Table 4: Correlation test between monthly rainfall and annual recharge (1970/71 - 1996/97).

Monthly rainfall
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
Recharge Pearson correlation 0.072 0.002 0.25 0.7 0.38 0.68 -0.164 -0.243 -0.089
Sig. (2-tailed) 0.363 0.495 0.082 0.006 0.046 0.007 0.211 0.115 0.332