Table of Oceanic Indices
MARCH 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
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
SEP 08
0.7
21.2
0.3
25.1
-0.2
26.5
-0.4
28.1
0.7
28.6
0.2
23.1
0.2
27.3
AUG 08
1.1
21.9
0.7
25.7
0.2
26.9
-0.3
28.2
0.5
28.0
0.5
23.5
0.2
27.3
JUL 08
0.8
22.7
0.6
26.1
0.1
27.2
-0.3
28.3
0.3
27.4
0.6
24.2
0.1
27.4
JUN 08
0.6
23.7
0.2
26.6
-0.3
27.2
-0.6
28.1
0.2
26.8
0.7
25.5
0.0
27.9
MAY 08
0.1
24.4
0.0
27.1
-0.6
27.2
-0.8
27.9
0.0
26.3
0.9
26.9
-0.1
28.3
APR 08
0.4
25.9
-0.2
27.2
-0.9
26.8
-1.0
27.4
-0.1
25.7
0.7
27.5
-0.2
28.3
MAR 08
0.8
27.3
-0.6
26.5
-1.1
26.0
-1.3
26.8
0.0
25.5
0.7
27.6
-0.2
27.9
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).
www.nws.noaa.gov
