Research Article

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

Table 8

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

Modified MK statisticsTX90pTN90pTX10pTN10pTXxTNx

Bilate station
Corrected Zc2.173.57−2.45−10.084.472.54
New P value0.030.000.016.4E − 247.7E − 060.01
N/0.370.480.250.180.160.15
Original Z1.322.48−1.24−4.321.790.99
Old value0.180.010.211.49E − 050.070.32
Tau0.160.31−0.15−0.540.220.12
Sen’s slope0.240.24−0.04−0.370.040.02
Old. variance3801.663802.663800.663802.663774.333780
New. variance1431.591832.41986.25700.915605.04574.57
Trend typeIncreasingIncreasingDecreasingDecreasingIncreasingIncreasing
Trend significanceSignificantSignificantSignificantSignificantSignificantSignificant

Boditi School station
Corrected Zc7.396.030.75−0.868.474.78
New P value1.4E − 131.6E − 090.450.382.3E − 171.70E − 06
N/0.520.950.931.770.110.54
Original Z5.335.880.72−1.152.853.54
Old P value9.5E − 083.9E − 090.460.240.000.00
Tau0.660.730.09−0.140.350.43
Sen’s slope0.710.640.08−0.020.080.08
Old. variance3802.663802.663802.6637963752.663740.66
New. variance1979.143619.403560.126749.91426.212056.15
Trend typeIncreasingIncreasingIncreasingDecreasingIncreasingIncreasing
Trend significanceSignificanceSignificantNot significanceNot significanceSignificanceSignificant

Mayakote station
Corrected Zc7.966.50−1.61−3.252.383.26
New P value1.7E − 157.96E − 110.100.000.010.00
N/0.210.380.301.600.420.34
Original Z3.684.05−0.89−4.111.551.91
Old value0.005.0E − 050.373.9E − 050.110.05
Tau0.450.50−0.11−0.510.190.23
Sen’s slope0.540.56−0.11−0.130.040.03
Old. variance3802.663801.663802.6637843797.663795
New. variance813.131478.681154.716058.751616.831308.62
Trend typeIncreasingIncreasingDecreasingDecreasingIncreasingIncreasing
Trend significanceSignificantSignificantNot significantSignificantSignificantSignificant