Rainfall Variability, Drought Characterization, and Efficacy of Rainfall Data Reconstruction: Case of Eastern Kenya

Table 5

Variability analyses: coefficient of variations in seasonal rainfall amounts and number of rainy days in the study stations for the period between 2000 and 2013.

Station	Season	RA	CV_RA	RD	CV_RD
Embu	LR_MAM	586.3^a	0.36	46^a	0.09
	SR_OND	457.2^b	0.38	40^a	0.27
Machang’a	LR_MAM	314.9^b	0.41	24^b	0.26
	SR_OND	458.7^b	0.56	53^c	0.88
Kiritiri	LR_MAM	343.7^b	0.39	24^b	0.28
	SR_OND	486.5^b	0.45	52^c	0.51
Kiambere	LR_MAM	203.3^c	0.29	17^d	0.49
	SR_OND	285.0^d	0.30	37^a	0.38
Kindaruma	LR_MAM	285.5^b	0.47	17^d	0.43
	SR_OND	316.9^b	0.41	34^e	0.37

Values connected by the same superscript letters in the RA column denote no significant difference between the seasonal rainfall amount mean values.
MAM: March-May-June and OND: October-November-December and RA: rainfall amount in (mm); RD: rainy days; CV-RA: coefficient of variation in rainfall amounts; CV-RD: coefficient of variation in rainy days.