Urban Poverty & Climate Change in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania:
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Figure 5: Trend of mean m<strong>in</strong>imum temperature anomali<strong>es</strong> dur<strong>in</strong>g the cool months (June-August)<br />
at <strong>Dar</strong> <strong>es</strong> <strong>Salaam</strong> International Airport<br />
2.2.3 Ra<strong>in</strong>fall<br />
Source: Provided by <strong>Tanzania</strong> Meteorological Agency (TMA), 2010<br />
Ra<strong>in</strong>fall amount<br />
Figure 6 <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>es</strong> that mean annual ra<strong>in</strong>fall has decl<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> <strong>Dar</strong> <strong>es</strong> <strong>Salaam</strong> over the past<br />
five decad<strong>es</strong> (as recorded at the <strong>Dar</strong> <strong>es</strong> <strong>Salaam</strong> Airport station). Figur<strong>es</strong> 7 through 10<br />
display the number of ra<strong>in</strong> days for various locations <strong>in</strong> <strong>Dar</strong> <strong>es</strong> <strong>Salaam</strong>, and a decl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
trend may be seen at all four locations.<br />
Figure 6: Trend of mean annual ra<strong>in</strong>fall for <strong>Dar</strong> <strong>es</strong> <strong>Salaam</strong> International Airport station<br />
Mean annual ra<strong>in</strong>fall (mm)<br />
1800<br />
1600<br />
1400<br />
1200<br />
1000<br />
800<br />
600<br />
400<br />
200<br />
Tim<strong>es</strong>eri<strong>es</strong> of mean annual ra<strong>in</strong>fall <strong>in</strong> <strong>Dar</strong> <strong>es</strong> <strong>Salaam</strong><br />
0<br />
1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009<br />
Years<br />
Annual L<strong>in</strong>ear trend<br />
Source: Provided by <strong>Tanzania</strong> Meteorological Agency (TMA), 2010<br />
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