Stations | Geographic coordinates | Statistical properties of rainfall series (covering varying periods between 1950-2020) on long-term basis | ||||||
Latitude | Longitude | Mean (mm) | Max (mm) | Min (mm) | Standard deviation | Skewness | Kurtosis | |
Abuja | 9.08 | 7.31 | 133.13 | 513.80 | 0.00 | 126.08 | 0.68 | −0.46 |
Bauchi | 10.29 | 9.81 | 122.20 | 715.70 | 0.00 | 170.40 | 1.54 | 1.76 |
Bida | 9.08 | 6.02 | 102.46 | 489.30 | 0.00 | 118.11 | 0.94 | −0.07 |
Gombe | 10.28 | 11.17 | 86.65 | 578.30 | 0.00 | 113.13 | 1.48 | 2.03 |
Gusau | 12.14 | 6.71 | 76.48 | 473.40 | 0.00 | 103.76 | 1.49 | 1.92 |
Ilorin | 8.49 | 4.55 | 132.84 | 615.40 | 0.00 | 138.61 | 1.07 | 0.76 |
Jos | 9.92 | 9.85 | 104.54 | 429.00 | 0.00 | 109.98 | 0.74 | −0.54 |
Kaduna | 10.51 | 7.44 | 102.47 | 546.8 | 0.00 | 130.89 | 1.27 | 0.90 |
Kano | 12.00 | 8.51 | 90.75 | 738.60 | 0.00 | 140.72 | 1.86 | 3.44 |
Katsina | 12.97 | 7.58 | 58.72 | 359.10 | 0.00 | 83.69 | 1.50 | 1.48 |
Lafia | 8.49 | 8.52 | 131.76 | 663.70 | 0.00 | 142.62 | 1.07 | 0.88 |
Lokoja | 7.81 | 6.74 | 109.97 | 438.20 | 0.00 | 106.92 | 0.63 | −0.50 |
Maiduguri | 11.83 | 13.16 | 64.60 | 461.50 | 0.00 | 103.41 | 1.80 | 2.68 |
Makurdi | 7.73 | 8.53 | 105.52 | 372.50 | 0.00 | 104.76 | 0.61 | −0.87 |
Minna | 9.60 | 6.57 | 110.34 | 480.60 | 0.00 | 121.06 | 0.80 | −0.45 |
Nguru | 12.88 | 10.45 | 50.89 | 518.50 | 0.00 | 88.86 | 2.20 | 5.40 |
Potiskum | 11.71 | 11.09 | 57.04 | 402.60 | 0.00 | 86.73 | 1.75 | 2.60 |
Sokoto | 13.06 | 5.25 | 60.68 | 357.60 | 0.00 | 82.30 | 1.45 | 1.61 |
Yelwa | 10.88 | 4.75 | 89.50 | 465.80 | 0.00 | 114.31 | 1.31 | 1.07 |
Yola | 9.20 | 12.45 | 71.19 | 296.80 | 0.00 | 82.86 | 0.85 | −0.57 |
Zaria | 11.08 | 7.70 | 97.13 | 348.50 | 0.00 | 104.09 | 0.65 | −0.83 |