TREND ANALYSIS GROUPING OF STATIONS BY AVG TEMP CHANGE DURING THE LAST 50 YEARS Computation. procedure :Linear regression TEMP.INTERVAL NO OF STATIONS (%) _____________________________________________ -5.0 -> -1.0 0 (0) -1.0 -> -0.5 0 (0) -0.5 -> +0.0 22 (2) +0.0 -> +0.5 120 (15) +0.5 -> +1.0 181 (23) +1.0 -> +1.5 236 (30) +1.5 -> +2.0 165 (21) +2.0 -> +2.5 39 (5) +2.5 -> +3.0 11 (1) +3.0 -> 5.0 2 (0) Total no of stations : 1026 No of stations excluded due to 'missing data' : 248