El Nino Watch

Units and rounding

A machine unit code plus a readable label; numbers rounded to what the data supports.

Data and trust

Every value has `unit` (a fixed code such as degC, mm, m, km/h, ug/m3) and `unit_label` (what is displayed: °C, mm, m, km/h, µg/m³). `value` is rounded for display and `value_raw` keeps the exact number the source sent; `value_label` is the full sentence-ready text ('0.5 m, forecast max on Thu 24 Sep').

Limits. Unit labels use Unicode (°, µ, ³). Old API clients that read only `unit` still get the code.

How to read it

Rounding: rain in whole mm, rain percentages whole, waves 0.1 m, gusts whole km/h, PM2.5 0.1 µg/m³, temperatures 0.1 °C, ENSO indices at the agency's own precision (RONI/ONI 0.01 °C, weekly Nino 3.4 0.1 °C). The source's value 0.46 m therefore shows as 0.5 m, with 0.46 kept in `value_raw`.

Why it matters for Koh Samui

More decimals than the data supports suggest false precision; fewer can hide a threshold crossing. Thresholds are always compared with the raw value.

Sources

ENSO status now

ONI (NOAA CPC)
+1.80 °C, JJA 2026 (previous +1.39 °C)
RONI (NOAA CPC)
+1.36 °C, JJA 2026
Nino 3.4 weekly (NOAA CPC / OISST)
+3.0 °C anomaly, week of 16 Sep 2026 (SST 29.6 °C)