Trends of onset date, cessation date and length of growing period during kiremt season at six stations for the period 1984-2018.

Table 5: Trends of onset date, cessation date and length of growing period during kiremt season at six stations for the period 1984-2018.

Stations	Rainfall feature	Mann-Kendall’s trend test
Stations	Rainfall feature	Kendall’s Tau	Sens’s slope	P-value
Sirinka	Onset	-0.13	-0.25	0.28^**
	Cessation	0.151	0.26	0.21^**
	LGP	0.151	0.26	0.21^**
Sanka	Onset	-0.077	-0.07	0.53^**
	Cessation	0.273	0.6	0.02^*
	LGP	0.273	0.6	0.02^*
Hara	Onset	0.127	0.3	0.29^**
	Cessation	0.326	0.75	0.01^*
	LGP	0.326	0.75	0.01^*
Woldia	Onset	-0.221	-0.38	0.07^**
	Cessation	0.281	0.54	0.02^*
	LGP	0.281	0.54	0.02^*
Delib	Onset	0.059	0.11	0.63^**
	Cessation	0.226	0.47	0.06^**
	LGP	0.226	0.47	0.06^**
Gobye	Onset	-0.019	-0.01	0.88^**
	Cessation	-0.05	-0.11	0.69^**
	LGP	-0.05	-0.11	0.69^**
Areal	Onset	-0.073	-0.14	0.55^**
	Cessation	0.159	0.29	0.19^**
	LGP	0.159	0.29	0.19^**

Zmk is mann-kendall's trend test, Q is sen's slope (change per year or decade), *indicates statistically significant trend when p-value < 5% (0.05), **is non-significant when p-value ≥ 5% or at 0.05 probability level.