Table of Oceanic Indices
MARCH 2012
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 12
0.3
26.9
-0.2
26.9
-0.6
26.6
-0.7
27.5
-0.3
25.3
-0.4
26.8
-0.3
28.0
FEB 12
0.2
26.3
-0.2
26.2
-0.7
26.0
-0.9
27.2
0.0
25.6
-0.7
25.9
-0.2
27.7
JAN 12
-0.8
23.7
-0.8
24.8
-1.1
25.5
-1.2
27.1
0.2
26.2
-0.9
24.7
-0.3
27.3
DEC 11
-1.1
21.8
-1.0
24.2
-1.0
25.5
-1.1
27.4
0.4
27.2
-0.8
24.0
-0.3
27.4
NOV 11
-0.8
20.8
-1.1
23.9
-1.1
25.6
-0.8
27.9
0.2
27.8
-0.2
23.7
-0.2
27.5
OCT 11
-0.6
20.2
-1.0
24.0
-1.0
25.7
-0.7
27.9
0.2
28.3
0.0
23.4
-0.2
27.3
SEP 11
-0.6
19.7
-0.6
24.2
-0.7
26.0
-0.6
28.1
0.3
28.4
0.0
23.0
-0.2
27.1
AUG 11
0.0
20.6
-0.4
24.6
-0.6
26.2
-0.4
28.3
0.5
28.2
0.2
23.2
-0.1
27.1
JUL 11
0.5
22.1
0.1
25.7
-0.2
27.0
-0.3
28.5
0.4
27.7
0.2
23.9
0.0
27.5
JUN 11
0.9
23.8
0.1
26.6
-0.2
27.5
-0.4
28.5
0.8
27.6
0.0
25.0
0.0
28.0
MAY 11
0.8
25.0
-0.1
27.0
-0.5
27.4
-0.5
28.3
0.5
26.9
0.4
26.6
-0.1
28.4
APR 11
0.2
25.8
-0.3
27.2
-0.8
27.0
-0.7
27.9
0.4
26.4
0.5
27.6
-0.2
28.4
MAR 11
-0.4
26.2
-0.8
26.4
-1.0
26.2
-0.8
27.4
0.4
26.0
0.5
27.6
-0.2
28.0
TABLE 2.
Mean and anomalous sea surface temperature (C) for the most recent 12 months.
Anomalies are departures from the 1981-2010 adjusted OI climatology
(Smith and Reynolds 1998, J. Climate , 11 ,3320-3323).