A review of the climate patterns in the southern hemisphere during winter (June–August) 1995 is presented in this seasonal summary, with the Australian and Pacific Basin regions receiving particular attention. By the end of winter there were some indications of a weak cool event (La Niña) developing. Subsurface ocean waters in the Pacific were consistent with a modest cool event, although anomalies in sea-surface temperatures and trade winds were fairly weak and the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) was still hovering near zero.
Leanne Hollis (Fri,) studied this question.