El Niño moves into record-breaking territory

Temperatures in that key monitoring region have now reached three degrees above average, breaking a daily record set back in 2015.

This chart shows a very strong El Niño is likely through the fall and winter months. (NOAA) And it’s still warming.

Forecast models project this El Niño won’t peak until December, with more long-term, multi-month historical records set to fall in the coming months.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says there’s now a 75 per cent chance this will be a long-term historic event for the modern era.

To give you a sense of where we are, there have been only four other super El Niño events on record, including the historic event of 1877, which caused massive drought and widespread crop failure and was devastating for the world at that time.