An El Niño update reports that El Niño is strengthening in the Pacific, with sea surface temperature anomalies above +2.0 °C in the eastern equatorial Pacific and the Niño 3.4 index reaching 1.8 °C in mid-August. The Climate Prediction Center expects El Niño to continue strengthening through the end of 2026, raising the chance of global impacts on rainfall, temperature and storm activity.
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The latest observations show sea surface temperature anomalies exceeding +2.0 °C in the eastern equatorial Pacific.
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