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IRI's October climate briefing reports that the Niño3.4 anomaly was 0.4C, within the neutral range, and that the odds of El Niño continuing through the year dropped to around 40%. It explains differences between human-judged official forecasts and model-only forecasts.
Lower El Niño odds reduce the chance of a drought-driven supply shock in Australia, Southeast Asia or southern Africa, which removes a source of upside pressure on grain and oilseed prices.
iri.columbia.eduNov 1, 2019After 224 past neutral weather events, WHEAT moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.5%), and +0.4% over 20.
After 19 past neutral weather events, PALMOIL moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (53% higher; middle half -0.4% to +1.1%), and +2.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
