Table 3.

Precipitation and temperature trends from 26 meteorological stations in the Region of the Great Mountains, Veracruz. Trends’ statistical significance was tested using the Kendall’s tau at an alpha level of 0.05. [*Significant tendencies (P < 0.05)]

Meteorological station			Latitude	Longitude	Elevation (m asl)	Data (years)	Precipitation projection	Temperature projection
1	Acatlán	30338	19.6958	−96.8439	1751	1980–2008	P p = −2.4765(year) + 6415.5	T = −0.0011(year) + 17.3
2	Actopana	30003	19.5028	−96.6111	250	1954–2008	P p = −3.1451(year) + 7110.1	T = 0.0143(year) − 3.4852
3	Almolonga	30007	19.5883	−96.7842	730	1971–2008	P p = 1.1793(year) − 1310	T = 0.0197(year) − 16.821
4	Altotonga	30008	19.7625	−97.2347	1867	1960–2008	P p = 3.0385(year) − 4578	T = 0.0071(year) + 0.2055
5	Briones	30452	19.5083	−96.9494	1349	1985–2008	P p = 4.781(year) − 7842	T = −0.0273(year) + 72.23
6	Coscomatepec	30032	19.0717	−97.0461	1530	1954–2007	P p = 7.157(year) + 1951.8	T = −0.0674(year) + 20.238
7	El Coyola	30047	19.1722	−96.6964	545	1980–2008	P p = −8.6085(year) + 18255	T = 0.0358(year) − 48.352
8	Huatusco	30066	19.15	−96.9597	1284	1955–2008	P p = −5.9775(year) + 13877	T = −0.0058(year) + 30.982
9	Ixhuacána	30336	19.3486	−97.1083	1802	1980–2007	P p = −8.9545(year) + 20689	T = 0.0444(year) − 73.24
10	Ixhuatlán del Caféa	30072	19.05	−96.9861	1350	1981–2008	P p = −1.9043(year) + 1926.4	T = 0.0415(year) + 19.704
11	La Joya	30455	19.6108	−97.0272	2175	1991–2008	P p = −2.2086(year) + 6294.3	T = −0.1039(year) + 220.58
12	Los Pescados	30097	19.5614	−97.1481	2395	1980–2008	P p = 1.0373(year) − 1210.5	T = 0.069(year) − 127.38
13	Las Vigasa	30211	19.382	−97.0635	2400	1922–2008	P p = −3.7464(year) + 1336.1	T = 0.0132(year) + 11.114
14	Misanla	30108	19.9292	−96.8556	310	1926–2008	P p = −2.3604(year) + 6675.9	T = −0.0172(year) + 56.38
15	Naolinco de Victoriaa	30114	19.6519	−96.8731	1542	1956–2008	P p = −2.5545(year) + 6770	T = 0.0271(year) − 36.547
16	Naranjala	30115	18.8139	−96.9622	697	1959–2008	P p = −4.2314(year) + 10849	T = 0.0098(year) + 2.3563
17	Perote	30128	19.5808	−97.2478	2392	1967–2007	P p = 3.3255(year) − 6129.9	T = −0.0209(year) + 54.197
18	Rancho Viejo	30140	19.4469	−96.7836	914	1969–2008	P p = −3.7932(year) + 8694	T = −0.0178(year) + 56.08
19	Tembladeras	30175	19.5122	−97.1181	3102	1966–2008	P p = 3.0546(year) − 4407.6	T = 0.0162(year) − 22.781
20	Tenampa	30177	19.2517	−96.8825	1015	1980–2004	P p = −8.6901(year) + 18994	T = −0.1673(year) + 353.2
21	Teoceloa	30179	19.3861	−96.9736	1188	1946–2008	P p = −3.139(year) + 8299.7	T = 0.0351(year) − 49.33
22	Totutla	30187	19.2125	−96.9639	1446	1960–2008	P p = 8.1987(year) + 1784.1	T = 0.0232(year) + 18.01
23	Villa Tejeda	30364	19.0222	−96.6139	348	1983–2008	P p = 4.3279(year) + 989.21	T = −0.0081(year) + 24.237
24	Alcomunga	21009	18.4306	−97.025	2485	1956–2009	P p = 15.664(year) + 2163.1	T = 0.136(year) + 11.536
25	San Bernardino Lagunasa	21053	18.6039	−97.2725	1693	1955–2009	P p = −1.5411(year) + 741.39	T = 0.0617(year) + 12.817
26	Telpatlán	21084	18.5281	−97.1447	2212	1955–2009	P p = 1.4843(year) + 1231.8	T = 0.0023(year) + 13.694

	Meteorological station	Temperature				Precipitation
		Mean	SD	Kendall’s Tau	P value	Mean	Deviation	Kendall’s Tau	P value
1	Acatlán	15.21	0.29	0.01	0.974	1467.03	305.63	0.03	0.873
2	Actopan	24.89	0.46	0.27	0.005*	873.81	198.04	−0.11	0.244
3	Almolonga	22.45	0.40	0.36	0.003*	1042.83	236.01	0.02	0.866
4	Altotonga	14.24	0.80	0.12	0.281	1445.87	322.25	0.08	0.442
5	Briones	17.72	0.39	−0.23	0.159	1707.60	224.96	0.12	0.456
6	Coscomatepec	18.42	1.27	0.22	0.045*	2145.06	396.38	−0.11	0.401
7	El Coyol	23.07	0.48	0.50	<0.001*	1089.85	178.50	−0.23	0.105
8	Huatusco	19.55	0.47	−0.07	0.540	2045.67	281.19	−0.10	0.349
9	Ixhuacán	15.40	0.78	0.28	0.265	2819.27	421.44	−0.07	0.757
10	Ixhuatlán del Café	20.24	0.78	0.49	0.034*	1901.68	249.96	−0.11	0.021*
11	La Joya	12.75	0.69	−0.62	0.001*	1876.81	205.36	−0.10	0.598
12	Los Pescados	10.13	0.80	0.45	0.001*	854.47	234.63	0.07	0.632
13	Las Vigas	11.66	0.59	−0.33	0.016*	1182.55	298.48	−0.20	0.023*
14	Misantla	22.68	0.94	−0.24	0.013*	2041.80	443.64	−0.10	0.297
15	Naolinco de Victoria	17.14	0.97	0.28	0.006*	1708.07	251.98	−0.06	0.559
16	Naranjal	21.83	0.39	0.27	0.008*	2447.10	303.68	−0.10	0.327
17	Perote	12.61	0.49	−0.34	0.003*	478.09	119.24	0.18	0.120
18	Rancho Viejo	20.67	0.70	−0.19	0.095	1146.39	232.03	−0.12	0.289
19	Tembladeras	9.50	0.51	0.26	0.017*	1668.26	265.69	0.09	0.428
20	Tenampa	19.80	1.55	−0.51	0.001*	1685.36	328.90	−0.27	0.098
21	Teocelo	19.89	0.89	0.46	<0.001*	2103.79	293.25	−0.12	0.217
22	Totutla	18.53	3.55	0.61	0.674	280.50	280.50	−0.22	0.232
23	Villa Tejeda	24.01	3.84	0.33	0.750	1098.79	194.67	0.99	0.083
24	Alcomunga, Puebla	12.11	1.58	0.11	0.433	2393.21	760.70	0.13	0.061
25	San Bernardino Lagunas, Puebla	13.68	0.70	0.402	0.092	719.81	141.14	−0.30	0.342
26	Telpatlán, Puebla	13.73	0.88	0.271	0.125	1254.05	365.43	0.19	0.202

^aPotential areas where the increment in temperature and the decrement in precipitation increase the vulnerability to fire and crop productivity