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Latest status of El Niño and La Niña

El Niño and La Niña
Latest status (November 2023)


In the past month or so, El Niño continued with warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures over the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. Based on the latest oceanic observations as well as forecasts by a number of climate models around the world, the El Niño is expected to persist in winter 2023/24 and spring 2024.


Sea surface temperature anomalies
(Image provided by the NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSL, Boulder, Colorado, USA, from their Web site at http://psl.noaa.gov/)

Figure 1 Sea surface temperature anomalies of 22 October – 18 November 2023 in degree Celsius.


Note:

The next update will be available in the latter half of December 2023.

Related links:

What are El Niño, La Niña, ENSO?
The impact of El Niño and La Niña on the climate of Hong Kong
Seasonal and annual rainfall charts
Blogs relating to El Niño/La Niña
References on El Niño and La Niña
Seasonal forecast | Annual outlook | Climate change

For further information on this webpage, please contact Ms. M Y Chan (tel:2926 3102, email:mychan@hko.gov.hk)