Research Article

Analysis of Observed Trends in Daily Temperature and Precipitation Extremes in Different Agroecologies of Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Trends in climate extreme indices for the period 1986–2016 in different agroecologies.

IndexUnitsLowlandMidlandHighland
Sen’s slopeSen’s slopeSen’s slope

Temperature
 TXx°C0.1590.1840.017
 TNx°C0.040.0770.06
 TXn°C0.0110.0220.075
 TNn°C0.0420.050.068
 DTR°C0.0750.122−0.022
 WSDIDays2.3751.8350.226
 CSDIDays−0.0610.124−0.353
 TN10pDays−0.573−0.565−0.511
 TX10pDays−0.851−1.252−0.291
 TN90pDays0.3980.4450.831
 TX90pDays0.9650.8630.292

Precipitation
 RX1dayMm−0.350.252−0.186
 Rx5dayMm−0.5880.158−0.657
 SDIIMm/day−0.095−0.022−0.049
 R95pMm−7.0873.268−0.768
 R99pmm−2.342−0.078−1.388
 CWDDays−0.134−0.23−1.876
 CDDDays0.987−0.1591.015
 R10 mmDays−0.6−0.219−1.172
 R20 mmDays−0.4380.221−0.089

Note. Trends significant at ; ; .