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Table 3 Summarized rainfall statistics for the study area (Maiduguri, Nguru and Potiskum stations)

From: Drought occurrences and its implications on the households in Yobe state, Nigeria

Stations

Number of Years

Total amount of Rainfall

Long term Mean

Std deviation

Variance

Skewness

Kurtosis

Maiduguri

31

1554.60

50.15

11.47

131.64

0.63

0.16

Nguru

31

1082.90

34.93

6.34

40.19

0.52

−0.87

Potiskum

31

1700.20

54.85

8.30

68.81

−1.01

1.15

  1. Source: Computed by the author