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Only 5 times since the 1950s: Meteorologists warn of a Super El Niño | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · · 390 words · By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Global sea surface temperatures reached 20.97°C in March, the second-highest on record for the month, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said.

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Techniques found 1
Topics 3

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What happened

Global sea surface temperatures reached 20.97°C in March, the second-highest on record for the month, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said.

Why it matters

The reading was the hottest for March since 2024 during the last El Niño.

Common ground

It signals a likely transition toward El Niño later this year.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The CSU outlook calls for about 75% of the average hurricane activity observed from 1991 to 2020, USA Today reported.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the CSU hurricane activity outlook⺟
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Claim 2: “The reading was the hottest for March since 2024 during the last El Niño.”
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Wikipedia entries mention the 2023–2024 El Niño event but do not reference March sea surface temperatures or comparisons to 2024. No evidence supports or contradicts the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–2024 El Niño was regarded as the fifth-most powerful El Niño–Southern Oscillation event in recorded history, resulting in widespread droughts, flooding and other natural disasters across the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–2024_El_Niño_event
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Those variations have an irregular…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ángel Muñoz García (Spanish: [ˈaŋxel muˈɲoθ ɣaɾˈθia]; born 11 September 1994), better known as by his stage name Jordi El Niño Polla ("Jordi 'The Dick Boy'"), often shortened to Jordi ENP, is a Spanis…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordi_El_Niño_Polla
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Claim 3: “The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States assigned a 25% chance that El Niño could strengthen into a super El Niño by fall or early winter, according to the Mirror.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute NOAA's super El Niño probability estimate.
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Claim 4: “The World Meteorological Organization said the recent La Niña is expected to give way to neutral conditions before swinging into El Niño later in the year.”
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Wikipedia entries discuss the World Meteorological Organization's history and activities but do not mention current La Niña/El Niño projections. No relevant evidence found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International Meteorological Organization (IMO; 1873–1951) was the first organization formed with the purpose of exchanging weather information among the countries of the world. It came into exist…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) is responsible for the distribution of information, advisories, and warnings regarding the specific program they have a part of, agreed by consensus…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Specialized_Meteorolo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — World Meteorological Day was established in 1951 to commemorate the establishment of the World Meteorological Organization on 23 March 1950. This organization announces a slogan for World Meteorologic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Meteorological_Day
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Claim 5: “It assigns probabilities for a major hurricane making landfall of 32% for the entire US coastline, 15% for the US East Coast including Florida.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the CSU hurricane activity outlook.
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Claim 6: “That classification is generally linked to warm Pacific anomalies of at least 2 degrees Celsius and has been seen only five times since 1950.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the definition or historical frequency of 'super El Niño'.
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Claim 7: “The Climate Prediction Center said El Niño could appear as soon as May, with a 61% chance it forms at some point between May and July of this year, USA Today reported.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the Climate Prediction Center's El Niño probability estimate.
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Claim 8: “The last occurrence [of a super El Niño] was in 2015–2016.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about the 2015–2016 super El Niño.
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Claim 9: “Global sea surface temperatures reached 20.97°C in March, the second-highest on record for the month, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said.”
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Wikipedia entries retrieved are unrelated to sea surface temperatures, Copernicus, or climate records. No relevant evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Global March to Gaza (GMTG), also referred to as the Gaza Solidarity Convoy, was a civilian-led, international initiative to march from Arish, Egypt, to the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Str…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_March_to_Gaza
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Global Marijuana March (GMM), also referred to as the Million Marijuana March (MMM), is an annual rally held at different locations around the world on the first Saturday in May. A notable event i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of Ma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March
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