Authors : S. P. Cholke
Page Nos : 9-11
Description :
Climate change is crucial issue in the drought prone zone of Maharashtra, any change in climatic parameters mainly in rainfall which negatively affecting the rural economy. In the present study rainfall data of Newasa has been analysed during 1998 to 2019 to investigate the variation in rainfall for identifies the climate change. The Z-score test was applied and result show that 2002, 2003, 2018, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2000, 2012, 2009, 2016 and 1998 (11 years) were recorded low rainy days than normal rainy days (33 days). Whereas, 2019 (22 years), 2003, 2018, 2002, 2007, 2001, 2015, 2011, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2009 and 2013 (12 years) were recorded low rainfall from normal rainfall (540.63mm).
