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 | Tungsten Mines | Ottawa, Canada - Capital | Washington, D.C., United States - Capital | |
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Florida | 0.596% | |||||||
Rhode Island | 4.64% | |||||||
Nunavut | 0.352% | |||||||
Maine | 0.133% | |||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.847% | |||||||
Virginia | 0.126% | |||||||
Delaware | 0.762% | |||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.25% | 0.264% | ||||||
Texas | 0.183% | |||||||
Louisiana | 0.184% | |||||||
Hawaii | 1.74% | 1.20% | 0.113% | 0.444% | 2.10% | |||
North Carolina | 0.319% | |||||||
British Columbia | 0.126% | |||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.392% | |||||||
Massachusetts | 1.78% | |||||||
New York | 0.105% | |||||||
Maryland | 0.874% | |||||||
Alaska | 0.318% | 9 | ||||||
Arizona | 39 | |||||||
Utah | 23 | |||||||
Yukon | 1 | |||||||
Northwest Territories | 2 | |||||||
Idaho | 24 | |||||||
New Hampshire | 1 | |||||||
Washington | 0.513% | 3 | ||||||
Wyoming | 1 | |||||||
Montana | 12 | |||||||
Kentucky | 1 | |||||||
Oregon | 5 | |||||||
New Brunswick | 0.522% | 3 | ||||||
New Mexico | 1 | |||||||
New Jersey | 0.329% | 1 | ||||||
Michigan | 2 | |||||||
Colorado | 83 | |||||||
Nevada | 48 | |||||||
California | 0.110% | 62 | ||||||
District of Columbia | 1 | |||||||
Ontario | 1 |
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