Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year?

Re:Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year? by fiftyfifty on Friday September 02, 2022 @01:18PM (#32693299)

Except this is our third La Nina year in a row, the first time that's ever happened:

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Re:Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year? by plantain on Friday September 02, 2022 @01:40PM (#32693564)

What?

We had a triple dip in 1998, and before that 1976.

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Re:Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year? by soperj on Friday September 02, 2022 @02:07PM (#32693910)

Also 1954-57.

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Re:Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year? by mokus on Friday September 02, 2022 @01:37PM (#32693525)

That article only says it’s the first this century.

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Re:Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year? by plantain on Friday September 02, 2022 @01:41PM (#32693571)

As long as you define century as 2000-2100, and not 1922-2022...

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Re:Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year? by avgcorrection on Friday September 02, 2022 @02:32PM (#32694240)

“This century” is fixed to start at 2000 until 2100, same as this decade is 2020–2029.

“Last hundred years” for the former interpretation.

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Re:Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year? by Karellen on Friday September 02, 2022 @02:59PM (#32694549)

Or 2001 until 2101, if you're being pedantic about the Nth century AD/CE.

(Because there is no year 0 in the AD/CE calendar, so the first century in the calendar starts in year 1, the second in 101, etc...)

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Re:Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year? by quietbritishjim on Friday September 02, 2022 @02:30PM (#32694212)

That is how "this century" would typically be understood

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