Analyzing rainfall seasonality and trends in the North Maharashtra region

The North Maharashtra region comprises three districts, namely Jalgaon, Dhule, and Nandurbar. The region comprises 25 talukas, which are mostly covered by agricultural fields. Seasonality and trend analysis of rainfall over North Maharashtra region from 1901 to 2016 is conducted in the present work. The data were analyzed on the basis of season, i.e. winter, pre-monsoon, monsoon, and post monsoon. For trend detection, the Sen’s slope estimator and the Mann–Kendall test are used. The largest negative rainfall trends are found in the talukas Nandurbar and Jamner. In Akkalkuwa, the strongest positive trend is found. The rainfall trends in the recent years are discussed in the present work.