Analysis of Temperature and Rainfall Trends for Jaipur district of Rajasthan, India

Abstract

Climate change is a crucial challenge in this century. Temperature and rainfall are two essential determinants of climate. The present study is conducted to explore changes in rainfall and temperature using time series data of Jaipur districts over a period of last 37 years. Data on minimum temperature, maximum temperature and rainfall were collected from the Agrometeorology laboratory of Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner (Jaipur). Trend lines were fitted for minimum temperature, maximum temperature and rainfall and their significance is tested making use of the Mann-Kendall test. The increasing but non-significant trend was observed in minimum temperature whereas maximum temperature showed a significant increase over time which was confirmed by Mann-Kendall trend test. Rainfall showed non-significant decreasing trend for the given period.