Table 3 The trend in annual maximum temperature of 115 years (1901–2016) in the 15 districts of Madhya Pradesh state of central India selected for study as per Mann–Kendall test and Sen’s estimator showing a significant increasing trend for maximum temperature for all the selected districts of Madhya Pradesh except Chhatarpur and Chhindwara districts which were found to be non-significant
Districts | Mann–Kendall statistics | Tau | P-value | Sen’s slope | Probable change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balaghat | 1784 | 0.267 | 0.000 | 0.005 | 50 (1950) |
Bhind | 1888 | 0.283 | 0.000 | 0.006 | 97 (1997) |
Bhopal | 1381 | 0.207 | 0.000 | 0.005 | 63 (1963) |
Chhatarpur | 2022 | − 0.010 | 0.865 | 0.005 | 102 (2002) |
Chhindwara | 700 | 0.104 | 0.095 | 0.002 | 46 (1946) |
Guna | 2122 | 0.318 | 0.000 | 0.006 | 83 (1983) |
Gwalior | 2402 | 0.325 | 0.000 | 0.007 | 84 (1984) |
Hoshangabad | 2935 | 0.440 | 0.000 | 0.009 | 63 (1963) |
Indore | 943 | 0.141 | 0.024 | 0.003 | 63 (1963) |
Jabalpur | 2864 | 0.429 | 0.000 | 0.008 | 63 (1963) |
Khargone | 1827 | 0.273 | 0.000 | 0.005 | 63 (1963) |
Neemuch | 1990 | 0.298 | 0.000 | 0.006 | 84 (1984) |
Rewa | 2408 | 0.361 | 0.000 | 0.007 | 45 (1945) |
Sagar | 2454 | 0.367 | 0.000 | 0.008 | 63 (1963) |
Tikamgarh | 2226 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 0.007 | 83 (1983) |