Review Article

Impacts of Two Types of El Niño and La Niña Events on Typhoon Activity

Table 1

The years of El Niño, El Niño Modoki I, El Niño Modoki II, and La Niña events from 1950 to 2012.

EventYear (from July to June of next year)

El Niño1951-52, 1957-58, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1972-73, 1976-77, 1982-83, 1987-88, 1997-98, 2006-07, 2009-10

El Niño Modoki I1977-78, 1986-87, 1991-92, 1994-95, 2002-03, 2004-05

El Niño Modoki II1990-91, 1992-93

La Niña1950-51, 1954–57, 1962-63, 1964-65, 1967-68, 1970–72, 1973–76, 1984-85, 1988-89, 1995-96, 1998–01, 2007-08, 2010–12