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. 2017 Oct 14;1(8):298–304. doi: 10.1002/2017GH000104

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Local climate conditions in the city of Manta, Manabi Province, Ecuador, were warmer and drier than average during the 2015–2016 El Niño event. (a) Monthly anomalies in rainfall and minimum temperature from Manta, Manabi Province, Ecuador, and (b) anomalies in sea surface temperature (SST) in the Niño 3.4 region, also known as Oceanic Niño Index (ONI). Positive SST anomalies (ocean warming) shown in red; negative SST anomalies (ocean cooling) shown in blue. Climate anomalies were calculated using monthly means from a long‐term time series for rainfall (1975–2016) and for minimum temperature (1981–2016). Climate data were provided for the Manta weather station by the National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI) of Ecuador. ONI data (3 month running mean of ERSST.v5 anomalies in the Niño 3.4 region) were provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center (CPC) of NOAA/ National Weather Service (http://origin.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ONI_v5.php).