| MONTH | PACIFIC SST | ATLANTIC SST | GLOBAL | |||||||||||
| NINO 1+2
0-10S 90W-80W |
NINO 3
5N-5S 150W-90W |
NINO 3.4
5N-5S 170W-120W |
NINO 4
5N-5S 160E-150W |
N. ATL
5N-20N 60W-30W |
S. ATL
0-20S 30W-10E |
TROPICS
10N-10S 0W-360W | ||||||||
| DEC 02 | 0.6 | 23.4 | 1.4 | 26.5 | 1.6 | 28.1 | 1.2 | 29.5 | 0.0 | 26.6 | 0.1 | 24.7 | 0.6 | 28.1 |
| NOV 02 | 0.6 | 22.3 | 1.4 | 26.4 | 1.8 | 28.3 | 1.5 | 29.8 | 0.1 | 27.5 | -0.3 | 23.6 | 0.6 | 28.1 |
| OCT 02 | 0.3 | 21.2 | 1.0 | 25.9 | 1.5 | 28.1 | 1.1 | 29.6 | 0.3 | 28.2 | 0.0 | 23.3 | 0.4 | 27.8 |
| SEP 02 | -0.6 | 19.9 | 0.7 | 25.5 | 1.1 | 27.8 | 1.0 | 29.4 | 0.0 | 27.9 | -0.2 | 22.8 | 0.3 | 27.4 |
| AUG 02 | -0.9 | 19.9 | 0.5 | 25.5 | 1.1 | 27.8 | 1.0 | 29.4 | 0.1 | 27.6 | -0.1 | 22.9 | 0.3 | 27.4 |
| JUl 02 | -0.8 | 21.0 | 0.5 | 26.0 | 0.9 | 28.0 | 0.9 | 29.5 | -0.1 | 26.9 | -0.1 | 23.6 | 0.3 | 27.7 |
| JUN 02 | -0.4 | 22.7 | 0.7 | 27.1 | 0.9 | 28.4 | 1.0 | 29.6 | -0.2 | 26.5 | 0.1 | 24.9 | 0.4 | 28.2 |
| MAY 02 | 0.5 | 24.8 | 0.2 | 27.2 | 0.4 | 28.2 | 0.8 | 29.5 | -0.1 | 26.2 | 0.4 | 26.4 | 0.3 | 28.7 |
| APR 02 | 1.1 | 26.5 | 0.2 | 27.6 | 0.3 | 27.9 | 0.7 | 29.1 | 0.2 | 26.0 | 0.3 | 27.1 | 0.3 | 28.8 |
| MAR 02 | 1.1 | 27.5 | 0.1 | 27.2 | 0.2 | 27.3 | 0.6 | 28.7 | 0.5 | 25.9 | 0.1 | 27.0 | 0.3 | 28.4 |
| FEB 02 | 0.0 | 26.1 | -0.2 | 26.2 | 0.3 | 27.0 | 0.8 | 28.8 | 0.5 | 25.9 | -0.3 | 26.1 | 0.2 | 27.9 |
| JAN 02 | -0.9 | 23.6 | -0.5 | 25.1 | 0.0 | 26.5 | 0.7 | 28.8 | 0.7 | 26.5 | -0.2 | 25.3 | 0.2 | 27.7 |
TABLE T2 - Mean and anomalous sea surface temperature (°C) for the most recent 12 months. Anomalies are departures from the 1971-2000 adjusted OI climatology (Smith and Reynolds 1998, J. Climate, 11, 3320-3323).