Table 1: Climatic data of the experimental site during both studied growing seasons.

Season Variable Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
2014 Tmax (0C) 28.4 30.6 34.3 36.7 37.3 32.8 28.0
Tmin (0C) 10.4 14.2 17.3 18.7 19.8 17.7 12.3
Taverage (0C) 20.0 22.5 26.4 29.3 27.2 24.5 20.0
RH (%) 60.0 59.0 56.0 65.0 65.0 67.6 72.0
Rainfall (mm) 0.0 26.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.2
2015 Tmax (0C) 23.1 31.7 30.8 38.3 38.7 35.6 29.7
Tmin (0C) 9.0 14.2 16.4 19.3 20.8 19.4 14.9
Taverage (0C) 17.6 24.6 25.8 28.5 29.7 28.3 22.3
RH (%) 67.0 66.0 69.0 62.0 59.0 56.0 72.0
Rainfall (mm) 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.9

Tmax: maximum temperature, Tmin: minimum temperature, Taverage: average temperature, RH: relative air humidity.