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 | Approximate Form and Extent of Outcrop of Carbonate Rocks | Iron Ore Mines | |
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Alaska | 0.318% | |||||||
Rhode Island | 4.64% | |||||||
Washington | 0.513% | |||||||
Nunavut | 0.352% | |||||||
Maine | 0.133% | |||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.847% | |||||||
Delaware | 0.762% | |||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.25% | 0.264% | ||||||
Louisiana | 0.184% | |||||||
Hawaii | 1.74% | 1.20% | 0.113% | 0.444% | 2.10% | |||
North Carolina | 0.319% | |||||||
New Brunswick | 0.522% | |||||||
British Columbia | 0.126% | |||||||
New Jersey | 0.329% | |||||||
Massachusetts | 1.78% | |||||||
Maryland | 0.874% | |||||||
Florida | 0.596% | 1.15% | 8.54% | |||||
Kentucky | 1.28% | |||||||
Virginia | 0.126% | 15.1% | ||||||
West Virginia | 17.2% | |||||||
Texas | 0.183% | 2.21% | ||||||
Kansas | 8.84% | |||||||
Georgia | 5.65% | |||||||
Oklahoma | 7.62% | |||||||
Tennessee | 0.744% | |||||||
Illinois | 4.93% | |||||||
Utah | 1 | |||||||
Northwest Territories | 1 | |||||||
Missouri | 1 | |||||||
Wisconsin | 2 | |||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.392% | 1 | ||||||
Michigan | 13 | |||||||
New York | 0.105% | 1 | ||||||
Québec | 1 | |||||||
California | 0.110% | 1 | ||||||
Minnesota | 14 |
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