<p>A recent <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28595-massive-el-nino-sweeping-globe-is-now-the-biggest-ever-recorded" rel="nofollow">article</a> in New Scientist reports the following claim made by Wenju Cai at CSIRO Melbourne.</p>

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  <p>Southern India is having a lot of rain as it goes into winter, having
  come out of the dry monsoon. This is only so during extreme El Niño,
  so it is a confirmation that the El Niño is huge</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Does the claim indicate that a strong El Nino has a causal effect in extreme rainfalls in delayed monsoons? Has there been any historical evidence to backup this claim (for example the 1997-98 El Nino data)</p>

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Possible dupe of http://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/2251/relation-of-el-ni%C3%B1o-to-monsoons, but no answers there. Also, http://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/3174/oceanic-atmospheric-coupling-between-the-indian-ocean-and-the-pacific-ocean-basi, likewise
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And maybe also related: http://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/6671/what-causes-these-odd-looking-currents-in-the-tasman-sea  Hint: [Search the site](http://earthscience.stackexchange.com/search?q=is%3Aq+el+nino) before asking
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Correlation of El Nino and south indian monsoon
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# Correlation of El Nino and south indian monsoon

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-02)

A recent [article](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28595-massive-el-nino-sweeping-globe-is-now-the-biggest-ever-recorded) in New Scientist reports the following claim made by Wenju Cai at CSIRO Melbourne.

> Southern India is having a lot of rain as it goes into winter, having
> come out of the dry monsoon. This is only so during extreme El Niño,
> so it is a confirmation that the El Niño is huge

Does the claim indicate that a strong El Nino has a causal effect in extreme rainfalls in delayed monsoons? Has there been any historical evidence to backup this claim (for example the 1997-98 El Nino data)

**Tags:** meteorology, climate, climate-change, rainfall, monsoon

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Possible dupe of http://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/2251/relation-of-el-ni%C3%B1o-to-monsoons, but no answers there. Also, http://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/3174/oceanic-atmospheric-coupling-between-the-indian-ocean-and-the-pacific-ocean-basi, likewise  
> **username_1**: And maybe also related: http://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/6671/what-causes-these-odd-looking-currents-in-the-tasman-sea  Hint: [Search the site](http://earthscience.stackexchange.com/search?q=is%3Aq+el+nino) before asking  

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