Part IV: El Niño Worksheet 2

ACTIVITY 7

Plot the data on the graph. You may make either a line graph or a bar graph.

Graph: 1983 El Niño vs. Normal Precipitation for Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore (normal)*
Month
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Precip
3.12
3.07
3.96
3.19
3.91
3.52
3.84
4.21
3.58
3.03
3.38
3.64

Baltimore (1983)*
Month
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Precip
2.73
4.86
9.76
7.30
5.53
6.15
2.08
1.23
1.78
4.41
5.24
7.14

Baltimore (1997)*
Month
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Precip
2.59
1.92
5.26
1.90
1.97
2.22
1.77
3.24
3.13
2.16
5.67
2.39

* Data Source: NOAA National Climactic Data Center

Based on your graph of the data, can you make any predictions as to how the next El Niño might affect Maryland? What would you need to be able to make a more accurate prediction?

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