Except for the CDD, which was dominated by a negative trend, all other indices were dominated by positive trends over the 1961–2018 period.
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Changes in precipitation amounts and extremes across Xinjiang (northwest China) and their connection to climate indices.
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Over the 1961–2018 period, the average CDD was 105.5 days, with a decreasing trend of −3.6 days/10a, but approximately 31.5% (28) of the stations passed a significance test.
They have reported that precipitation has significantly increased in Northwest China, with an increasing trend in extreme annual precipitation in areas where the daily precipitation exceeds 10 mm ( Sun, Liu & Gao, 1998 ; Zhai et al., 1999 ).