Table 2.

Trend rates of temperature variables by linear regression in °C decade⁻¹ and significant Spearman correlation statistic (R_s) of temperature variables versus sunshine for the dry season

Station/region	MAX		MIN		MEAN		DTR
	Rate	Rs	Rate	Rs	Rate	Rs	Rate	Rs
Southern
Juba	−0.037		0.068		0.015		−0.105	0.729§
Wau	0.042	−0.649§	0.151‡	−0.484†	0.082*	−0.643§	−0.093
Malakal	0.073		0.076		0.074		−0.004	0.330*
Central
Ed Damazin	−0.078		0.123*		0.033		−0.221§
Nyala	−0.131*		0.245§		0.057		−0.376§
El Obeid	−0.139*	0.323*	0.086		−0.026		−0.225§
El Fasher	−0.158†	0.446‡	0.264§		0.053	0.320*	−0.422§	0.308*
El Gedaref	0.124‡		0.140‡		0.132‡		−0.016	−0.449†
Wad Medani	−0.020		0.185§		0.082		−0.204§	0.353*
Kassala	−0.077	0.341*	0.357§		0.140‡		−0.435§	0.398†
Shambat	−0.060		−0.065		−0.063		0.005	0.389†
Northern
Atbara	0.086		0.005		0.045		0.081
Dongola	−0.166*	0.360*	0.084		−0.041		−0.250§	0.795§
Coastal
Port Sudan	0.102		0.021		0.062		0.081	0.286*

Significance level: * 0.01 ≤ α ≤ 0.05, ^† 0.005 < α ≤ 0.009, ^‡ 0.001 < α ≤ 0.005, ^§ α ≤ 0.001