Table 1 Weather parameters recorded from the Observatory located 300 and 500Â m distance from experimental field locations I and II during the trial execution periods
Month and year | Mean rainfall(/mm | Monthly rainy days | Mean temperature /°C | Mean relative humidity /% | Mean evaporation per day /mm | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Max | Min | Morning | Evening | ||||
Field experiment I | |||||||
October, 2010 | 156.4 | 9.0 | 31.1 | 22.2 | 91 | 62 | 4.7 |
November, 2010 | 311.1 | 15.0 | 28.1 | 21.3 | 95 | 70 | 2.5 |
December, 2010 | 35.0 | 2.0 | 28.3 | 19.3 | 93 | 61 | 2.9 |
January, 2011 | 100.4 | 5.0 | 30.1 | 19.0 | 89 | 44 | 3.7 |
February, 2011 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 31.6 | 18.4 | 89 | 40 | 4.6 |
Field experiment II | |||||||
October, 2011 | 305.3 | 14 | 31.6 | 22.6 | 91 | 59 | 4.3 |
November, 2011 | 243.1 | 10 | 28.7 | 20.8 | 90 | 61 | 3.1 |
December, 2011 | 11.6 | 1 | 29.3 | 19.1 | 89 | 52 | 3.3 |
January, 2012 | 1.0 | – | 29.7 | 18.4 | 89 | 46 | 3.7 |
February, 2012 | 0 | – | 32.3 | 19.4 | 83 | 35 | 4.8 |