Spatiotemporal Variability and Trends in Rainfall and Temperature in South Ethiopia: Implications for Climate Change Adaptations in Rural Communities

Table 6

The modified Mann–Kendall’s trend statistics of rainfall frequency indices.

Modified MK statistics	CDD	CWD	R20 mm	R10 mm
Bilate station
Corrected Zc	2.26	1.12	4.58	3.26
New P value	0.02	0.26	4.6E − 06	0.00
N/	0.10	0.23	0.16	0.26
Original Z	0.74	0.54	1.83	1.67
Old P value	0.45	0.58	0.06	0.10
Tau	0.09	0.06	0.22	0.20
Sen’s slope	0.32	0.00	0.17	0.22
Old. variance	3794.33	3678.67	3772.66	3749.66
New. variance	410.95	864.90	608.20	981.40
Trend type	Increasing	No trend	Increasing	Increasing
Trend significance	Significance	Not significance	Significance	Significance
Boditi School station
Corrected Zc	3.05	1.98	0.24	−1.20
New P value	0.01	0.05	0.80	0.23
N/	0.14	0.52	0.11	0.17
Original Z	1.17	1.42	0.08	−0.50
Old P value	0.24	0.15	0.93	0.61
Tau	0.14	0.17	0.01	−0.06
Sen’s slope	0.27	0.04	0	−0.07
Old. variance	3786.33	3619	3766	3782.66
New. variance	556.43	1891.73	414.57	668.52
Trend type	Increasing	Increasing	No trend	Decreasing
Trend significance	Significance	Significance	Not significance	Not significance
Mayakote station
Corrected Zc	3.74	0.78	−2.16	−1.40
New P value	0.00	0.43	0.03	0.16
N/	0.13	0.44	0.09	0.18
Original Z	1.37	0.52	−0.66	−0.60
Old value	0.16	0.60	0.50	0.54
Tau	0.17	0.06	−0.08	−0.07
Sen’s slope	0.65	0.03	−0.12	−0.12
Old. variance	3794.66	3758.33	3781.33	3787.33
New. variance	513.84	1648.88	358.80	694.59
Trend type	Increasing	Increasing	Decreasing	Decreasing
Trend significance	Significance	Not significance	Significance	Not significance