Table 5.
Trend rates of temperature variables by linear regression in °C decade−1 and significant Spearman correlation statistic (Rs) of temperature variables versus sunshine for the year
| Station/Region | MAX | MIN | MEAN | DTR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate | Rs | Rate | Rs | Rate | Rs | Rate | Rs | |
| Southern | ||||||||
| Juba | 0.121§ | 0.101‡ | 0.111§ | 0.021 | 0.592§ | |||
| Wau | 0.153§ | −0.459† | 0.085‡ | −0.373* | 0.122§ | −0.554‡ | 0.096§ | |
| Malakal | 0.163§ | 0.033 | 0.098§ | 0.130§ | ||||
| Central | ||||||||
| Ed Damazin | −0.035 | 0.064 | 0.016 | −0.108† | ||||
| Nyala | 0.086* | – | 0.369§ | – | 0.219§ | – | −0.286§ | – |
| El Obeid | 0.075* | 0.141‡ | 0.107‡ | −0.066 | ||||
| El Fasher | 0.074* | 0.307§ | 0.195§ | −0.231§ | ||||
| El Gedaref | 0.241§ | 0.189§ | 0.210§ | 0.054 | −0.409* | |||
| Wad Medani | 0.120§ | 0.192§ | 0.155§ | −0.072* | ||||
| Kassala | 0.044 | 0.382* | 0.346§ | 0.196§ | −0.301§ | 0.620§ | ||
| Shambat | 0.119† | 0.253§ | −0.392† | 0.120§ | −0.305* | 0.003 | 0.344* | |
| Northern | ||||||||
| Atbara | 0.188§ | – | 0.069* | – | 0.128§ | – | 0.118§ | |
| Dongola | −0.008 | 0.175† | 0.083 | −0.182§ | – | |||
| Coastal | ||||||||
| Port Sudan | 0.095* | 0.071* | 0.086‡ | 0.021 | 0.356* | |||
Significance level: * 0.01 ≤ α ≤ 0.05 † 0.005 < α ≤ 0.009 ‡ 0.001 < α ≤ 0.005 § α ≤ 0.001