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 | Warm Front | Gold | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Florida | 0.596% | ||||||
Rhode Island | 4.64% | ||||||
Maine | 0.133% | ||||||
Delaware | 0.762% | ||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.25% | 0.264% | |||||
Louisiana | 0.184% | ||||||
Hawaii | 1.74% | 1.20% | 0.113% | 0.444% | 2.10% | ||
New Brunswick | 0.522% | ||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.392% | ||||||
New Jersey | 0.329% | ||||||
Massachusetts | 1.78% | ||||||
New York | 0.105% | ||||||
Maryland | 0.874% | ||||||
Alaska | 0.318% | 255 | |||||
Arizona | 360 | ||||||
Utah | 86 | ||||||
Yukon | 7 | ||||||
Northwest Territories | 2 | ||||||
Idaho | 130 | ||||||
Vermont | 9 | ||||||
Washington | 0.513% | 38 | |||||
Wyoming | 8 | ||||||
Nunavut | 0.352% | 3 | |||||
Montana | 184 | ||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.847% | 1 | |||||
Virginia | 0.126% | 2 | |||||
Saskatchewan | 1 | ||||||
Texas | 0.183% | 1 | |||||
Missouri | 1 | ||||||
North Carolina | 0.319% | 65 | |||||
Oregon | 329 | ||||||
Alabama | 2 | ||||||
New Mexico | 71 | ||||||
British Columbia | 0.126% | 13 | |||||
South Carolina | 1 | ||||||
Michigan | 2 | ||||||
Colorado | 389 | ||||||
Nevada | 345 | ||||||
Georgia | 1 | ||||||
Québec | 32 | ||||||
Manitoba | 17 | ||||||
Tennessee | 1 | ||||||
Ontario | 2.17% | 92 | |||||
California | 0.110% | 1431 | |||||
South Dakota | 49 | ||||||
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