2026 El Niño confirmed as strongest on record, breaks 170-year sea temperature benchmark
1 Sep 21 8:08 AM · 2d ago · 1 article · 1 post · 2 sources · development 1 of 1
WFLA-TV chief meteorologist Jeff Berardelli announced that the 2026 El Niño has broken the record for highest ocean anomaly in 170+ years, reaching 3.05°C above average—surpassing 2015's prior peak of 3.02°C by two months.
“It's official, the 2026 El Niño has broken a record for the highest ocean anomaly in 170+ years… Incredibly reaching that threshold a full 2 months ahead of 2015's record of +3.02C set on Nov 18th.”
Jeff BerardelliJeff Berardelli WFLA-TV chief meteorologistKen Graham National Weather Service directorNOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The whole story articlesposts the bright band is this development · numbered dots are the others · click one to jump
What was reported 2 claims about this development
-
first by Newser, 1d ago · also BBC, BBC Science
1 more headline
- Developing El Niño becomes strongest on record weeks before expected peak Mastodon · 18h ago
-
first by Newsweek, 2d ago
What people said 4 voices · best of 5 · verbatim
-
W
It’s official, the 2026 El Niño has broken a record for the highest ocean anomaly in 170+ years… Incredibly reaching that threshold a full 2 months ahead of 2015’s record of +3.02C set on Nov 18th. See that red line? That’s 2026. Every other bold line are the strongest El Niño’s on record. 1/
-
K
The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon, several months before its expected peak.
-
W
Sadly the gun has been well and truly jumped by the @theguardian.com with this one. El Niño is not yet the strongest on record, even in the latest weekly data. But it seems almost inevitable that it will be. *you have to use a relative index at least a month long to claim an El Niño record.
-
F
# BBCNews - Developing El Niño becomes strongest on record weeks before expected peak https://www. bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cmv gy4nv9d62o
All 1 developments of 2026 El Niño breaks 170-year sea temperature record, 2… →
BlueskyNewswiresMastodonGoogle NewsReddit