| MONTH | PACIFIC SST | ATLANTIC SST | GLOBAL | |||||||||||
| NINO 1+2
0-10S 90W-80W |
NINO 3
5N-5S 150W-90W |
NINO 3.4
5N-5S 170W-120W |
NINO 4
5N-5S 160E-150W |
N. ATL
5N-20N 60W-30W |
S. ATL
0-20S 30W-10E |
TROPICS
10N-10S 0W-360W | ||||||||
| NOV 03 | 0.2 | 21.9 | 0.4 | 25.4 | 0.5 | 27.0 | 1.0 | 29.3 | 0.6 | 28.0 | 0.5 | 24.4 | 0.5 | 28.0 |
| OCT 03 | 0.1 | 21.0 | 0.4 | 25.3 | 0.6 | 27.2 | 0.8 | 29.2 | 0.8 | 28.7 | 0.5 | 23.7 | 0.5 | 27.8 |
| SEP 03 | -0.5 | 20.0 | 0.1 | 25.0 | 0.3 | 27.0 | 0.5 | 29.0 | 0.7 | 28.6 | 0.5 | 23.4 | 0.4 | 27.5 |
| AUG 03 | -0.7 | 20.1 | 0.1 | 25.0 | 0.2 | 26.9 | 0.6 | 29.1 | 0.6 | 28.1 | 0.6 | 23.6 | 0.3 | 27.4 |
| JUL 03 | -1.1 | 20.8 | 0.2 | 25.8 | 0.4 | 27.4 | 0.5 | 29.1 | 0.3 | 27.3 | 0.4 | 24.1 | 0.3 | 27.6 |
| JUN 03 | -1.5 | 21.6 | -0.5 | 25.8 | 0.0 | 27.5 | 0.5 | 29.1 | 0.0 | 26.6 | 0.0 | 24.9 | 0.2 | 28.0 |
| MAY 03 | -1.8 | 22.5 | -0.9 | 26.1 | -0.4 | 27.4 | 0.3 | 28.9 | -0.1 | 26.1 | 0.2 | 26.2 | 0.1 | 28.4 |
| APR 03 | -1.0 | 24.4 | -0.3 | 27.2 | 0.1 | 27.8 | 0.6 | 29.0 | 0.0 | 25.8 | 0.4 | 27.2 | 0.3 | 28.8 |
| MAR 03 | -0.5 | 26.0 | 0.2 | 27.3 | 0.7 | 27.8 | 0.9 | 29.0 | 0.0 | 25.4 | 0.6 | 27.5 | 0.5 | 28.6 |
| FEB 03 | -0.2 | 25.8 | 0.3 | 26.7 | 0.8 | 27.5 | 1.0 | 29.0 | 0.1 | 25.5 | 0.5 | 26.9 | 0.4 | 28.2 |
| JAN 03 | -0.1 | 24.4 | 0.8 | 26.4 | 1.2 | 27.8 | 1.1 | 29.3 | 0.1 | 25.9 | 0.3 | 25.8 | 0.5 | 28.0 |
| DEC 02 | 0.6 | 23.4 | 1.4 | 26.5 | 1.6 | 28.1 | 1.2 | 29.5 | 0.0 | 26.6 | 0.1 | 24.7 | 0.6 | 28.1 |
TABLE T2 - 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).