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This investigation also explored the relationship between ENSO and extreme wildfire seasons. Our definition of extreme wildfire seasons filtered years with cumulative FFDI above the 90th percentile for the period 1963-212. Table 3 shows that the most extreme seasons during this period were 1982, 1991, 1997, 2009 and 2012. Each season was compared with historical categorizations of strength of ENSO events.   Table 4 expands on the categorical analysis of seasonal wildfire potential and ENSO strength with a $\chi^2$ test. The table shows that most very strong El Niño events—two out of four years—have a connection with extreme wildfire weather—Seasonal weather—seasonal  FFDI >90th percentile—. Within the range of Weak-Moderate-Strong El Niño events, most years—13 out 22—occur during low wildfire potential—Seasonal potential—seasonal  FFDI<=50th percentile—. However, two years belong to the extreme seasonal FFDI category. Finally, most La Nina Niña  years occur during medium and low seasonal FFDI—23 out 24 years—. \section{Discussion}