Table 1.

Current and Wind Speeds in Summer and Winter, Ranked From Strongest (Rank 1) to Weakest (Rank 20 or 21)^a

	Summer (May–September)				Winter (November–March)
	Currents		Winds		Currents		Winds
Year	cm s−1	Rank	m s−1	Rank	cm s−1	Rank	m s−1	Rank
1996	−0.16	4	−3.03	9	0.18	4	2.62	12
1997	−0.09	18	−0.73	21	0.19	3	3.92	2
1998	−0.13	6	−3.49	4	0.23	1	5.21	1
1999	−0.13	7	−2.50	16	0.14	9	2.94	7
2000	−0.13	11	−2.36	18	0.03	20	1.32	17
2001	−0.18	1	−2.78	12	0.15	8	2.65	10
2002	−0.18	2	−3.05	8	0.12	13	3.46	4
2003	−0.17	3	−3.09	5	0.11	17	2.63	11
2004	−0.13	10	−2.46	17	0.10	18	0.95	18
2005	−0.12	14	−2.97	10	0.15	6	2.68	9
2006	−0.13	8	−4.20	1	0.11	15	3.21	6
2007	−0.15	5	−2.55	15	0.12	14	1.38	16
2008	−0.08	20	−3.07	6	0.12	11	0.93	19
2009	−0.07	21	−2.27	19	0.12	12	3.28	5
2010	−0.12	12	−2.74	13	0.17	5	2.86	8
2011	−0.12	13	−2.60	14	0.15	7	1.80	13
2012	−0.11	15	−2.81	11	0.11	16	1.54	14
2013	−0.09	19	−1.70	20	0.05	19	0.54	20
2014	−0.10	16	−3.06	7	0.13	10	1.39	15
2015	−0.09	17	−3.53	3	0.19	2	3.59	3
2016	−0.13	9	−3.76	2

^aWinter is defined as for example, “1996” are the winds averaged from November 1996 through March 1997. Data are not yet available for winter 2016. Negative values indicate equatorward flow.