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 | Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m) | |
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Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.392% | |||||||
Mississippi | 0.461% | |||||||
Texas | 0.183% | 0.123% | ||||||
British Columbia | 0.126% | 0.160% | ||||||
Alaska | 0.318% | 0.230% | ||||||
Northwest Territories | 0.106% | |||||||
District of Columbia | 6.93% | |||||||
Florida | 0.596% | 1.15% | 1.33% | 0.876% | ||||
New Hampshire | 1.37% | 0.244% | ||||||
Rhode Island | 4.64% | 2.01% | 3.07% | |||||
Washington | 0.513% | 0.132% | 0.110% | |||||
Nunavut | 0.352% | 0.118% | ||||||
Maine | 0.133% | 0.322% | 0.127% | |||||
Nova Scotia | 0.847% | 0.591% | 0.134% | |||||
Virginia | 0.126% | 0.493% | 0.108% | |||||
Delaware | 0.762% | 33.7% | 5.31% | |||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.25% | 0.264% | 1.22% | 1.21% | ||||
Louisiana | 0.184% | 0.106% | 0.728% | |||||
Hawaii | 1.74% | 1.20% | 0.113% | 0.444% | 2.10% | 1.26% | ||
North Carolina | 0.319% | 0.191% | 0.189% | |||||
Oregon | 0.116% | |||||||
New Brunswick | 0.522% | 0.488% | 0.167% | |||||
Alabama | 0.174% | 0.215% | ||||||
New Jersey | 0.329% | 15.3% | 2.79% | |||||
South Carolina | 6.81% | 3.55% | ||||||
Connecticut | 0.797% | 0.331% | ||||||
Massachusetts | 1.78% | 3.30% | 0.375% | |||||
Georgia | 2.72% | 0.545% | ||||||
New York | 0.105% | 0.102% | 0.163% | |||||
Maryland | 0.874% | 0.178% | 0.568% | |||||
California | 0.110% | 0.156% | 0.557% |
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