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the rainfall v ariability will highly impacted for the crop during sowing ti me and also harvestingtime. Analysis of annual CV for different district s does not show the variability within the seasonor onset and withdrawal of the seaso n. Theref ore co mplex analy sis shoul d be done to findvariability as mentioned above.CV %6050403020100CV During the Maha Season (1951-1979 & 1980-2008)RatnapuraKalutaraColomboGampahaGalleNuwara EliyaMataraKegalleKandyMonaragalaBadullaKurunegalaAmparaHambantotaAnuradhapuraVavuniyaMullativuPolonnaruwaBaticaloaPuttalamTrincomaleeKillinochchiMannarJaffnaDistrictCV % 1951-1979 CV % 1980-2008(a)CV %6050403020100CV During the Yala Season (1951-1979 & 1980-2008)RatnapuraKalutaraColomboGampahaGalleNuwara EliyaMataraKegalleMataleKandyMonaragalaBadullaKurunegalaAmparaHambantotaAnuradhapurVavuniyaMullativuPolonnaruwaBaticaloaPuttalamTrincomaleeKillinochchiMannarJaffnaDistrictCV % 1951-1979 CV % 1980-2008(b)Figure 6 : (a) Rainfall Variability at different district during Maha season(b) Rainfall Variability at different district during Yala season3. Conclusion and DiscussionAverage temperature has been increase d and the in creasing trend is high during the recent past.With the increasing te mperature it co uld be seen that the cli mate of Sri La nka also cha ngedespecially during the recent past. According to the analysis of rainfall it could be seen that th eannual rainfall has significantly decreased. Primarily it will be impacted for the water resourcesand then secondly the decreasing of rainfall will impact for the sectors as agriculture and energy.Receiving rainfall at correct time is important for the economy in Sri Lanka. But analysis showedthat the variability has be en increased for the last few decades. Annual rainfall variability hasincreased almost all over the countr y, but variabili ty is high in Dry Zone than the Interm ediateZone and wet zone. The variability is higher in the recent past. Rainfall variability is much higherduring the maha season than yala season.-267-

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