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 | Tropical Forests | Salt Marshes | Christians | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 0.318% | 98.6% | ||||||
Arizona | 100% | |||||||
Utah | 100% | |||||||
Yukon | 100% | |||||||
Northwest Territories | 99.4% | |||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||||
Florida | 0.596% | 1.15% | 1.33% | 98.8% | ||||
Idaho | 100% | |||||||
New Hampshire | 1.37% | 100% | ||||||
Rhode Island | 4.64% | 2.01% | 92.1% | |||||
Vermont | 100% | |||||||
Washington | 0.513% | 0.132% | 99.0% | |||||
Wyoming | 100% | |||||||
Nunavut | 0.352% | 98.0% | ||||||
Montana | 100% | |||||||
Maine | 0.133% | 0.322% | 99.1% | |||||
North Dakota | 100% | |||||||
Kentucky | 100% | |||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.847% | 0.591% | 95.8% | |||||
Virginia | 0.126% | 0.493% | 99.4% | |||||
Delaware | 0.762% | 33.7% | 98.5% | |||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.25% | 0.264% | 1.22% | 94.0% | ||||
Saskatchewan | 100% | |||||||
Mississippi | 0.461% | 99.9% | ||||||
West Virginia | 100% | |||||||
Nebraska | 100% | |||||||
Texas | 0.183% | 0.123% | 99.8% | |||||
Missouri | 100% | |||||||
Louisiana | 0.184% | 0.106% | 98.9% | |||||
Hawaii | 1.74% | 1.20% | 0.113% | 0.444% | 2.10% | 80.9% | ||
North Carolina | 0.319% | 0.191% | 99.2% | |||||
Oregon | 99.9% | |||||||
New Brunswick | 0.522% | 0.488% | 99.1% | |||||
Alabama | 0.174% | 99.9% | ||||||
New Mexico | 100% | |||||||
Kansas | 100% | |||||||
Wisconsin | 100% | |||||||
British Columbia | 0.126% | 0.160% | 99.4% | |||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.392% | 98.7% | ||||||
New Jersey | 0.329% | 15.3% | 97.9% | |||||
South Carolina | 6.81% | 99.7% | ||||||
Michigan | 100% | |||||||
Alberta | 100% | |||||||
Connecticut | 0.797% | 100% | ||||||
Pennsylvania | 100% | |||||||
Colorado | 100% | |||||||
Nevada | 100% | |||||||
Massachusetts | 1.78% | 3.30% | 95.6% | |||||
Georgia | 2.72% | 99.9% | ||||||
New York | 0.105% | 0.102% | 99.3% | |||||
Maryland | 0.874% | 0.178% | 97.3% | |||||
Québec | 99.7% | |||||||
Manitoba | 99.9% | |||||||
Oklahoma | 100% | |||||||
Tennessee | 100% | |||||||
Ontario | 99.9% | |||||||
California | 0.110% | 0.156% | 99.7% | |||||
Arkansas | 100% | |||||||
South Dakota | 100% | |||||||
Ohio | 100% | |||||||
Indiana | 100% | |||||||
Minnesota | 100% | |||||||
Iowa | 100% | |||||||
Illinois | 100% | |||||||
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