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Old November 20th 10, 12:38 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Winter of 1962/3 coincided with a weak La Nina event

On 18/11/10 16:56, Stephen Davenport wrote:

About 70 per cent of strong La Niņas have given average or above-
average winter temperatures, if memory serves

Stephen..


If you are defining your below-average, average and above-average
temperatures by tercile boundaries than by definition, around two thirds
of winters historically would have average or above-average
temperatures, so I'm not convinced this means anything really.