Table of Oceanic Indices
MAY 2011
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
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
FEB 11
0.1
26.2
-0.9
25.5
-1.3
25.4
-1.2
26.9
0.5
26.1
0.4
27.0
-0.3
27.6
JAN 11
-0.7
23.9
-1.4
24.2
-1.7
24.9
-1.6
26.7
0.8
26.8
0.2
25.8
-0.5
27.2
DEC 10
-1.4
21.4
-1.7
23.5
-1.6
24.9
-1.6
26.9
0.8
27.6
0.1
24.8
-0.4
27.2
NOV 10
-1.6
20.0
-1.6
23.4
-1.6
25.1
-1.6
27.1
0.7
28.3
0.2
24.2
-0.3
27.3
OCT 10
-1.8
19.1
-1.7
23.3
-1.7
25.0
-1.6
27.1
0.7
28.8
0.2
23.6
-0.3
27.1
SEP 10
-1.5
18.9
-1.3
23.6
-1.7
25.1
-1.6
27.1
0.8
28.9
0.1
23.1
-0.2
27.0
AUG 10
-1.4
19.3
-1.1
23.9
-1.3
25.5
-1.2
27.5
0.8
28.6
0.2
23.3
-0.1
27.0
JUL 10
-1.5
20.1
-1.1
24.5
-1.1
26.1
-0.7
28.1
1.1
28.3
0.4
24.1
0.0
27.5
JUN 10
-0.2
22.6
-0.7
25.8
-0.7
27.0
-0.2
28.6
1.2
28.0
0.6
25.5
0.2
28.3
MAY 10
0.1
24.3
-0.1
27.0
-0.2
27.7
0.2
29.1
1.3
27.7
0.4
26.6
0.3
28.9
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).
www.nws.noaa.gov
