MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
Slide 37
Annual extremes in the
season Gokwe
the average highest
single day rainfall in a
season is about 62mm.
There are no cases
when Gokwe received
more than 100mm in a
day
about 25% of the years
had a highest about
80mm or more in a day.
Slide 40
2012
Longest dry spell
• Number of consecutive dry days between
1 December and 31 March
• A dry day in this presentation is any day
with less than 2.95mm of rain
• Possible to plot when these dry days occur
within a season
Slide 38
Annual extremes
Matopos
Matopos has an
average of 63mm
There are three
years when the
highest single day
rainfall was over
100mm.
Slide 41
Longest dry spell
Gokwe
The mean length of the
longest dry spell is about
19 days. About 42% of
the years have had a dry
spell of 21 days (3
weeks) or more between
1 December to 31
March.
Slide 39
Extremes Makoholi
Makoholi had 3 years in
47 when its highest daily
rainfall was above
100mm.
The maximum was the
year it had 184mm as the
highest daily rainfall and
the minimum was the
year it had 26mm as its
highest daily rainfall.
Slide 42
Longest dry spell
Matopos
The average length of
dry spell In Matopos is
26 days and ranges
from 15 to 37 days.
Most years in
Matopos have a dry
spell of more than 3
weeks
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