Table of Oceanic Indices
OCTOBER 2009
PACIFIC
SST
ATLANTIC
SST
Global
NINO 1+2
NINO 3
NINO 3.4
NIN0 4
N. ATL
S. ATL
TROPICS
MONTH
0-10S
5N-5S
5N-5S
5N-5S
5N-20N
0-20S
10N-10S
90W-80W
150W-90W
170W-120W
160E-150W
60W-30W
30W-10E
0W-360W
OCT 09
0.0
20.9
0.8
25.7
1.0
27.6
1.2
29.6
0.6
28.5
0.3
23.6
0.5
27.8
SEP 09
0.3
20.8
0.8
25.7
0.8
27.5
0.8
29.3
0.5
28.4
0.2
23.2
0.5
27.6
AUG 09
0.8
21.6
1.0
25.9
0.8
27.5
0.8
29.2
0.3
27.9
0.2
23.2
0.5
27.5
JUL 09
0.9
22.7
1.0
26.6
0.9
28.0
0.6
29.2
0.3
27.3
0.3
24.0
0.5
27.8
JUN 09
0.7
23.7
0.7
27.1
0.6
28.1
0.6
29.2
-0.1
26.6
0.5
25.3
0.5
28.3
MAY 09
0.6
24.9
0.4
27.4
0.3
28.0
0.3
29.0
-0.2
26.0
0.9
26.9
0.4
28.7
APR 09
0.5
26.0
0.0
27.4
-0.2
27.5
0.0
28.4
0.1
25.8
0.7
27.5
0.2
28.6
MAR 09
-0.1
26.4
-0.6
26.4
-0.5
26.7
-0.3
27.8
0.0
25.4
0.6
27.5
0.0
28.2
FEB 09
-0.1
26.0
-0.6
25.8
-0.7
26.0
-0.7
27.4
0.0
25.4
0.3
26.7
0.0
27.7
JAN 09
-0.2
24.3
-0.6
25.0
-1.0
25.5
-0.7
27.4
0.4
26.3
0.3
25.7
0.0
27.5
DEC 08
-0.4
22.4
-0.5
24.6
-0.7
25.7
-0.6
27.7
0.6
27.2
0.4
24.9
0.1
27.5
NOV 08
-0.2
21.5
-0.2
24.8
-0.2
26.3
-0.3
28.1
0.6
28.0
0.1
24.0
0.1
27.6
OCT 08
-0.2
20.8
-0.1
24.8
-0.3
26.3
-0.1
28.3
0.7
28.6
0.2
23.5
0.2
27.5
TABLE 2.
Mean and anomalous sea surface temperature (C) for the most recent 12 months.
Anomalies are departures from the 1971-2000 adjusted OI climatology
(Smith and Reynolds 1998, J. Climate , 11 ,3320-3323).