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Table 3.

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 hot season

Station/region	MAX		MIN		MEAN		DTR
Station/region	Rate	R_s	Rate	R_s	Rate	R_s	Rate	R_s
Southern
Juba	0.157*		0.095		0.126*		0.062	0.570^§
Wau	0.146^†		0.229^§	−0.654^§	0.187^§	−0.438*	−0.084	0.604^§
Malakal	0.090		0.023	−0.355*	0.057		0.067	0.653^§
Central
Ed Damazin	0.077		0.040		0.059		0.036	0.390*
Nyala	0.122*	–	0.390^§	–	0.255^§	–	−0.263^§	–
El Obeid	0.078*	0.304*	0.251^§		0.160^§		−0.175^§	0.385*
El Fasher	0.077		0.321^§	−0.281*	0.202^§		−0.242^§	0.303*
El Gedaref	0.325^§		0.264^§		0.294^§		0.059
Wad Medani	0.113^†		0.270^§	−0.311*	0.191^§	−0.332*	−0.153^‡	0.387*
Kassala	0.030		0.424^§	−0.702^§	0.227^§	−0.366*	−0.389^§	0.711^§
Shambat	0.165^‡		0.129*	−0.411^†	0.150^‡	−0.388*	0.031	0.425^‡
Northern
Atbara	0.244^§	–	0.136*	–	0.190^§	–	0.107*	–
Dongola	0.084		0.245^§	−0.358*	0.165^‡		−0.161^†
Coastal
Port Sudan	0.178^†		0.201^§		0.187^§		−0.026	0.454^‡

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