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 |
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2 | Feb 1881 | 0.66 | 0.9 | 1881 | M |
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Figure 2(b) | 1 (3 years) | 3 | Oct 1885 | 0.66 |
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4 | Jan 1889 | 1.63 | 2.0 | 1888/1889 | S | 8 |
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5 | Aug 1891 | 0.81 |
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Figure 2(c) | 2 (3 years) | 6 | Nov 1896 | 1.47 | 1.6 | 1895/1896/1897 | M+ | 16 |
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7 | Feb 1900 | 1.72 | 1.5 | 1999/1900 | S | 15 |
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8 | Nov 1902 | 2.06 | 1.7 | 1902/1903 | M+ | 5 |
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9 | Aug 1905 | 1.60 | 1.4 | 1904/1905/1906 | W/M | 7 |
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10 | Jan 1908 | 0.19 |
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Figure 2(d) | 3 (3 years) | 11 | Feb 1912 | 1.23 | 1.8 | 1911/1912 | S |
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12 | Feb 1915 | 1.07 | 1.2 | 1913/1914/1915 | M+ | 10 |
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Figure 2(e) | 3a (3 years) | 13 | Jan 1919 | 1.60 | 1.7 | 1918/1919/1920 | W/M | 14 |
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Figure 2(f) | 4 (2 years) | 14 | Nov 1923 | 0.38 | 1.0 | 1923/1924 |
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15 | Mar 1926 | 1.03 | 1.0 | 1925/1926 | VS | 20 |
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Figure 2(g) | 4a (2 years) | 16 | Jan 1931 | 1.14 | 1.5 | 1929/1930/1931 | S | 11 |
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Figure 2(h) | 4b (3 years) | 17 | July 1941 | 1.19 | 1.5 | 1940/1941/1942 | S | 4 |
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18 | May 1944 | 0.04 | 1.2 | 1945 | M+ |
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Figure 2(i) | 4c (2 years) | 19 | Oct 1946 | 0.44 |
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20 | Aug 1948 | 0.55 |
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Figure 2(j) | 4d (2 years) | 21 | Nov 1951 | 0.61 | 1.3 | 1951/1952 | W/M |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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37 | Nov 2006 | 0.51 | 1.1 | 2006/2007 |
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Figure 3 | 11 (3 years) See note A | 38 | Dec 2009 | 1.07 |
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39 | Nov 2012 | 0.24 |
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40 | Nov 2015 | 1.97 |
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| Feb 2015 to ?? |