Characterization of Meteorological Drought Using Monte Carlo Feature Selection and Steady-State Probabilities

Table 3

Climatological features of the monthly maximum temperature (MaxT) are given. The MaxT was observed in varying stations for the selected time period. The mean of MaxT  in Gilgit is observed high. The mean value of the MaxT  in Gilgit is 25.46. In Skardu, the mean of the MaxT is 19.92. In Skardu, the St.Dev of the MaxT is 9.82. The highest St.Dev is observed in Chilas Station, which is 9.66. The smallest St.Dev of the MaxT was observed in Bunji Station. Further, other features of the MaxT can be found accordingly.

Variable		Astore	Bunji	Gupis	Chilas	Gilgit	Skardu
Maximum temperature	Mean	16.66	25.19	19.95	27.92	25.46	19.92
	1st quartile	7.38	15.78	10.33	17.68	15.60	9.95
	Median	16.70	24.95	19.70	27.35	25.15	20.05
	3rd quartile	23.86	32.02	27.40	35.63	32.80	27.90
	Kurtosis	−1.36	−1.32	−1.30	−1.38	−1.33	−1.24
	St.Dev	8.65	8.98	9.46	9.66	9.21	9.82