An analysis is provided here.
The input data set is described here.
Click here to obtain the time series written in MATLAB format. [Timeseries will be read into MATLAB as the variable "timeseries".]
Click here to obtain a monthly-mean version of the time series written in MATLAB format. For this version the seasonal-mean values are ascribed to each of the three calendar months that comprise the season. [Timeseries will be read into MATLAB as the variable "precip".]
DJF MAM JJA SON
1870 187 -175 62 272
1871 172 186 -260 93
1872 -73 -227 44 245
1873 218 -188 59 -146
1874 127 23 199 230
1875 -113 61 104 -148
1876 -127 147 33 -80
1877 140 167 -311 -118
1878 95 75 229 180
1879 106 621 223 92
1880 174 107 -222 -2
1881 -159 242 -149 -28
1882 -10 61 185 167
1883 114 23 -232 -36
1884 29 -280 -247 -41
1885 -60 -196 -90 -181
1886 169 -2 485 197
1887 226 141 193 9
1888 109 -98 -249 -308
1889 -89 63 181 171
1890 19 108 -12 136
1891 147 140 -23 -106
1892 -123 140 -15 154
1893 200 256 311 -44
1894 188 14 1 315
1895 -4 -88 175 21
1896 92 -52 -160 -59
1897 -15 -130 49 -83
1898 87 -109 158 -64
1899 3 69 -84 -152
1900 -209 -12 169 -249
1901 131 50 50 -108
1902 -110 -228 -183 -218
1903 -17 -117 4 -136
1904 137 189 -46 -172
1905 -161 -95 -190 -27
1906 232 -53 81 97
1907 212 -106 -75 -161
1908 -25 -115 43 49
1909 133 187 286 4
1910 44 44 91 196
1911 -65 111 -215 -158
1912 37 -297 -5 -191
1913 -32 59 -220 -225
1914 -23 -201 -79 -144
1915 -48 -139 -46 -106
1916 -63 -92 134 387
1917 271 101 66 259
1918 148 72 -96 -301
1919 14 -161 -190 -170
1920 -105 -40 -15 88
1921 22 181 -59 146
1922 -152 -102 -60 170
1923 68 173 89 -221
1924 9 -98 63 290
1925 109 146 -64 -29
1926 -109 51 -74 -85
1927 -4 36 36 -22
1928 70 3 -118 -148
1929 -56 18 23 -98
1930 5 101 -36 -74
1931 -3 -42 -63 154
1932 -125 -41 -8 -14
1933 12 -13 152 67
1934 163 152 177 10
1935 18 -15 77 -35
1936 -2 221 21 -110
1937 64 -22 -124 -135
1938 31 -43 -21 68
1939 -18 54 150 66
1940 20 -11 -39 -186
1941 -100 60 -135 -103
1942 68 -9 -63 -115
1943 91 105 -62 3
1944 0 -125 7 56
1945 -7 49 -134 -86
1946 -55 -175 -87 -34
1947 70 151 119 22
1948 -35 -43 -57 -149
1949 -200 81 35 -26
1950 79 76 137 105
1951 -3 -45 -68 139
1952 -66 -41 23 140
1953 67 130 82 -51
1954 57 69 73 73
1955 44 66 195 199
1956 80 134 94 72
1957 154 34 15 -186
1958 71 -162 -45 -129
1959 -23 15 7 -47
1960 -40 -8 -69 -45
1961 -8 -86 187 169
1962 16 -97 20 13
1963 139 43 -87 -49
1964 -94 -49 24 31
1965 -23 -42 -31 -72
1966 27 -36 43 7
1967 9 75 20 12
1968 44 29 102 -129
1969 -34 -55 -3 -60
1970 -66 -18 -27 77
1971 35 -31 -9 38
1972 -83 47 -204 -233
1973 -125 -61 205 254
1974 93 168 14 114
1975 24 9 128 203
1976 256 85 -231 24
1977 -50 -48 -146 -36
1978 34 55 140 17
1979 68 14 -15 -14
1980 -11 -132 -26 -105
1981 -33 95 -82 -10
1982 80 156 -228 -90
1983 -208 -62 -75 -156
1984 -32 12 -95 -105
1985 -55 7 -10 -57
1986 -97 -140 -53 104
1987 -139 -220 -186 -202
1988 -171 34 113 34
1989 -112 56 74 -33
There are two forms of documenation for the input data: