Table 3

ENSO Event
N
Mean
s2
R
Reject Region
Accept?
Neutral
54
1.61
1.64
1.02
> 1.26
YES
Cold
22
2.23
2.08
0.93
< 0.63
YES
Warm
22
1.04
0.50
0.48
< 0.63
NO

Table 3 Results of Poisson tests on annual means and variances of the number of U.S. landfalling hurricanes by ENSO events.