Table 6 Decadal experiments: number of “wet” and “dry” years and number of “hot” and “cold” years

Precipitation

WET(#y)

OBS

0

2

3

4

1

CMCC-CM

1

3

2

2

3

CNRM-CM5

1

2

3

2

3

EC-Earth-KNMI

1

2

3

2

1

HadCM3

1

2

2

3

2

MPI-ESM-LR

2

1

2

2

3

DRY(#y)

OBS

0

2

2

3

1

CMCC-CM

0

1

2

1

1

CNRM-CM5

0

1

2

2

1

EC-Earth-KNMI

0

2

2

2

1

HadCM3

0

1

2

2

1

MPI-ESM-LR

0

1

1

2

1

Temperature

COLD(#y)

OBS

0

0

1

1

3

2

CMCC-CM

1

1

1

2

3

1

CNRM-CM5

1

1

1

2

1

2

EC-Earth-KNMI

1

2

1

3

2

2

HadCM3

1

0

1

2

1

2

MPI-ESM-LR

0

1

2

1

4

1

HOT(#y)

OBS

1

2

2

2

3

2

CMCC-CM

1

1

0

1

4

2

CNRM-CM5

1

1

2

3

2

4

EC-Earth-KNMI

1

1

1

1

3

3

HadCM3

0

2

3

2

4

2

MPI-ESM-LR

2

1

1

2

3

1