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HOME >Climate & Weather Linkage > El Nino / Southern Oscillation (ENSO) > U.S. ENSO Temperature & Precipitation Composites
 
 
 
 
I. Summary, Data, and Methods

II. Temperature: Anomalies, Percentages, Clickable Maps

III. Precipitation: Anomalies, Percentages, Clickable Maps

IV. Basic Temperature & Precipitation Composites

* Link to Forecast page (Objective U.S. Temp. and Precip. Forecasts)

 
I. Summary, Data and Methods

II. Temperature


  • Anomalies (High Frequency and Trend Adjusted)
1950-2002 DJF JFM FMA MAM AMJ MJJ JJA JAS ASO SON OND NDJ Animation
El Niño X X X X X X X X X X X X X
La Niña X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Neutral X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 
  • Anomalies for moderate/strong events
  OND NDJ DJF JFM
El Niño X X X X
La Niña X X X X
 
  • Percentages (High Frequency and Trend Adjusted)
1950-2002 DJF JFM FMA MAM AMJ MJJ JJA JAS ASO SON OND NDJ
El Niño X X X X X X X X X X X X
La Niña X X X X X X X X X X X X
Neutral X X X X X X X X X X X X
 
  • Clickable Maps (High Frequency and Trend Adjusted)
1950-2002 El Niño La Niña Neutral
Trend adjusted Temperature tercile X X X
High frequency Temperature tercile X X X
 
III . Precipitation
  • Anomalies (High Frequency and Trend Adjusted)
1950-2002 DJF JFM FMA MAM AMJ MJJ JJA JAS ASO SON OND NDJ Animation
El Niño X X X X X X X X X X X X X
La Niña X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Neutral X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 
  • Anomalies for moderate/strong events
  OND NDJ DJF JFM
El Niño X X X X
La Niña X X X X
 
  • Percentages (High Frequency and Trend Adjusted)
1950-2002 DJF JFM FMA MAM AMJ MJJ JJA JAS ASO SON OND NDJ
El Niño X X X X X X X X X X X X
La Niña X X X X X X X X X X X X
Neutral X X X X X X X X X X X X
 
  • Clickable Maps (High Frequency and Trend Adjusted)
1950-2002 El Niño La Niña Neutral
Trend adjusted Precipitation tercile X X X
High frequency Precipitation tercile X X X
 
IV. Temperature & Precipitation anomalies
 

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