Vol. 11, Special Issue 3 (2022)

Author(s):
Priyanka Swami, RK Singh and AS Nain

Abstract:
Dependency of Indian agriculture on rainfall make it very essential to study the variations in rainfall patterns of an area so as to know how the contribution of monthly rainfall in overall food grain production of country. Besides agricultural production study rainfall patterns also help us to know occurrence of hazardous weather event like drought, flood etc and their temporal and spatial scale. Present study includes rainfall pattern analysis of Almora district of Uttarakhand for the period of 120 years (1901-2020). Under this study various statistical techniques have been used to explain the variations in rainfall. Output of each statistical analysis indicated that rainfall in the district was observed highly variable (CV more than 40%) thought the period. Decadal rainfall analysis given that the decade 1901 to 1911 recorded highest rainfall in the district while 1911 to 1921 was with lowest rainfall.