Super El Niño continues to strengthen as new forecasts push toward record levels, with Fall and Winter 2026/2027 impacts emerging across the United States, Canada, and Europe
The term Super El Niño is commonly used for events in which sea surface temperature anomalies in the main ENSO region reach or exceed +2 degrees above the long-term average. All forecasts now indicate that this event will reach far above that, exceeding even the extreme +3 threshold (unofficial) in a lot of scenarios.
For anyone else wondering why it’s called “Super”