Research Article

Characterization of Local Climate and Its Impact on Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Yield in Central Ethiopia

Table 3

Trends and descriptive statistics of annual and seasonal rainfall totals of Welmera district in the period of 1988–2017.

RF (mm)MeanMinMaxSDCV (%)ZMKSlope

Kiremt rainfall715498.4923.4107.915.1−0.25ns−4.70
Belg rainfall20549.2348.767.032.7−0.25ns−2.32
Bega rainfall509.5142.737.375.3−0.18ns−0.80
Annual rainfall970714.51247.2145.615.0−0.33ns−8.53

ZMK, Mann–Kendall trend test and slope, Sen’s slope and it is the change (mm/year), ns; non-significant at 0.01 and 0.05 significance level.