The Indian Ocean Dipole is up to +1.76C above normal. This is the 16th strongest IOD weekly value since the archive began in 1981. In terms of years, 2019 ranks now as the third strongest IOD event in the archive. The strongest +IOD was Oct 1994 (+2.57C), second Nov. 1997 (+2.5C) pic.twitter.com/XdOMYtqHZ2

— Mike Ventrice (@MJVentrice) October 2, 2019