Table 2.
Distribution of environmental factors for 3 months, averaging periods between 2010–2018.
| Environmental Variables |
Aduku (nweek = 469) |
Kamwezi (nweek = 461) |
Kasambya (nweek = 470) |
Kihihi (nweek = 469) |
Nagongera (nweek = 470) |
Walukuba (nweek = 448) |
Overall (ntotal = 2787) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumulative rainfall (mm) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 287 (119) | 189 (98.7) | 265 (99.3) | 263 (112) | 363 (148) | 300 (118) | 278 (128) |
| Median (Min–Max) | 300 (4.67, 568) | 187 (8.75, 578) | 266 (46.4, 485) | 257 (32.6, 575) | 348 (43.7, 760) | 289 (77.8, 694) | 268 (4.67, 760) |
| Maximum temperature (°C) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 28.7 (1.38) | 23.5 (0.595) | 27.7 (1.03) | 25.8 (0.520) | 27.8 (1.08) | 26.7 (0.769) | 26.7 (1.94) |
| Median (Min–Max) | 28.2 (26.8, 32.7) | 23.5 (22.3, 25.2) | 27.5 (25.8, 30.8) | 25.8 (24.6, 27.0) | 27.5 (26.2, 31.1) | 26.5 (25.4, 29.3) | 26.9 (22.3, 32.7) |
| Minimum temperature (°C) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 21.1 (0.668) | 14.5 (0.413) | 17.7 (0.513) | 16.2 (0.486) | 17.5 (0.567) | 19.5 (0.504) | 17.8 (2.19) |
| Median (Min–Max) | 21.1 (19.9, 23.1) | 14.5 (13.7, 15.7) | 17.6 (16.7, 19.5) | 16.2 (15.1, 17.6) | 17.5 (15.7, 19.0) | 19.5 (18.4, 21.2) | 17.5 (13.7, 23.1) |
| Humidity (kg·kg−1) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 0.0146 (0.000771) | 0.0133 (0.00219) | 0.0145 (0.000986) | 0.0129 (0.00195) | 0.0134 (0.00170) | 0.0144 (0.000985) | 0.0139 (0.00167) |
| Median (Min–Max) | 0.0147 (0.017, 0.0161) | 0.0142 (0.00830, 0.0164) | 0.0146 (0.0120, 0.0164) | 0.0137 (0.00817, 0.0155) | 0.0136 (0.00984, 0.0173) | 0.0146 (0.0119, 0.0163) | 0.0143 (0.00817, 0.0173) |
| Enhanced vegetation index | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 0.385 (0.0615) | 0.414 (0.0295) | 0.435 (0.0419) | 0.459 (0.0348) | 0.380 (0.0446) | 0.371 (0.0454) | 0.408 (0.0543) |
| Median (Min–Max) | 0.391 (0.225, 0.519)] | 0.408 (0.364, 0.496) | 0.438 (0.297, 0.505) | 0.465 (0.389, 0.539) | 0.383 (0.244, 0.469) | 0.379 (0.254, 0.457) | 0.407 (0.225, 0.539) |