  In a statistical analysis of more than a century of data we find a strong
connection between strong warm El Nino winter events and high spring
precipitation in a band from Southern England eastwards into Asia. This
relationship is an extension of the connection mentioned by Kiladis and Diaz
(1989), and much stronger than the winter season teleconnection that has been
the subject of other studies. Linear correlation coefficients between DJF NINO3
indices and MAM precipitation are higher than r=0.3 for individual stations,
and as high as r=0.49 for an index of precipitation anomalies around 50N from
5W to 35E. The lagged correlation suggests that south-east Asian surface
temperature anomalies may act as intermediate variables.
