Table 2. District wise trend and significance level of temperature and rainfall obtained using Mann-Kendall test and Sen’s slope for 1975–2014.
Districts/Altitudinal Region | Temperature | Rain (Annual) | ||||||||
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Max (MAMJJA) | Mean (MAMJJA) | Min (MAMJJA) | Min | |||||||
(DJF) | ||||||||||
Slope | MK-Stat | Slope | MK-Stat | Slope | MK-Stat | Slope | MK-Stat | Slope | MK-Stat | |
Chamba | 0.03 | 304 | 0.03 | 300 | 0.02 | 268 | 0.02# | 160# | -0.81 | -104 |
Kangra | 0.03 | 292 | 0.03 | 296 | 0.02 | 258 | 0.02# | 162# | -0.98 | -134 |
Kinnaur | 0.02* | 184* | 0.02 | 286 | 0.03 | 352 | 0.03 | 244 | -0.48 | -124 |
Kullu | 0.02 | 266 | 0.02 | 266 | 0.03 | 318 | 0.03* | 212* | -0.90 | -246 |
Lahul & Spiti | 0.03 | 292 | 0.03 | 306 | 0.03 | 304 | 0.03* | 222* | 0.20 | -112 |
Mandi | 0.02 | 254 | 0.02 | 298 | 0.03 | 310 | 0.02* | 196* | 0.22 | -106 |
Shimla | 0.02* | 188* | 0.02 | 268 | 0.03 | 348 | 0.02* | 220* | 0.03* | -186* |
Sirmaur | 0.02* | 186* | 0.02 | 258 | 0.03 | 340 | 0.03 | 224 | 0.03* | -186* |
Solan | 0.01* | 210* | 0.02 | 270 | 0.03 | 318 | 0.02* | 206* | 0.22 | -106 |
1500–2700 | 0.02 | 276 | 0.02 | 296 | 0.03 | 312 | 0.02* | 194* | -0.69* | -200* |
2700–4570 | 0.03 | 278 | 0.03 | 306 | 0.03 | 306 | 0.03* | 206* | -0.65 | -128 |
>2700 | 0.03 | 276 | 0.03 | 304 | 0.03 | 308 | 0.03* | 214* | -0.51 | -116 |
>4570 | 0.03 | 274 | 0.03 | 302 | 0.03 | 320 | 0.03* | 216* | -0.42 | -98 |
All values for temperature are significant at 99%
* 95% and
#90% confidence level and values in italics for rainfall are not significant.