摘要:The empirical relationship between annual daily maximum temperature (ADMT) and annual daily
maximum rainfall (ADMR) was investigated. The data were collected from four weather stations
located in Adelaide, South Australia, from 1988 to 2017. Due to the influence of sea surface
temperature on rainfall and temperature, the distance from the weather station to the sea was
considered in the selection of weather stations. Two weather stations near the sea and two inland
weather stations were selected. Three non-parametric statistical tests (Kruskal–Wallis, Mann–
Whitney, and correlation) were applied to perform statistical analysis on the ADMT and ADMR
data. It was revealed that the temperature and rainfall in South Australia varies according to
weather station location. The distance from the sea to the weather station was found to have
limited influence on temperature and rainfall. Meanwhile, with the 0.05 level of significance, the
association between ADMT and ADMR near sea stations is not as significant as the association
between the two inland weather stations. It is relatively unrealistic to use ADMR to predict ADMT,
or vice versa, since their correlation is not statistically significant (Spearman’s rank correlation
coefficient: −0.106).
关键词:Annual daily maximum rainfall ; annual daily maximum temperature ; kruskal–Wallis ; Mann–Whitney ; correlation