Analysis of Droughts in the Central Region of South Africa and Their Association with SST Anomalies

Table 2

Number of drought events identified in the study area using SPEI at multiple time-scales.

	C52A	C52B	C52C	C52D	C52E	C52F	C52G	C52H	C52J	C52K	C52L
3-month	36	42	38	39	40	33	40	40	39	40	42
6-month	29	32	27	29	28	27	29	28	25	28	30
12-month	17	20	19	20	17	18	13	13	18	16	19
24-month	12	14	13	14	15	13	10	10	13	13	15