Volume : 7, Issue : 10, October - 2018

Statistical and trend analysis of Rainfall of Katangore mandal of Nalgonda district, Telanagana State

Dr. K. Madhusudhan Reddy, Dr. K. Krishnakumar

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Rainfall is the one of the important source for the all needs to the people in the study area. It lies on the national highway no 65; situated 100 kilometers from the Hyderabad. The present study deals with the statistical analysis of 29 years rainfall data, seasonal, annual, monthly trend of the rainfall by applying linear regression model. The study reveals that coefficient of skewness is positive. Highest mean, median, standard deviation, variance, coefficient of variance, and coeeficient of skewness is 159.8 mm, 156.8 mm, 124.3 mm, 15454.5, 2.84 and 2.08 respectively. Of the average total rainfall 70% was contributed in monsoon; and in post monsoon 20%, in pre monsoon 8% and winter 2% was contributed in the study area. It is observed that decreasing trend is happened in annual, monsoon, winter and pre monsoon seasons where as in post monsoon there was no trend. Average highest monthly rainfall was received in the month of September in the monsoon season and lowest rainfall was recorded in the month of December in the post monsoon. <o:p></o:p></span></p>