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Table 1 Monthly variation in temperatures, relative humidity, precipitation and day length in nearest (Nadd ash Shiba) meteorological station, Dubai, to the studied population

From: Effect of maturation time on dormancy and germination of Citrullus colocynthis (Cucurbitaceae) seeds from the Arabian hyper-arid deserts

Month

Temp. (°C)

Humidity (%)

rainfall (mm)

Photoperiod (day length in hours)*

Max.

Min.

Avg.

Max.

Min.

Avg.

Avg.

Sum

July-2014

41.13

32.16

36.58

72.52

23.84

50.00

0.00

0.0

13.3

August

40.97

32.23

36.71

71.68

24.32

49.77

0.00

0.0

12.8

September

39.47

30.07

34.70

78.00

22.70

55.03

0.00

0.0

12.0

October

36.52

27.58

31.84

69.81

22.39

48.58

0.02

0.5

11.3

November

29.67

22.07

25.90

66.73

27.83

49.47

0.00

0.0

10.6

December

26.52

17.94

22.06

74.68

29.81

55.32

0.02

0.5

10.4

January-2015

24.81

16.39

20.58

80.13

26.97

58.52

0.61

19.5

10.47

February

27.96

19.43

23.79

73.32

22.86

50.36

0.01

0.3

11.2

March

29.19

20.55

24.84

74.10

22.61

51.10

0.06

1.8

12.0

April

33.47

23.57

28.40

71.80

21.97

48.37

0.14

4.3

12.4

May

39.00

28.39

33.55

50.65

11.32

30.68

0.00

0.0

13.2

June

40.00

30.83

35.40

64.40

21.83

44.23

0.00

0.0

13.4

  1. *Data are extracted from “Time and date website 2015”, Dubai [62]