Variation of Rainfall

Climate, despite its characteristics, remains the only natural component of agriculture and food security. In this book, the variation of rainfall amounts at various locations across the four major cities in Liberia (Buchanan, Gbarnga, Sanniquelle and Voinjama) on monthly mean rainfall, fluctuation of rainfall and average monthly rainfall for a specific time interval. Significance of Rainfall Variability for both temporal and areal variability of precipitation may be measured in various ways. The resulting numerical value can be used to characterize the climate of a region in various ways. Areal variability of precipitation due to topographic effects is quite large in Sanniquelle.