Unusually Strong El Niño Develops Early in Tropical Pacific

The warm weather pattern could evolve into a ’super El Niño' if sea surface temperature rise by 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above its average.

Beachgoers enjoy warmer temperatures in Huntington Beach, Calif., on June 19, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

El Niño has arrived early, and it could shape up to be historically strong as it warms the tropical Pacific Ocean, possibly bringing with it some of the hottest weather in years, meteorologists announced June 11.

Forecasters with the National Weather Service (NWS) issued an El Niño advisory Thursday after announcing the warm climate pattern had developed a month before expected in the tropical Pacific.