Table 1

1 January 2000

Table 1: Examples of cyclic variation in meteorological and proxy weather recordsTable constructed based on data from; Alexander, W. (2007), Burroughs, W.J. (2003), Mason P.J. (1998), Mason P. J. (2006a), Ruzamaikin A. et al. (2006) and the Kafue Gorge Lower Hydroelectric Project, Climate Change Impact Draft Report (2009).

Southern oscillation	3-3.8	6	10-12
Central England temperature	3.1			14.5	23		76
South African rainfall	3.5		10-12	18	21
South American rainfall	3.8	7			20
Extreme 1 hr rainfall (UK)		7.2	10.8		20	50
US east coast temperature		9			20
North Atlantic pressure		7-9		14			50-90
Atlantic hurricanes		9.3	11	15	22	52
Beijing rainfall		9.9		18.6		56	84	126
US rainfall			11	18.6
East African Lakes			11
Nile Floods				18.4		53	77-88
Global air temperature					22		65-70
Galapagos corals	3	6-8	11	17	22	34
Oman speleothem	3	7.5			24		87	134	205	779
Chinese speleothem	3.3	5-6	10-12	14-18				133	194
Zimbabwe tree rings	3.4		9-10		20	35-44	70	130
Geological sediments		5.6	11		22		90		200
Greenland ice cores		6.3	11		20-22		90		200		1470
Fennoscandian tree rings			11			31-34	86-100
US drought index (tree rings)				18.6	22		90
Finnish tree rings					23	30	90
Irish speleothem							78	169		625
Bristlecone pine tree rings							114		208	667	1400
Ocean sediments										550	1500

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