	−0.052	−0.423	−0.053	−0.282	−0.043

ns: nonsignificant, .