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 | Less than 20°F | 20–29°F | 30–39°F | 40–49°F | 50–54°F | 55–59°F | Selected Native Land Reserves | |
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Alaska | 0.318% | |||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.847% | |||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.25% | 0.264% | ||||||||||
Hawaii | 1.74% | 1.20% | 0.113% | 0.444% | 2.10% | |||||||
New Brunswick | 0.522% | |||||||||||
British Columbia | 0.126% | |||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.392% | |||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||||||||
Florida | 0.596% | 14.7% | 56.6% | 21.0% | 7.07% | |||||||
New Hampshire | 100% | |||||||||||
Rhode Island | 4.64% | 3.92% | ||||||||||
Vermont | 99.7% | |||||||||||
Maine | 0.133% | 99.5% | ||||||||||
Kentucky | 3.74% | 91.2% | ||||||||||
Virginia | 0.126% | 20.5% | 1.66% | |||||||||
Delaware | 0.762% | 99.1% | ||||||||||
Mississippi | 21.7% | 78.0% | ||||||||||
West Virginia | 67.8% | 31.4% | ||||||||||
Nebraska | 100% | |||||||||||
Texas | 0.183% | 10.9% | 44.9% | 29.3% | 14.1% | |||||||
Missouri | 80.4% | 18.4% | ||||||||||
Louisiana | 0.184% | 61.7% | 37.9% | |||||||||
North Carolina | 0.319% | 84.2% | 3.43% | |||||||||
Alabama | 29.3% | 1.30% | ||||||||||
Kansas | 96.6% | 3.36% | ||||||||||
Wisconsin | 99.5% | |||||||||||
New Jersey | 0.329% | 73.8% | 25.8% | |||||||||
South Carolina | 41.6% | 58.3% | ||||||||||
Michigan | 98.1% | |||||||||||
Connecticut | 99.9% | |||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 99.4% | |||||||||||
Nevada | 73.6% | 6.36% | ||||||||||
Massachusetts | 1.78% | 98.2% | ||||||||||
Georgia | 26.7% | 54.5% | 18.7% | |||||||||
New York | 0.105% | 96.9% | ||||||||||
Maryland | 0.874% | 34.3% | 32.0% | |||||||||
Tennessee | 100% | |||||||||||
California | 0.110% | 10.8% | 23.3% | 1.46% | ||||||||
Arkansas | 79.0% | 21.0% | ||||||||||
Ohio | 96.3% | 3.50% | ||||||||||
Indiana | 92.1% | 7.40% | ||||||||||
Iowa | 100% | |||||||||||
Illinois | 94.0% | 5.95% | ||||||||||
Arizona | 32.8% | 60.8% | 2.30% | 1.79% | ||||||||
Utah | 93.9% | 5.41% | 2.73% | |||||||||
Yukon | 1.29% | |||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 2.81% | |||||||||||
Idaho | 84.3% | 6.93% | 1.51% | |||||||||
Washington | 0.513% | 29.2% | 45.9% | 22.8% | 3.24% | |||||||
Wyoming | 100% | 3.31% | ||||||||||
Nunavut | 0.352% | 1.10% | ||||||||||
Montana | 99.9% | 2.86% | ||||||||||
North Dakota | 100% | 2.39% | ||||||||||
Oregon | 27.3% | 19.8% | 23.7% | 1.08% | ||||||||
New Mexico | 81.8% | 1.03% | 5.56% | |||||||||
Colorado | 100% | 1.61% | ||||||||||
Oklahoma | 17.8% | 81.3% | 3.48% | |||||||||
South Dakota | 100% | 1.77% | ||||||||||
Minnesota | 100% | 1.59% |
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