‘Super’ El Niño Is Official; RI Winter Could Be One For The Record Books

El Niño event reaches 'super' status, among strongest on record

Data released by NOAA indicates the current El Niño has reached 'super' status with sea surface temperature anomalies greater than 2.0 °C.

‘Super’ El Niño Is Official; RI Winter Could Be One For The Record Books

Forecasters with AccuWeather said the El Niño could rival or surpass the strongest events recorded since 1950.

Super El Niño declared as forecasters warn of major shifts in weather during winter season

The Climate Prediction Center (CPC) announced Thursday that the 2026 El Niño has officially reached Super El Niño status, also known as a Very Strong El Niño.

A patch of warm Pacific water that could become the strongest El Niño in more than 70 years sits thousands of miles from any American town, yet it is already the main reason NOAA expects a wetter winter across the South and a milder one across the North

Far out in the tropical Pacific, along the equator, the ocean surface is running unusually hot. Across a band of water thousands of miles long, temperatures are well above normal, in some areas by more than 4°F. Nobody in Texas, Florida or Minnesota can see it or feel it. Yet according to NOAA, this distant... Source