SOI ranked by year 1896-1995

La Niña Extreme Years from the SOI:
Rank	DJF	MAM	JJA	SON
1	1974	1917	1917	1917
2	1918	1904	1975	1975
3	1929	1971	1950	1988
4	1904	1950	1916	1973
5	1976	1989	1910	1955
6	1951	1974	1938	1906
7	1939	1956	1955	1910
8	1989	1903	1909	1971
9	1971	1975	1956	1950
10	1956	1936	1900	1970
11	1917	1925	1931	1964
12	1943	1918	1973	1956
13	1962	1927	1988	1938
14	1930	1898	1981	1924
15	1950	1921	1964	1908
16	1921	1931	1924	1916
17	1925	1902	1974	1928
18	1967	1910	1901	1921
19	1910	1928	1906	1962
20	1922	1943	1945	1974

El Niño Extreme Years from the SOI:
Rank	DJF	MAM	JJA	SON
1	1983	1905	1905	1982
2	1992	1987	1982	1940
3	1941	1912	1987	1901
4	1978	1994	1940	1941
5	1919	1983	1941	1994
6	1987	1992	1994	1914
7	1897	1900	1965	1991
8	1905	1897	1896	1965
9	1912	1993	1972	1977
10	1958	1991	1977	1900
11	1942	1940	1914	1951
12	1926	1941	1993	1939
13	1959	1953	1911	1963
14	1973	1977	1923	1923
15	1906	1972	1925	1896
16	1915	1966	1946	1972
17	1993	1926	1951	1925
18	1952	1980	1976	1913
19	1990	1995	1919	1905
20	1969	1919	1953	1911

All Years Sorted for SOI
 DJF MAM JJA SON
1974 1917 1917 1917
1918 1904 1975 1975
1929 1971 1950 1988
1904 1950 1916 1973
1976 1989 1910 1955
1951 1974 1938 1906
1939 1956 1955 1910
1989 1903 1909 1971
1971 1975 1956 1950
1956 1936 1900 1970
1917 1925 1931 1964
1943 1918 1973 1956
1962 1927 1988 1938
1930 1898 1981 1924
1950 1921 1964 1908
1921 1931 1924 1916
1925 1902 1974 1928
1967 1910 1901 1921
1910 1928 1906 1962
1922 1943 1945 1974
1899 1939 1971 1922
1923 1923 1920 1929
1911 1960 1968 1943
1898 1985 1915 1942
1955 1901 1979 1935
1902 1976 1947 1947
1963 1938 1989 1903
1982 1963 1978 1909
1938 1964 1898 1959
1934 1959 1960 1898
1945 1955 1954 1961
1927 1968 1962 1960
1972 1908 1942 1933
1907 1962 1967 1983
1957 1933 1952 1945
1960 1954 1903 1954
1916 1899 1921 1899
1968 1937 1958 1989
1935 1935 1970 1931
1937 1945 1939 1926
1896 1988 1922 1934
1961 1929 1943 1949
1984 1967 1932 1948
1946 1934 1990 1981
1928 1948 1995 1995
1986 1916 1928 1920
1991 1990 1933 1967
1975 1973 1986 1930
1985 1930 1966 1952
1948 1949 1927 1897
1979 1952 1908 1984
1954 1944 1929 1937
1901 1970 1935 1907
1994 1922 1937 1966
1980 1979 1936 1976
1981 1984 1961 1985
1931 1911 1985 1958
1908 1986 1984 1968
1936 1961 1897 1978
1965 1920 1980 1979
1932 1924 1902 1980
1924 1978 1948 1936
1933 1932 1983 1927
1988 1942 1934 1904
1920 1907 1944 1986
1909 1947 1957 1944
1949 1958 1930 1990
1914 1906 1959 1918
1977 1981 1926 1912
1944 1982 1904 1932
1947 1909 1907 1915
1966 1957 1963 1953
1953 1965 1913 1957
1940 1913 1912 1987
1913 1914 1949 1969
1964 1969 1969 1993
1970 1915 1992 1992
1995 1896 1899 1902
1900 1951 1991 1946
1903 1946 1918 1919
1969 1919 1953 1911
1990 1995 1919 1905
1952 1980 1976 1913
1993 1926 1951 1925
1915 1966 1946 1972
1906 1972 1925 1896
1973 1977 1923 1923
1959 1953 1911 1963
1926 1941 1993 1939
1942 1940 1914 1951
1958 1991 1977 1900
1912 1993 1972 1977
1905 1897 1896 1965
1897 1900 1965 1991
1987 1992 1994 1914
1919 1983 1941 1994
1978 1994 1940 1941
1941 1912 1987 1901
1992 1987 1982 1940
1983 1905 1905 1982
 DJF MAM JJA SON