South America
36% of countries in South America are canonically wetter in El Niño years. 11 of 14 currently score high or severe.
Mean score 6.2 3 severe 8 high 5 wetter5 drier3 mixed1 weak
Countries, ranked
01 Peru34.6M · rain +125% · temp +1.5°C 8 Severe impact02 Chile19.9M · rain +536% · temp +1.4°C 8 Severe impact03 Paraguay7.0M · rain +71% · temp +2.3°C 8 Severe impact04 Brazil213M · rain -28% · temp +2.0°C 7 High impact05 Argentina45.9M · rain +139% · temp +1.7°C 7 High impact06 Ecuador18.3M · rain +23% · temp +1.0°C 7 High impact07 Bolivia12.6M · rain +211% · temp +0.2°C 7 High impact08 Guyana836k · rain -53% · temp +0.6°C 7 High impact09 Suriname640k · rain -39% · temp +0.1°C 7 High impact10 Colombia53.4M · rain +33% · temp +0.9°C 6 High impact11 Venezuela28.5M · rain -11% · temp +0.9°C 6 High impact12 Uruguay3.4M · rain -8% · temp +0.2°C 5 Moderate impact13 Falkland Islands · rain -26% · temp -0.5°C 2 Minimal impact14 French Guiana · rain -63% · temp +0.5°C 2 Minimal impact