El Niño has reached super status, which will impact the weather.

7 sources · 5 support · 2 neutral

What we can confirm

Major meteorological and climate sources report that the ongoing 2026 El Niño has crossed the commonly used threshold for a “very strong” or “super” El Niño and that such events are well known to significantly affect global and regional weather patterns, including temperature and rainfall anomalies and more extreme events. The “super” label is informal rather than part of all agencies’ official classification schemes, but operational forecasters and mainstream media are using it because sea-surface temperature anomalies in the Niño 3.4 region have reached about +2.0°C, which corresponds to the highest strength category and is associated with pronounced weather impacts.