Effects of climate variability on maize yield in the arid and semi arid lands of lower eastern Kenya

Table 2 Rainfall trend analysis and summary of other statistics by station of lower eastern Kenya. The trends were not significant at 0.05 level

District	Season	Slope	a-value	R ²	Sig	Trend
Machakos	MAMJ	−0.070	1143	0.000	0.976	Negative
Machakos	ODNJ	−0.302	1143	0.000	0.943	Negative
Machakos	Annual	−1.4	1218	0.004	0.727	Negative
Makindu	MAMJ	−2.93	6028	0.085	0.11	Negative
Makindu	ONDJ	−1.70	3731	0.004	0.707	Negative
Makindu	Annual	−5.60	11,869	0.056	0.198	Negative
Mutomo	MAMJ	2.9	7812	0.033	0.325	Positive
Mutomo	ONDJ	3.16	7990	0.012	0.554	Positive
Mutomo	Annual	7.3	19,002	0.04	0.260	Positive
Kibwezi	MAMJ	−1.30	3696	0.012	0.587	Negative
Kibwezi	ONDJ	−2.30	6662	0.014	0.523	Negative
Kibwezi	Annual	−1.70	5201	0.004	0.715	Negative
Mwingi	MAMJ	0.731	−1744	0.005	0.700	Positive
Mwingi	ONDJ	4.10	−10,693	0.047	0.24	Positive
Mwingi	Annual	4.67	−8639	0.003	0.672	Positive
Kitui	MAMJ	−5.06	10,300	0.078	0.203	Negative
Kitui	ONDJ	−10.5	21,335	0.112	0.127	Negative
Kitui	Annual	−14.37	29,374	0.152	0.072	Negative

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