Skip to main content

Table 2 Summary statistics for weekly means and variances of weather variables during the study period by local season

From: Growth resilience to weather variation in commercial free-ranging chickens in Ethiopia

 

Maximum air temperature (Weekly mean of daily values)

Maximum air temperature (Weekly variance of daily values)

Local Season

Minimum

Median

Mean

Maximum

Minimum

Median

Mean

Maximum

Bega

22.20

23.57

23.49

25.02

0.18

0.98

1.06

3.02

Belg

23.37

25.47

25.54

27.25

0.69

1.20

1.94

5.60

Kiremt

19.77

20.98

21.10

22.47

0.30

1.55

1.62

3.19

 

Minimum air temperature (Weekly mean of daily values)

Minimum air temperature (Weekly variance of daily values)

Local Season

Minimum

Median

Mean

Maximum

Minimum

Median

Mean

Maximum

Bega

7.33

9.27

9.49

12.73

0.25

1.28

1.46

4.55

Belg

7.75

11.02

10.92

12.63

0.37

1.17

1.08

1.70

Kiremt

12.22

13.12

12.95

13.60

0.17

0.54

0.56

1.14

 

Average air temperature (Weekly mean of daily values)

Average air temperature (Weekly variance of daily values)

Local Season

Minimum

Median

Mean

Maximum

Minimum

Median

Mean

Maximum

Bega

14.70

16.00

16.11

17.28

0.05

0.38

0.43

1.41

Belg

15.87

17.72

17.32

18.27

0.25

0.29

0.66

2.47

Kiremt

15.45

16.25

16.20

17.22

0.12

0.37

0.42

0.75

 

Average relative humidity (Weekly mean of daily values)

Average relative humidity (Weekly variance of daily values)

Local Season

Minimum

Median

Mean

Maximum

Minimum

Median

Mean

Maximum

Bega

47.15

61.70

59.12

70.92

3.86

21.30

33.64

147.44

Belg

41.63

54.12

54.92

67.50

13.96

47.08

56.13

117.55

Kiremt

79.83

83.20

83.31

86.97

3.27

6.78

9.91

23.94

 

Average THI (Weekly mean of daily values)

Average THI (Weekly variance of daily values)

Local Season

Minimum

Median

Mean

Maximum

Minimum

Median

Mean

Maximum

Bega

14.63

15.69

15.73

16.66

0.03

0.22

0.26

0.88

Belg

15.39

17.01

16.57

17.25

0.07

0.11

0.33

1.41

Kiremt

15.37

16.04

16.02

16.92

0.09

0.28

0.37

0.60

 

Average precipitation (Weekly mean of daily values)

Average precipitation (Weekly variance of daily values)

Local Season

Minimum

Median

Mean

Maximum

Minimum

Median

Mean

Maximum

Bega

0.00

0.05

0.37

3.45

0.00

0.01

3.53

58.15

Belg

0.00

0.00

0.24

1.38

0.00

0.00

0.45

2.59

Kiremt

3.00

8.97

9.63

16.97

4.91

114.63

133.47

353.67

  1. Temperatures are in degrees centigrade (oC), relative humidity in percentage and amount of precipitation in millimetres
  2. THI Temperature-humidity index