Table 2

Contingency tables between phases of solar cycle (rows) and occurrence/phase of confounding forcings (columns): each entry displays the respective number of months. The last row provides χ2-statistics; asterisks denote their statistical significance at the 5% level.

SSW
QBO
Volcanos
El Niño
No Yes E W No Yes +
Solar min 46 16 34 41 72 3 46 29
Solar neutral 97 27 57 75 136 14 80 70
Solar max 25 26 32 36 56 19 28 17
χ 2 15.4* 0.3 18.2* 11.1

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