Table 7.
Daily trend of temperature (°C) in India and its four megacities for the year of 2018, 2019, 2020
| Mega city and Country | Year | Daily temperature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mann–Kendal Z | Sen's slope | ||||||
| Maximum | Minimum | Average | Maximum | Minimum | Average | ||
| Delhi | 2020 | 8.88*** | 8.76*** | 8.69*** | 0.99 | 0.121 | 0.118 |
| 2019 | 9.21*** | 9.89*** | 9.77*** | 0.102 | 0.133 | 0.129 | |
| 2018 | 9.56*** | 10.09*** | 10.06*** | 0.124 | 0.129 | 0.131 | |
| Mumbai | 2020 | 8.46*** | 8.78*** | 8.66*** | 0.96 | 0.105 | 0.116 |
| 2019 | 8.98*** | 9.06*** | 9.43*** | 0.106 | 0.109 | 0.123 | |
| 2018 | 9.01*** | 9.54*** | 9.72*** | 0.113 | 0.126 | 0.129 | |
| Kolkata | 2020 | 8.01*** | 8.25*** | 8.45*** | 0.092 | 0.119 | 0.106 |
| 2019 | 8.84*** | 9.23*** | 9.48*** | 0.106 | 0.132 | 0.118 | |
| 2018 | 9.43*** | 9.96*** | 10.03*** | 0.121 | 0.126 | 0.128 | |
| Chennai | 2020 | 7.58*** | 7.23*** | 7.55*** | 0.079 | 0.092 | 0.087 |
| 2019 | 7.34*** | 7.49*** | 7.45*** | 0.089 | 0.101 | 0.099 | |
| 2018 | 8.44*** | 8.91*** | 8.36*** | 0.099 | 0.102 | 0.109 | |
| India | 2020 | 8.61*** | 8.23*** | 8.01*** | 0.099 | 0.109 | 0.102 |
| 2019 | 8.31*** | 9.21*** | 9.01*** | 0.102 | 0.119 | 0.111 | |
| 2018 | 9.25*** | 9.89*** | 9.76*** | 0.11 | 0.124 | 0.129 | |
***, **, and * are the significant at the 1%, 5%, and 10% level of significance respectively