Table 1 Excess and deficit precipitation year for different periods.

From: Dynamical and moist thermodynamical processes associated with Western Ghats rainfall decadal variability

Period

Excess years

Deficit years

Period 1 (1901–1942)

1923, 1924

1917, 1918, 1919, 1920; 1938, 1939

Period 2 (1943–1977)

1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961

1965, 1966, 1967

Period 3 (1978–2010)

1980, 1981; 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

1986, 1987; 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

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