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E. RESULTS:<br />

These results describe the rainfall data for Douala, Cameroon. This section gives all the<br />

results (plots, graphs, tables, figures, risks or variability calculations, using Instat+ v3.36). It<br />

is also the space for “analysis <strong>of</strong> the events”. To define the events <strong>of</strong> interest (start <strong>of</strong> the<br />

season, dry spell) the climatic>>Events menu options from INSTAT were used. Then the<br />

sowing dates were extracted and analyzed based on the given definitions.<br />

1) - Find the dates when sowing and flooding is possible using suitable definitions:<br />

Table 1: Sowing & flooding dates<br />

YEAR 1st<br />

Mar<br />

1st<br />

Apr<br />

1st<br />

May<br />

1st<br />

Jun<br />

1st<br />

Aug<br />

floods 1st<br />

Mar<br />

1st<br />

Apr<br />

1st<br />

May<br />

1st<br />

Jun<br />

1st<br />

Aug<br />

flood<br />

s<br />

1950 5-Mar 3-Apr 24-May 3-Jun 22-Aug 10-Sep 65 94 145 155 235 254<br />

1951 23-Apr 23-Apr 4-May 8-Jun 1-Aug 1-Sep 114 114 125 160 214 245<br />

1952 11-Mar 14-Apr 4-May 1-Jun 14-Aug 14-Aug 71 105 125 153 227 227<br />

1953 24-Mar 29-Apr 1-May 7-Jun 21-Aug 18-Sep 84 120 122 159 234 262<br />

1954 5-Mar 13-Apr 12-May 7-Jun 4-Sep 12-Sep 65 104 133 159 248 256<br />

1955 1-Mar 8-Apr 2-May 14-Jun 9-Aug 28-Aug 61 99 123 166 222 241<br />

1956 10-Mar 8-Apr 20-May 2-Jun 11-Aug 11-Aug 70 99 141 154 224 224<br />

1957 3-Mar 1-Apr 18-May 9-Jun 1-Aug 5-Aug 63 92 139 161 214 218<br />

1958 19-Mar 12-Apr 11-May 17-Jun 7-Aug 14-Sep 79 103 132 169 220 258<br />

1959 16-Mar 4-Apr 2-May 7-Jun 2-Aug 2-Aug 76 95 123 159 215 215<br />

1960 7-Mar 17-Apr 9-May 19-Jun 5-Aug 5-Aug 67 108 130 171 218 218<br />

1961 23-Mar 1-Apr 29-May 29-Jun 11-Aug 13-Aug 83 92 150 181 224 226<br />

1962 14-Mar 14-Apr 4-May 7-Jun 1-Aug 11-Aug 74 105 125 159 214 224<br />

1963 5-Apr 5-Apr 7-May 4-Jun 14-Aug 14-Aug 96 96 128 156 227 227<br />

1964 8-Mar 7-Apr 3-May 4-Jun 14-Aug 14-Aug 68 98 124 156 227 227<br />

1965 11-Mar 8-Apr 6-May 9-Jun 2-Aug 15-Aug 71 99 127 161 215 228<br />

1966 7-Mar 1-Apr 5-Jun 5-Jun 4-Aug 23-Aug 67 92 157 157 217 236<br />

1967 12-Apr 12-Apr 11-May 16-Jun 16-Aug 24-Aug 103 103 132 168 229 237<br />

1968 6-Mar 19-Apr 5-May 9-Jun 30-Aug 21-Sep 66 110 126 161 243 265<br />

1969 3-Mar 3-Apr 9-May 22-Jun 11-Aug 2-Sep 63 94 130 174 224 246<br />

1970 18-Mar 12-Apr 16-May 25-Jun 1-Aug 3-Sep 78 103 137 177 214 247<br />

1971 18-Mar 4-Apr 20-May 13-Jun 2-Aug 2-Sep 78 95 141 165 215 215<br />

1972 29-Mar 17-Apr 2-Jun 2-Jun 10-Aug 10-Aug 89 108 154 154 223 223<br />

1973 18-Mar 4-Apr 30-May 1-Jun 6-Aug 1-Sep 78 95 151 153 219 245<br />

1974 12-Mar 23-Apr 8-May 29-Jun 4-Aug 14-Aug 72 114 129 181 217 227<br />

1975 8-Mar 18-Apr 8-May 7-Jun 17-Aug 29-Sep 68 109 129 159 230 273<br />

1976 2-Apr 2-Apr 7-May 5-Jun 1-Aug - 93 93 128 157 214 0<br />

1977 29-Mar 5-Apr 28-May 12-Jun 12-Aug 12-Aug 89 96 149 164 225 225<br />

1978 5-Apr 5-Apr 11-May 1-Jun 3-Aug 19-Aug 96 96 132 153 216 232<br />

1979 3-Mar 19-Apr 1-May 1-Jun 2-Aug 27-Sep 63 110 122 153 215 271<br />

1980 17-Mar ** 11-May 2-Jun 5-Sep 6-Sep 77 *** 132 154 249 250<br />

1981 18-Mar 1-Apr 3-May 8-Jun 1-Aug 22-Aug 78 92 124 160 214 235<br />

1982 10-Mar 9-Apr 2-May 28-Jun 21-Aug 12-Sep 70 100 123 180 234 256<br />

1983 28-Mar 1-Apr 9-May 22-Jun 2-Aug - 88 92 130 174 215 0<br />

1984 10-Mar 4-Apr 17-May 21-Jun 8-Aug 8-Aug 70 95 138 173 221 221<br />

1985 15-Mar 1-Apr 2-May 13-Jun 5-Aug 30-Aug 75 92 123 165 218 243<br />

1986 29-Mar 2-Apr 3-May 4-Jun 11-Aug 3-Nov 89 93 124 156 224 308<br />

1987 7-Mar 4-Apr 28-May 26-Jun 17-Aug 17-Aug 67 95 149 178 230 230<br />

1988 8-Mar 21-Apr 20-May 17-Jun 24-Aug 24-Aug 68 112 141 169 237 237<br />

1989 20-Mar 16-Apr 4-May 12-Jun 12-Aug 12-Aug 80 107 125 164 225 225<br />

1990 24-Apr 24-Apr 3-May 2-Jun 9-Aug 25-Aug 115 115 124 154 222 238<br />

1991 8-Apr 8-Apr 1-May 21-Jun 5-Aug - 99 99 122 173 218 0<br />

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