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 | Cultural | Populist Governments Since 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nunavut | 0.352% | ||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.847% | ||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.25% | 0.264% | |||||
New Brunswick | 0.522% | ||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.392% | ||||||
Alaska | 0.318% | 99.9% | 99.9% | ||||
Arizona | 100% | 100% | |||||
Utah | 100% | 100% | |||||
District of Columbia | 100% | 100% | |||||
Florida | 0.596% | 99.8% | 99.8% | ||||
Idaho | 100% | 100% | |||||
New Hampshire | 100% | 100% | |||||
Rhode Island | 4.64% | 99.3% | 99.3% | ||||
Vermont | 99.7% | 99.7% | |||||
Washington | 0.513% | 99.9% | 99.9% | ||||
Wyoming | 100% | 100% | |||||
Montana | 100% | 100% | |||||
Maine | 0.133% | 99.7% | 99.7% | ||||
North Dakota | 100% | 100% | |||||
Kentucky | 100% | 100% | |||||
Virginia | 0.126% | 99.9% | 99.9% | ||||
Delaware | 0.762% | 99.2% | 99.2% | ||||
Mississippi | 100% | 100% | |||||
West Virginia | 100% | 100% | |||||
Nebraska | 100% | 100% | |||||
Texas | 0.183% | 99.9% | 99.9% | ||||
Missouri | 100% | 100% | |||||
Louisiana | 0.184% | 99.9% | 99.9% | ||||
Hawaii | 1.74% | 1.20% | 0.113% | 0.444% | 2.10% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
North Carolina | 0.319% | 99.9% | 99.9% | ||||
Oregon | 100% | 100% | |||||
Alabama | 100% | 100% | |||||
New Mexico | 100% | 100% | |||||
Kansas | 100% | 100% | |||||
Wisconsin | 100% | 100% | |||||
British Columbia | 0.126% | 2.52% | 2.52% | ||||
New Jersey | 0.329% | 99.8% | 99.8% | ||||
South Carolina | 99.9% | 99.9% | |||||
Michigan | 99.9% | 99.9% | |||||
Connecticut | 99.9% | 99.9% | |||||
Pennsylvania | 100% | 100% | |||||
Colorado | 100% | 100% | |||||
Nevada | 100% | 100% | |||||
Massachusetts | 1.78% | 99.5% | 99.5% | ||||
Georgia | 100% | 100% | |||||
New York | 0.105% | 99.9% | 99.9% | ||||
Maryland | 0.874% | 99.3% | 99.3% | ||||
Oklahoma | 100% | 100% | |||||
Tennessee | 100% | 100% | |||||
California | 0.110% | 99.9% | 99.9% | ||||
Arkansas | 100% | 100% | |||||
South Dakota | 100% | 100% | |||||
Ohio | 100% | 100% | |||||
Indiana | 100% | 100% | |||||
Minnesota | 100% | 100% | |||||
Iowa | 100% | 100% | |||||
Illinois | 100% | 100% | |||||
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