Figure

Phase-locked

segment

El Niño Episode,

date of maximum,

magnitude (˚C)

Giese and Ray [2011]

Strength, date range

Quinn et al.

[1887]

Rank

[D2010]

NOAA

Report [2015]

Figure 2(a)

0 (3 years)

1

Nov 1877

2.69

2.7

1876/1877/1878

VS

2

2

Feb 1881

0.66

0.9

1881

M

Figure 2(b)

1 (3 years)

3

Oct 1885

0.66

note B

S+

4

Jan 1889

1.63

2.0

1888/1889

S

8

5

Aug 1891

0.81

note B

VS

Figure 2(c)

2 (3 years)

6

Nov 1896

1.47

1.6

1895/1896/1897

M+

16

7

Feb 1900

1.72

1.5

1999/1900

S

15

8

Nov 1902

2.06

1.7

1902/1903

M+

5

9

Aug 1905

1.60

1.4

1904/1905/1906

W/M

7

10

Jan 1908

0.19

note B

M

Figure 2(d)

3 (3 years)

11

Feb 1912

1.23

1.8

1911/1912

S

12

Feb 1915

1.07

1.2

1913/1914/1915

M+

10

Figure 2(e)

3a (3 years)

13

Jan 1919

1.60

1.7

1918/1919/1920

W/M

14

Figure 2(f)

4 (2 years)

14

Nov 1923

0.38

1.0

1923/1924

15

Mar 1926

1.03

1.0

1925/1926

VS

20

Figure 2(g)

4a (2 years)

16

Jan 1931

1.14

1.5

1929/1930/1931

S

11

Figure 2(h)

4b (3 years)

17

July 1941

1.19

1.5

1940/1941/1942

S

4

18

May 1944

0.04

1.2

1945

M+

Figure 2(i)

4c (2 years)

19

Oct 1946

0.44

note B

20

Aug 1948

0.55

1948

Figure 2(j)

4d (2 years)

21

Nov 1951

0.61

1.3

1951/1952

W/M

Jul 51 to Jan 52

22

Jul 1953

0.46

0.9

1953

S

Jan 53 to Jan 68

Figure 2(k)

4e (3 years)

23

Nov 1957

1.03

1.6

1957/1958

S

19

Apr 57 to Jul 58

Figure 2(l)

5 (2 years)

24

Oct 1963

0.67

1.5

1963/1964

Jul 63 to Feb 64

25

Nov 1965

1.09

1.5

1965/1966

M+

13

Jun 65 to Apr 66

Figure 2(m)

6 (3 years)

26

May 1969

0.49

1.0

1968/1969/1970

Nov 68 to Jan 70

27

Oct 1972

1.38

2.0

1972/1973

S

12

May 72 to Mar 73

Figure 2(n)

7 (3 years)

28

Feb 1977

0.67

1.2

1976/1977

Ml

Double episodes

29

Mar 1980

0.67

note B

VS

Oct 79 to Feb 80

30

Jan 1983

1.81

2.3

1982/1983

M

3

Apr 82 to Jan 83

Figure 2(o)

8 (3 years)

31

June 1987

1.36

1.2

1986/1987/1988

6

Sep 86 to Feb 88

Figure 2(p)

9 (3 years)

32

Jan 1992

1.38

1.4

1991/1992

9

Jan 91 to Jul 92

33

Oct 1994

0.81

1.1

1994/1995

Oct 94 to Mar 95

34

Nov 1997

2.25

2.9

1997/1998

1

May 97 to May 98

Figure 2(q)

10 (2 years)

35

Oct 2002

1.07

1.2

2002/2003

17

Jan 02 to Feb 03

36

Jan 2005

0.63

0.9

2004/2005

Jul 04 to Apr 05

37

Nov 2006

0.51

1.1

2006/2007

Sep 06 to Jan 07

Figure 3

11 (3 years)

See note A

38

Dec 2009

1.07

n/a

Jul 09 to Apr 10

39

Nov 2012

0.24

n/a

Maximum below threshold

40

Nov 2015

1.97

n/a

Feb 2015 to ??