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Pacific Ocean Temperatures Point To Strongest Ever El Niño - Newsweek (opens in a new tab)
newsweek.com · 2026-10-06
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Claim 1 of 7Not checkedTemperatures in a key zone of the Pacific Ocean reached a record high last month as this year’s El Niño continues to intensify toward becoming the strongest ever.View evidenceHide evidence
As statedrecord high; strongest ever
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Claim 2 of 7Not checkedCopernicus said El Niño pushed temperatures in the relevant Pacific region to 29.70 degrees Celsius, an all-time high for El Niño, exceeding previous strong events in 1982-83, 1997-98, and 2015-16.View evidenceHide evidence
As stated29.70°C; all-time high; above prior strong events
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Claim 3 of 7Not checkedCopernicus director Carlo Buontempo said it is 'very exceptional' but too early to say whether this is the strongest ever observed.View evidenceHide evidence
As statedstrongest ever; too early to say
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Claim 4 of 7Not checkedThe article says federal forecasters have been warning for months that this El Niño could be the strongest since 1950, and the National Weather Service said an event of this magnitude increases the chances of more intense impacts.View evidenceHide evidence
As statedstrongest since 1950; event of this magnitude
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Claim 5 of 7Not checkedCopernicus reported that temperatures in the Pacific’s 3.4 region were 2.99 degrees Celsius above the September average for 1991–2020, compared with the previous record of 2.81 degrees Celsius above normal in December 1997.View evidenceHide evidence
As stated2.99°C above average; previous record 2.81°C
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Claim 6 of 7Not checkedThe article says the latest record comes before the El Niño is expected to peak in December, and that there is a greater than 83 percent chance of a strong-to-very strong El Niño through January-March 2027.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 7 of 7Not checkedThe story explains that El Niño releases stored ocean heat into the atmosphere, so warmer ocean temperatures can push global temperatures higher, and quotes Celeste Saulo saying the ocean it is drawing from is the warmest ever measured.View evidenceHide evidence
As statedwarmest we've ever measured it
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