Long Term Trends and Variations in Rainfall under Present Climatic Scenarios at Pantnagar

  • Vayu Mandal
  • Ravi Kiran Department of Agrometeorology College of Agriculture, GBPUA&T-Pantnagar, Pin 263145
Keywords: Rainfall, Trend analysis, Seasons and Variability.

Abstract

The present analysis was carried out on the long term rainfall data from 1981 to 2015 recorded at NEBCRC,
GBPUA&T, Pantnagar, situated in Udham Singh Nagar district. The data pertaining to annual rainfall shows
an increasing trend of rainfall over the period only during rainy season however the number of rainydays shows
a declining trend for this season. The month of August receives average annual rainfall highest and November
the minimum. Average number of rainy days is highest in July and minimum in November The mean annual
rainfall over Pantnagar is 1569.7_± 576.0 mm with coefficient of variation of 36.7 % . July and August receive
the highest and November and December receives the least rainfall.

Published
2024-02-20
How to Cite
Mandal, V., & Kiran, R. (2024). Long Term Trends and Variations in Rainfall under Present Climatic Scenarios at Pantnagar. Vayumandal, 44(1), 54-60. Retrieved from https://vayumandal.imetsociety.org/index.php/Vayumandal/article/view/93
Issue
Vol 44 No 1 (2018): VAYUMANDAL
Section
Research Paper

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