Characterizing extremes over Americas

Maximum length of dry spell
Maximum length of dry spell is defined as the maximum number of consecutive dry days when the daily rainfall amount is smaller than 1 mm.

	Maximum length of dry spell Note: Part of South America where the reanalysis is very low correlated with observation (CPC Prcp.) is enclosed by heavy black lines on the following extreme days maps. See correlation map (monthly precipitation). MERRA CFSR
	Annual	MAM	JJA	SON	DJF
1979	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1980	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1981	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1982	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1983	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1984	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1985	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1986	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1987	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1988	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1989	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1990	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1991	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1992	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1993	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1994	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1995	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1996	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1997	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1998	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
1999	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
2000	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
2001	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
2002	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
2003	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
2004	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
2005	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
2006	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA
2007	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA CPC-SA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA
2008	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA
2009	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA	MERRA CFSR CPC-NA