Relationship between Monthly Rainfall in NW Peru and Tropical Sea Surface Temperature

Table 2

Monthly mean (mm), standard deviation (mm), and the coefficient of variation (CV) of the mean rainfall from the five stations (see Figure 1) in NW Peru.

Month	Mean	Standard deviation	CV (%)
January	52	36	70
February	88	41	47
March	117	42	36
April	60	35	59
May	27	57	209
June	7	14	190
July	1	10	828
August	0	1	325
October	1	1	63
November	2	10	440
December	16	30	187