Table 1 Latitude of typhoon landfalling locations in the southeast Chinese mainland.

From: Typhoon storm surge in the southeast Chinese mainland modulated by ENSO

Wind speed when made landfall

1965–2016

1987–2016

Difference significance (p value)

Mean landfall latitude

Difference significance (p value)

Mean landfall latitude

Student’s t test

Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test

El Niño years

non-El Niño years

Student’s t test

Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test

El Niño years

non-El Niño years

All

0.21

0.18

22.77

22.40

0.74

0.47

22.83

22.68

≥ 15 m/s

0.45

0.28

22.97

22.74

0.92

0.37

22.97

23.02

≥ 20 m/s

0.49

0.25

23.11

22.85

0.99

0.42

23.12

23.11

≥ 25 m/s

0.20

0.10

23.17

22.58

0.26

0.13

23.59

22.87

≥ 30 m/s

0.04

0.04

23.73

22.48

0.06

0.05

24.23

22.68

≥ 35 m/s

0.01

0.01

24.34

22.33

0.08

0.05

24.69

22.90

strongest

0.03

0.03

24.75

22.73

0.04

0.05

25.18

22.77