El Niño Impacts: Rainfall Anomalies
Table 1: Thailand (10N-21N; 97E-108E)
|
Year (Jun-Aug) |
NINO3 SSTa ( °C) |
Rainfall Anom. (cm/month) |
|
1891 |
0.48 |
3.39 |
|
1896 |
0.65 |
4.62 |
|
1899 |
0.48 |
-4.23 |
|
1900 |
0.59 |
-0.72 |
|
1902 |
1.08 |
-4.23 |
|
1905 |
1.10 |
-1.23 |
|
1914 |
0.61 |
2.55 |
|
1915 |
0.79 |
-3.24 |
|
1930 |
0.57 |
-1.35 |
|
1940 |
0.49 |
0.84 |
|
1941 |
0.80 |
-1.92 |
|
1951 |
0.54 |
1.59 |
|
1957 |
0.89 |
0.75 |
|
1963 |
0.59 |
1.23 |
|
1965 |
0.72 |
0.18 |
|
1972 |
1.05 |
0.18 |
|
1976 |
0.50 |
-1.32 |
|
1982 |
0.58 |
-1.05 |
|
1983 |
1.23 |
0.51 |
|
1987 |
1.07 |
-5.76 |
El Niño years with below average rain = 50%
El Niño years with rainfall in driest tercile = 45%
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