| Growing season | n | Range | Skewness | Kurtosis | W† | D‡ |
| mg NO3 kg−1 | ||||||
| 2003-2006 | 2533 | ND§ - 18,647 | 1.969 | 5.385 | - | 0.258** |
| 2007 | 1010 | ND - 17,804 | 2.503 | 8.507 | 0.808*** | 0.181** |
| 2008 | 869 | ND - 17,012 | 2.981 | 12.623 | 0.716*** | 0.238** |