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Table 3 Mann-Kendall results for rainfall indices (1980 to 2012) in Boulgou Province

From: Adapting to the impacts of climate change in the sub-humid zone of Burkina Faso, West Africa: Perceptions of agro-pastoralists

Elements

Descriptive names

Mean

Standard deviation

Mann-Kendall tau

p value

Sen’s slope

PRCPT

Annual total rainfall

818.9

144.0

0.140

0.261*

3.19

R5days

Maximum 5 days precipitation

113.8

25.6

0.167

0.179*

0.705

R95P

Extremely wet days

168.2

99.3

0.208

0.092*

3.741

  1. *Trend not statistically significant at p = 0.05