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Southern Brazil - ENSO Impacts

 
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El Niño Impacts: Rainfall Anomalies

Table 1: Southern Brazil (40S-25S; 62W-48W)

Year

(Nov-Feb)

NINO3 SSTa

(°C)

Rainfall Anom.

(cm/month)

1897

1.37

1.26

1900

1.08

-0.72

1903

0.92

1.53

1906

1.11

-3.69

1912

1.00

1.26

1915

1.32

3.75

1919

1.93

0.60

1920

1.04

1.29

1926

1.01

0.78

1931

1.44

1.50

1941

1.36

2.01

1942

1.04

2.16

1958

0.99

3.18

1966

1.04

3.45

1970

0.73

0.81

1973

1.42

4.56

1977

0.73

5.01

1983

2.25

3.21

1987

0.97

2.64

1988

0.85

0.99

 

El Niño years with above average rain = 90%

El Niño years with rainfall in wettest tercile = 75%

 

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La Niña Impacts: Rainfall Anomalies

Table 2: Southern Brazil (40S-25S; 62W-48W)

Year

(Nov-Feb)

NINO3 SSTa

(°C)

Rainfall Anom.

(cm/month)

1893

-1.13

-4.29

1894

-0.64

-2.34

1899

-0.62

2.13

1904

-0.74

-0.24

1909

-0.89

-0.21

1910

-1.02

1.02

1911

-0.70

-2.88

1918

-1.10

-2.10

1925

-0.84

-1.50

1939

-1.07

-0.09

1943

-1.17

-4.80

1950

-1.14

-2.55

1956

-0.98

-0.39

1965

-0.62

-1.65

1968

-0.78

-2.58

1971

-1.24

2.79

1972

-0.62

-1.35

1974

-1.17

1.17

1976

-1.25

0.69

1989

-0.74

-2.43

 

La Niña years with below average rain = 75%

La Niña years with rainfall in driest tercile = 55%

 

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Non-ENSO Impacts: Rainfall Anomalies

Table 3: Southern Brazil (40S-25S; 62W-48W)

Year

(Nov-Feb)

NINO3 SSTa

(°C)

Rainfall Anom.

(cm/month)

1908

-0.20

0.09

1913

0.02

-0.60

1921

-0.13

3.15

1928

-0.08

0.18

1929

-0.27

-2.19

1932

-0.21

-0.36

1933

-0.06

-0.84

1937

0.04

-1.32

1944

-0.21

0.72

1947

-0.04

1.86

1948

-0.06

-0.21

1949

0.02

-2.10

1953

-0.00

-1.32

1960

-0.08

-1.14

1961

-0.21

-0.45

1962

-0.28

-0.42

1979

0.00

-0.03

1981

-0.15

3.93

1984

0.02

2.19

1990

0.02

1.05

 

Non-ENSO years with below average rain = 60%

Non-ENSO years with rainfall in driest tercile = 35%

 

Non-ENSO years with above average rain = 40%

Non-ENSO years with rainfall in wettest tercile = 25%

 

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