Variability of the Minor Season Rainfall over Southern Ghana (1981–2018)

Table 3

Descriptive statistics for the minor season total frequency of rain in Ghana.

Station	Maximum (days)	Minimum (days)	Mean (days)	Standard deviation (days)	Skewness	Kurtosis	Coefficient of variation (%)
Accra	30	4	18.7	6.3	−0.4	−0.1	33.4
Ada	53	6	20	9.9	1.6	3.6	48.8
Tema	26	3	15.6	5.9	−0.1	−0.6	37.5
Saltpond	35	12	24.2	5.9	0.2	−0.6	23.9
Takoradi	50	18	30.7	7	0.4	0.2	22.5
Axim	59	22	39.3	7.5	0.4	0.3	18.8
Koforidua	53	10	38.7	8.5	−1.1	3.2	20.5
Abetifi	49	12	36.4	6.8	−1.3	3.4	18.4
Ho	49	25	35	5.9	0.4	−0.2	16.4
Akim Oda	58	27	45.8	6.6	−0.7	0.7	14.2
Akatsi	39	2	25.3	8.9	−0.9	0.7	34.8
Akuse	40	20	29.8	5.3	−0.2	−0.9	17.5
Sefwi Bekwai	54	24	41.3	7.3	−0.2	−0.1	17.4
Kumasi	51	25	37.8	6.5	0.2	−0.8	17
Sunyani	48	18	34.7	6.1	−0.1	0.5	17.5
Wenchi	51	3	37.6	8.4	−2	7	21.9
Kete Krachi	41	18	31.3	4.4	0.4	1.5	14