| Statistical tests | Louga | Podor | Saint Louis | min rain | max rain |
| (Trend) Mann-Kendall, H0: there is no trend | |||||
| test statistic τ | 0.009 | 0.126 | 0.118 | −0.077 | 0.184 |
| p-value | 0.715 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.000 |
| (ur.df) Dickey-Fuller/type = “trend”, H0: presence of trend | |||||
| z.diff.lag | 9 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 13 |
| df | 638 | 638 | 632 | 640 | 630 |
| RSE | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.30 |
| test statistic phi3 | 2.27 | 1.62 | 2.08 | 1.42 | 2.48 |
| 5% critical value: 6.25 | |||||
| p-value < 2.2e−16 | |||||
| (Seasonality) Mann-Kendall, H0: there is no presence of seasonality | |||||
| test statistic τ | 0.011 | 0.128 | 0.121 | −0.076 | 0.189 |
| p-value | 0.695 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.004 | 0.000 |