Table 1.

Daily precipitation and temperatures extreme indices

IndicesDefinitionUnit
Rainfall
CDDMaximum consecutive drought days with RR < 1 mmDays
CWDMaximum consecutive flood days with RR ≥ 1 mmDays
R20mmNumber of very heavy rainfall days when PRCP ≥ 20 mmDays
Rx1dayHighest one-day rainfall amount per time periodmm
Rx5dayMaximum consecutive five-day precipitationmm
R95pVery flood days for the 95th percentile of the reference periodmm
PRECPTOTRainfall percent due to r95p days per timemm
Temperature
TXxMonthly maximum value of daily maximum temperature °C°C
TNxMaximum value of daily minimum temperature°C
TXnMonthly minimum value of daily maximum temperature°C
TNnMonthly minimum value of daily minimum temperature°C
TN10pCool nights percentage of days when TN < 10th percentileDay
TX10pCool days percentage of days when TX < 10th percentileDay
TN90pWarm nights percentage of days when TN > 90th percentileDay
TX90PWarm days percentage of days when TX > 90th percentileDay

Source(s): Authors constructed using Ethiopian Meteorology Institute (EMI) Data

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