Statistical Analysis of Rainfall in Haryana

Abstract

The following research focuses on rainfall of Haryana for past 50 years i.e. from 1968 to 2017. Parameters like Kurtosis, Variance, Goodness of Fit, Mann-Kendall's Test were performed along with total annual forecast as well as seasonal forecast was predicted. Seasonal rend was also studied so as to study in detail about the past, present, and future of rainfall in Chandigarh. This study was performed with the help of MS-Excel and ExcelStat. A rising trend was found along with total rainfall in of past 5 decades was 513336.2 mm and The maximum and minimum rainfall during this period was found to be 15126.62 mm in 1976 and 5312.51 in 1987 respectively.