Increase of Extreme Drought over Ethiopia under Climate Warming

Table 3

Observed temperature and precipitation extremes for selected stations.

Elements	Indices	Addis Ababa	Combolcha	Jimma	Units
Temperature	TMAXmean	0.02	0.015	0.031	°C
	TMINmean	0.05	0.013	0.027	°C
	SU25	0.590	1.175	1.127	days
	TR20	0	0	0	days
	TXx	0.012	0.01	0.018	°C
	TNx	0.025	0.027	0.023	°C
	TXn	0.03	0.013	0.019	°C
	TNn	0.085	−0.017	0.025	°C
	WSDI	0.477	0.534	0.002	°C
	DTR	−0.031	0.003	0.008	°C
Precipitation	RX1day	−0.046	0.171	0.059	mm
	RX5day	−0.265	0.101	0.124	mm
	SDII	−0.001	0.006	0.011	mm/day
	R10	−0.110	−0.049	−0.056	days
	R20	−0.031	−0.019	−0.010	days
	R25	0.002	−0.001	0.022	days
	CDD	−0.016	0.039	−0.001	days
	CWD	−0.052	−0.041	−0.013	days
	R95p	0.022	0.975	0.987	mm
	R99p	−0.006	0.429	0.466	mm
	PRCPTOT	−1.727	−0.656	−1.339	mm

Note: values for trends significant at the 5% level are shown in bold.