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 | Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (2 m) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Washington | 0.513% | ||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.25% | 0.264% | |||||
New Brunswick | 0.522% | ||||||
British Columbia | 0.126% | ||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.392% | ||||||
Ontario | 2.17% | ||||||
Alaska | 0.318% | 0.253% | |||||
Northwest Territories | 0.135% | ||||||
District of Columbia | 7.08% | ||||||
Florida | 0.596% | 1.05% | |||||
Rhode Island | 4.64% | 2.37% | |||||
Nunavut | 0.352% | 0.130% | |||||
Maine | 0.133% | 0.141% | |||||
Nova Scotia | 0.847% | 0.109% | |||||
Virginia | 0.126% | 0.110% | |||||
Delaware | 0.762% | 4.34% | |||||
Texas | 0.183% | 0.135% | |||||
Louisiana | 0.184% | 12.6% | |||||
Hawaii | 1.74% | 1.20% | 0.113% | 0.444% | 2.10% | 1.13% | |
North Carolina | 0.319% | 0.192% | |||||
Oregon | 0.125% | ||||||
Alabama | 0.218% | ||||||
New Jersey | 0.329% | 0.136% | |||||
South Carolina | 3.75% | ||||||
Massachusetts | 1.78% | 0.226% | |||||
Georgia | 0.512% | ||||||
New York | 0.105% | 0.143% | |||||
Maryland | 0.874% | 0.387% | |||||
California | 0.110% | 0.575% | |||||
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