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El Nino

Global map illustrating changes in sea surface temperatures, wind, and weather patterns that define an El Niño event.

During El Niño, weakened trade winds allow warm surface waters to spread east across the tropical Pacific. These changes alter the jet stream, shifting rainfall and temperatures across North America and influencing weather around the globe.

El Niño (Illustration by Jack Cook, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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