*3.1. Weather*

The total wet season rainfall was higher in 2015 (1993.0 mm) than in 2014 (1478.0 mm). Most of the rains occurred during the wet season (May–October), with about 89.3% and 73.7% of the total rainfall in 2014 and 2015, respectively. During the crop growth period (July–October), however, the total accumulated rainfall was higher in 2014 (1078.4 mm) than in 2015 (905.7 mm) as shown in Figure 1, where the highest accumulated monthly rainfall was observed in July (451.9 mm) during 2014 and in September (322.7 mm) during 2015. Mean daily maximum and minimum temperatures during the crop growth period in 2014 and 2015 were relatively similar during the same period (July–September), ranging from 27.5 to 35.3 ◦C (Figure 1). However, the mean daily minimum temperature was lower in 2014 (23.4 ◦C) than in 2015 (24.9 ◦C).

**Figure 1.** Daily maximum and minimum temperature, and daily rainfall in the study site, 2014 and 2015.
