Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
From our ENSO blog (climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso). This animation shows the transition from La Niña's cool waters to El Niño's warm waters between January and early June 2023. Each map shows 5-day-average sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean compared to the long-term average. The key El Niño-monitoring region is outlined with a gray rectangle. Video by Climate.gov, based on NOAA Coral Reef Watch data from NOAA View. Unless specifically stated otherwise, Climate.gov video productions can be freely republished or re-purposed by others.
From our ENSO blog (climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso). This animation shows the transition from La Niña's cool waters to El Niño's warm waters between January and early June 2023. Each map shows 5-day-average sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean compared to the long-term average. The key El Niño-monitoring region is outlined with a gray rectangle. Video by Climate.gov, based on NOAA Coral Reef Watch data from NOAA View. Unless specifically stated otherwise, Climate.gov video productions can be freely republished or re-purposed by others.
