Algunas características de la precipitación en Palmira, Colombia

Abstract

The rainfall data for Palmira City for tlw period 1930-1980 were statistically and mathematically analyzed in order to study some of its characteristics such as secular trend and periodicity. There was a significant upward trend in the number of days of rain per year during the period. The distribution of annual rainfall showed a 17-year cycle, but the sample size is too small to establish true periodicity.