Science Centres: Climate

The equatorial Pacific is in a moderate La Niña state, which is likely to continue and may strengthen further through the rest of 2010. Mean sea level pressures are likely to be above normal near New Zealand on average during September-November.

 
Differences from average global sea surface temperatures for 1st to the 28th of August 2010. Map courtesy of NOAA Climate Diagnostics Centre (http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/images/sst/sst.anom.month.gif).

 

Monthly values of the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), a measure of changes in atmospheric pressures across the Pacific, and the 3-month mean (black line). SOI mean values: August SOI +1.9; June to August average +1.3.

Differences from normal August surface temperatures in the seas around New Zealand.

Sea surface temperatures

Sea surface temperatures are expected to be near average or above average around New Zealand during September to November.