Abstract

The study has been carried out to investigate and asses the significance of the potential trend on annual, seasonal and monthly basis using the data period between 1982 to 2018 for rainfall and rainy days. MannKendall test and Sen's slope estimate test were applied to identify the existing trend direction and Sen's slope estimator test were used to detect the trend direction and magnitude of change over time. The test results showed increasing annual rainfall and rainy days trend over the tahsil. The seasonal rainfall and rainy days showed decreasing trend for summer season and decreasing trend for northeast monsoon and southwest monsoon seasons. The monthly rainfall and rainy days trend showed increasing trend for July to November months and decreasing days for May month. The weekly rainfall and rainy days trend showed decreasing trend for MW21-MW24, MW30, MW33 and MW43-MW45.

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