{"id":1901966,"date":"2026-04-25T05:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T02:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1901966"},"modified":"2026-04-25T05:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T02:00:46","slug":"powerful-el-nino-projected-to-be-2c-warmer-than-normal-puts-2026-on-track-for-second-warmest-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1901966","title":{"rendered":"Powerful El Ni\u00f1o, projected to be 2C warmer than normal, puts 2026 on track for second-warmest year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/73\/50\/71\/1200x675_cmsv2_25d14b49-8472-5d04-94bd-08e2e519b523-9735071.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2888423-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2888423\" data-cid=\"9733062\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2888423-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/73\/30\/62\/189x106_cmsv2_3c4de16c-f0d2-536b-a271-f73414ae9f9c-9733062.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"FILE - Worshippers attend a Mass in the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, July, 2023.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Design<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Barcelona\u2019s Concrete Dreamscapes: Antoni Gaud\u00ed\u2019s must-see masterpieces\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2888746-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2888746\" data-cid=\"9735009\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2888746-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/73\/50\/09\/189x106_cmsv2_bb74e0b6-c802-510f-ad05-573b51a6a4b4-9735009.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt='As the \"Trump Effect\" lures factories away with tax cuts and deregulation, Europe faces a high-stakes choice regarding data rules and the chip dilemma of speed vs. sovereignty' height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Tech News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Can Europe keep its industrial champions in the AI era?\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2886164-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2886164\" data-cid=\"9721737\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2886164-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/72\/17\/37\/189x106_cmsv2_7012ba41-bb30-592a-85e1-09f497ebf9b0-9721737.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Across Europe, travellers can get up close with nature and animals \u2013 including sleeping near wolves\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Travel News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Ditch the hotel for a zoo? 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All rights reserved<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. 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loading=\"lazy\"><span>Threads<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-threads.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"threads\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"whatsapp\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Whatsapp<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Scientists have developed a new model purporting to skillfully predict El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a 15 months ahead of time.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--earth js-article-content\">\n<p>The first three months of 2026 were the fourth warmest on record, despite weak La Ni\u00f1a conditions suppressing temperatures. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The start of the year has also seen record-low sea ice cover in the Arctic.<\/p>\n<p>Now, scientists expect the warming El Ni\u00f1o event predicted to arrive by early autumn to be especially strong. <\/p>\n<p>Experts say this means 2026 has a 19 per cent chance of surpassing 2024 as the warmest year on record.<\/p>\n<h2>2026 may see a \u2018super\u2019 El Ni\u00f1o<\/h2>\n<p>Based on temperature datasets from five different research groups, environmental news and analysis website Carbon Brief predicts that 2026 is virtually certain to be one of the four warmest years on record \u2013 and likely to be the second-warmest on record.<\/p>\n<p>Global temperatures are expected to rise throughout the year, particularly as autumn could see the arrival of a \u2018super\u2019 El Ni\u00f1o. <\/p>\n<p>The warming phenomenon in the tropical Pacific shapes global weather patterns, and can power droughts, flooding and marine heat waves.<\/p>\n<p>The most common method of predicting the nature of conditions is by measuring the temperature anomaly in the \u2018Ni\u00f1o3.4\u2019 region of the tropical Pacific. <\/p>\n<p>Sustained sea surface temperatures in excess of 0.5\u00b0C indicate an El Ni\u00f1o event, temperatures above 1.5\u00b0C represent a strong El Ni\u00f1o event and temperatures above 2\u00b0C are often referred to as a \u2018super\u2019 El Ni\u00f1o event. <\/p>\n<p>Carbon Brief says the latest climate models provide a median estimate of 2.2\u00b0C warming by September \u2013 a scenario which would put the world firmly in \u2018super\u2019 El Ni\u00f1o territory. <\/p>\n<p>Warming is expected to build after September, as El Ni\u00f1o conditions generally peak between November and January. <\/p>\n<p>Should a super event occur, it would \u201csubstantially increase the chance that 2027 will be the warmest year on record\u201d, according to Carbon Brief.<\/p>\n<h2>How do scientists predict El Ni\u00f1o strength?<\/h2>\n<p>Accurately predicting how El Ni\u00f1o conditions will develop this early in the year has historically been difficult. <\/p>\n<p>Scientists usually need a few more months before they can confidently forecast a strong or super event. <\/p>\n<p>However, researchers from the University of Hawai&#8217;i at M\u0101noa published a recent study purporting to skillfully predict El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a 15 months ahead of time. <\/p>\n<p>The paper, in Geophysical Research Letters, bases forecasts on observations of ocean surface temperature and height, without using complex climate models. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of today\u2019s leading forecast systems are either computationally expensive dynamical climate models, statistical models that rely on El Ni\u00f1o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) knowledge built over decades of research, or AI approaches that require large amounts of training data and are often harder to interpret physically,\u201d said lead author Yuxin Wang. <\/p>\n<p>Instead, the researchers used two core \u201cclimate memories\u201d discovered decades ago to create a data-driven, empirical model. <\/p>\n<p>Sea level changes can reveal heat build-up in the tropical Pacific, which led pioneering oceanographer Klaus Wyrtki to use tide gauge observations to predict El Ni\u00f1o as early as the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, anomalies in global sea surface temperatures, even outside the tropical Pacific, contribute to El Ni\u00f1o or La Ni\u00f1a developing months later. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Cacti, iguanas and El Ni\u00f1o: How erratic weather is disturbing a fragile ecosystem on the Gal\u00e1pagos<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">\u2018Normal was left in the dust\u2019: El Ni\u00f1o may return this year and make the planet even hotter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>By feeding historic data from these two observations into a computer model, the researchers tested to see if the system would have accurately predicted the Ni\u00f1o3.4 index in the past six decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found that it can predict El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a surprisingly well, with useful skill up to about 15 months ahead,\u201d said Wang. <\/p>\n<p>The model currently predicts the development of a strong El Ni\u00f1o, more than 2\u00b0C warmer than normal over the equatorial eastern Pacific, toward the end of this year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccurately predicting ENSO more than a year in advance is important because it can provide early warning, allowing communities, governments, and resource managers to take actions and make adaptations to reduce the potential impacts from El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a,\u201d Wang added. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span 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Check on this new UK map<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2887830-pos5-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--has-related the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2887830\" data-cid=\"9731232\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Ghost fish farms pollute Greek seas and threaten ship safety<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">The first three months of 2026 were the fourth warmest on record, despite weak La Ni\u00f1a conditions suppressing temperatures.\u00a0The start of the year has also seen record-low sea ice cover in the Arctic.Now, scientists expect the warming El Ni\u00f1o event predicted to arrive by early autumn to be especially strong.\u00a0Experts say this means 2026 has a 19 per cent chance of surpassing 2024 as the warmest year on record.2026 may see a \u2018super\u2019 El Ni\u00f1oBased on temperature datasets from five different research groups, environmental news and analysis website Carbon Brief predicts that 2026 is virtually certain to be one of the four warmest years on record \u2013 and likely to be the second-warmest on record.Global temperatures are expected to rise throughout the year, particularly as autumn could see the arrival of a \u2018super\u2019 El Ni\u00f1o.\u00a0The warming phenomenon in the tropical Pacific shapes global weather patterns, and can power droughts, flooding and marine heat waves.The most common method of predicting the nature of conditions is by measuring the temperature anomaly in the \u2018Ni\u00f1o3.4\u2019 region of the tropical Pacific.\u00a0\u00a0Sustained sea surface temperatures in excess of 0.5\u00b0C indicate an El Ni\u00f1o event, temperatures above 1.5\u00b0C represent a strong El Ni\u00f1o event and temperatures above 2\u00b0C are often referred to as a \u2018super\u2019 El Ni\u00f1o event.\u00a0Carbon Brief says the latest climate models provide a median estimate of 2.2\u00b0C warming by September \u2013 a scenario which would put the world firmly in \u2018super\u2019 El Ni\u00f1o territory.\u00a0Warming is expected to build after September, as El Ni\u00f1o conditions generally peak between November and January.\u00a0Should a super event occur, it would \u201csubstantially increase the chance that 2027 will be the warmest year on record\u201d, according to Carbon Brief.How do scientists predict El Ni\u00f1o strength?\u00a0Accurately predicting how El Ni\u00f1o conditions will develop this early in the year has historically been difficult.\u00a0Scientists usually need a few more months before they can confidently forecast a strong or super event.\u00a0However, researchers from the University of Hawai&#8217;i at M\u0101noa published a recent study purporting to skillfully predict El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a 15 months ahead of time.\u00a0The paper, in Geophysical Research Letters, bases forecasts on observations of ocean surface temperature and height, without using complex climate models.\u00a0\u201cMany of today\u2019s leading forecast systems are either computationally expensive dynamical climate models, statistical models that rely on El Ni\u00f1o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) knowledge built over decades of research, or AI approaches that require large amounts of training data and are often harder to interpret physically,\u201d said lead author Yuxin Wang.\u00a0Instead, the researchers used two core \u201cclimate memories\u201d discovered decades ago to create a data-driven, empirical model.\u00a0Sea level changes can reveal heat build-up in the tropical Pacific, which led pioneering oceanographer Klaus Wyrtki to use tide gauge observations to predict El Ni\u00f1o as early as the 1970s.Furthermore, anomalies in global sea surface temperatures, even outside the tropical Pacific, contribute to El Ni\u00f1o or La Ni\u00f1a developing months later.\u00a0By feeding historic data from these two observations into a computer model, the researchers tested to see if the system would have accurately predicted the Ni\u00f1o3.4 index in the past six decades.\u201cWe found that it can predict El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a surprisingly well, with useful skill up to about 15 months ahead,\u201d said Wang.\u00a0The model currently predicts the development of a strong El Ni\u00f1o, more than 2\u00b0C warmer than normal over the equatorial eastern Pacific, toward the end of this year.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAccurately predicting ENSO more than a year in advance is important because it can provide early warning, allowing communities, governments, and resource managers to take actions and make adaptations to reduce the potential impacts from El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a,\u201d Wang added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source 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