ANALYSIS OF TREND AND DECADAL VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE IN JIMETA METROPOLIS, ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA

The research aimed to examine trends and decadal temperature variability over the period of 41 years (1976-2016). The specific objectives to be achieved are, to evaluate the trend of mean annual temperature for a period of 41 years (1976-2016) in the study area and to examine the decadal variation of temperature between1977-1986, 1987-1996, 1997-2006, and 2007-2016 in the area. The data used was obtained from Nimet Yola. The methods for data analysis were Timeseries for the trend and ANOVA for the decades. The results have a range of minimum show differences of (+4.69°C) while maximum with the difference of (+1.95°C). The ANOVA result shows a minimum P-value is 0.000 and a maximum Pvalue of 0.001 which are highly significant. In conclusion, trend analysis has indicated an increase in minimum and maximum temperature in the last 41 years. The study recommends embarking on a tree planting campaign should be initiated by the government and encourage individual planting around homes, public awareness campaigns on issues of global warming need to be introduced from the grassroots level this should be beyond the four walls of an academic environment, it can be done by organizing free lecture campaign within public gathering in schools or town halls last through social media.