El Nino Hits ‘Strongest Intensity’ Since 1949: Japan Weather Agency
Japan’s weather agency said the event could keep driving warmer winters and heavier rain in parts of Japan.
- On Friday, The Japan Meteorological Agency announced that El Nino reached its "strongest intensity on record," with temperatures in the monitoring area 4C above normal.
- El Nino typically occurs every two to seven years, warming surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific; the current event has persisted since spring 2026.
- The Copernicus Climate Change Service reported sea surface temperatures in the Nino3 monitoring region reached an "all-time high" of 29.70C last month, exceeding the 3.6C record set in 1997.
- Officials expect the phenomenon to persist through winter, bringing warmer temperatures and increased rainfall to Japan, while it is already causing droughts in Southeast Asia and high heat in South America.
- Copernicus director Carlo Buontempo said the intensifying El Nino will likely last into 2027, warning that "crossing the Paris Agreement's long-term limit is only a matter of time" as global temperatures rise.
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El Nino is boiling oceans: Pacific temperatures hit unprecedented highs
El Nino is driving exceptional warming across the Pacific, with Peru's coastal waters and deeper layers surging far above average. The strengthening pattern is raising the risk of global weather disruption as forecasters warn a historic event may persist into early 2027.
The global average sea surface temperature hit a record high for September amid the El Nino phenomenon, reaching 21.05°C, the European Earth observation and mapping service Copernicus reported
The figure broke the previous record of 20.92°C set in September 2023. Water temperatures remain exceptionally high in the tropical regions of the Pacific Ocean, where El Nino is intensifying. The figure is expected to keep rising in the...
El Niño sets temperature record in key Pacific zone – EU monitor
PARIS, France — An intensifying El Niño broke a temperature record in a key zone of the Pacific in September, the EU's climate monitor said Monday, in another sign the weather pattern is gaining exceptional strength.Global forecasters have been warning for months that this El Niño would likely become the strongest ever observed and the latest record has tumbled even before the episode's expected peak later this year.The warming phase of a natura…
The temperature of all the oceans — outside the polar zones — reached 21,05°C worldwide in September.
The El Niño phenomenon records record temperatures in the tropical Pacific and Copernicus warns of its intensity before reaching its peak.
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