Statistical Modeling of Rainfall Distribution in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria


 Rainfall is a form of precipitation that occurs when water vapor in the atmosphere condenses into droplets which can no longer be suspended air. Flood as result rainfall overflowing onto land. associated with lot negative consequences on activities man and animals general even threatens their existences. In this study, data obtained occurrence Jos, Plateau State were described. Five theoretical distributions; Weibull, Log-normal, Gamma, Extreme value type 1 Log-Pearson III distributions fitted to data. Kolmogorov-Smirnov Anderson-Darling tests goodness fit used identify most appropriate distribution. The Maximum likelihood estimator, Bayesian estimator Principle maximum entropy estimate parameters identified Alkaike information criterion (AIC) was compare estimates from different estimators. probability returning periods future amount then predicted. results show distribution skewed left, median annual 2383.5mm inter-quartile range 432.4mm.The also Type best method Results period it decreases number years increases while year’s increases.