Table 1.
Mean monthly rainfall for selected stations in the study districts
| Zone | District | Station | Months | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | Jun | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||||
| Wag Hemra | Sekota | Sekota | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 575.4 |
| N.Wello | Meket | Estaysh (6) | 7.0 | 10.3 | 79.4 | 82.0 | 16.8 | 20.2 | 332.7 | 271.6 | 46.6 | 23.1 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 905.7 |
| N.Wello | Gidan | Kulmesk (10) | 9.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 286.0 | 285.3 | 109.7 | 10.3 | 29.1 | 25.6 | 772.5 |
| S.Wello | Dessie zuria | Boru Meda (13) | 33.2 | 38.8 | 58.6 | 102.9 | 53.0 | 34.0 | 386.9 | 274.9 | 124.7 | 66.6 | 16.7 | 11.2 | 1203.5 |
| S.Wello | Dessie | Dessie (9) | 39.4 | 41.3 | 80.3 | 102.8 | 74.4 | 33.1 | 326.2 | 340.7 | 155.0 | 73.1 | 40.6 | 24.4 | 1331.2 |
| S.Wello | Kutaber | Kutaber (13) | 13.9 | 16.4 | 45.5 | 62.3 | 67.3 | 49.5 | 337.6 | 323.0 | 151.3 | 37.98 | 16.75 | 7.8 | 1129.2 |
| S.Wello | Woreilu | Woreilu (7) | 16.2 | 26.7 | 46.4 | 42.6 | 37.5 | 33.8 | 287.8 | 266.0 | 54.0 | 11.3 | 10.6 | 5.3 | 838.2 |
Source: Sirinka Agricultural Research Center [unpublished data]. *number s in parenthesis next to station names indicate the number of years from which the average was calculated for years 1989 to 2000 for N.&S.Wello. The value for Sekota is long-term average from 1971 to 2004 [source: 50]