China Warns Record El Niño Could Bring Severe Weather Through 2027
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In September, sea surface temperatures in most of the equatorial Pacific were higher than normal for the same period, with the warm water center in the eastern Pacific more than 3.0 degrees Celsius above average. Photo: National Climate Center
China’s climate authorities said Friday that a super El Niño formed in September and is on course to become the strongest since systematic monitoring began in 1951, raising the risk of extreme weather through next year.
The National Climate Center and the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center said the event’s warmest waters are in the eastern equatorial Pacific. Sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific are expected to keep rising and peak around November.
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