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 | Wind erosion | Water erosion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 0.318% | |||||||
Rhode Island | 4.64% | |||||||
Nunavut | 0.352% | |||||||
Maine | 0.133% | |||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.847% | |||||||
Delaware | 0.762% | |||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.25% | 0.264% | ||||||
North Carolina | 0.319% | |||||||
New Brunswick | 0.522% | |||||||
British Columbia | 0.126% | |||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.392% | |||||||
New Jersey | 0.329% | |||||||
Massachusetts | 1.78% | |||||||
New York | 0.105% | |||||||
Florida | 0.596% | 1.15% | ||||||
Arizona | 4.22% | |||||||
Utah | 0.308% | |||||||
Idaho | 3.94% | |||||||
Washington | 0.513% | 36.9% | ||||||
Wyoming | 6.47% | 2.84% | ||||||
Montana | 17.8% | |||||||
North Dakota | 95.1% | 0.109% | ||||||
Kentucky | 5.48% | |||||||
Virginia | 0.126% | 7.05% | ||||||
Saskatchewan | 12.1% | |||||||
Mississippi | 21.9% | |||||||
West Virginia | 11.5% | |||||||
Nebraska | 0.826% | 52.2% | ||||||
Texas | 0.183% | 23.3% | 0.427% | |||||
Missouri | 60.6% | |||||||
Louisiana | 0.184% | 1.69% | ||||||
Hawaii | 1.74% | 1.20% | 0.113% | 0.444% | 2.10% | 57.1% | ||
Oregon | 5.56% | |||||||
Alabama | 7.26% | |||||||
New Mexico | 67.8% | |||||||
Kansas | 12.3% | 62.5% | ||||||
Wisconsin | 43.5% | |||||||
Michigan | 1.12% | |||||||
Alberta | 4.93% | |||||||
Pennsylvania | 25.9% | |||||||
Colorado | 30.2% | 6.74% | ||||||
Nevada | 11.8% | |||||||
Maryland | 0.874% | 5.23% | ||||||
Manitoba | 6.10% | |||||||
Oklahoma | 29.4% | 17.9% | ||||||
Tennessee | 12.6% | |||||||
Ontario | 2.00% | |||||||
California | 0.110% | 19.7% | 24.3% | |||||
Arkansas | 4.12% | |||||||
South Dakota | 48.9% | 18.4% | ||||||
Ohio | 4.56% | |||||||
Indiana | 12.0% | |||||||
Minnesota | 9.96% | 35.6% | ||||||
Iowa | 100% | |||||||
Illinois | 84.6% | |||||||
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