Sea-Surface Temperature Anomalies: El Niño
OceansPhysical EnvironmentA composite of sea-surface temperature anomalies during El Niño from November to March during the following years: 1958, 1966, 1973, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1996, and 1998. When sea-surface temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific rise well above normal, it is known as an El Niño event.
NOAASea-surface temperature anomalies during El Niño. The most intense warming (2 to 2.25 degrees Celsius, dark brown) occurs off the coast of South America. Cooler areas (negative 2.25 to negative 2 degrees Celsius, dark blue) are in the Arctic Ocean.
-0.25 to 0.25 | 0.75 to 1.0 | 1.0 to 1.25 | 1.25 to 1.5 | 1.5 to 1.75 | Abyssal clay | Calcareous ooze | Continental (lithogenous) | Diatom | Radiolarian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rhode Island | 4.64% | |||||||||
Alaska | 0.318% | 4.76% | 0.351% | |||||||
Northwest Territories | 3.51% | |||||||||
Florida | 0.596% | 0.488% | 2.42% | |||||||
Washington | 0.513% | 1.71% | ||||||||
Nunavut | 0.352% | 7.75% | ||||||||
Maine | 0.133% | 1.41% | ||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.847% | 12.7% | ||||||||
Virginia | 0.126% | 1.95% | ||||||||
Delaware | 0.762% | 0.888% | ||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.25% | 0.264% | 100% | |||||||
Texas | 0.183% | 0.242% | ||||||||
Louisiana | 0.184% | 0.456% | 1.85% | |||||||
Hawaii | 1.74% | 1.20% | 0.113% | 0.444% | 2.10% | 29.4% | 7.02% | 22.4% | ||
North Carolina | 0.319% | 0.789% | ||||||||
New Brunswick | 0.522% | 1.14% | ||||||||
British Columbia | 0.126% | 2.00% | ||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.392% | 4.95% | ||||||||
New Jersey | 0.329% | 0.212% | ||||||||
South Carolina | 0.109% | |||||||||
Massachusetts | 1.78% | 0.884% | 11.7% | |||||||
New York | 0.105% | 2.58% | ||||||||
Maryland | 0.874% | 1.35% | ||||||||
Québec | 1.05% | |||||||||
Ontario | 0.313% | |||||||||
California | 0.110% | 0.884% | ||||||||
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