# Super El Niño breaks sea temperature record weeks early

> Ocean temperatures in the central Pacific have hit their highest level on record, weeks before El Niño is expected to peak in December.
- Title: Super El Niño breaks sea temperature record weeks early
- Summary: Ocean temperatures in the central Pacific have hit their highest level on record, weeks before El Niño is expected to peak in December. El Niño has reached…
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- Source: BBC Weather — https://bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cmlye0d7q7zno
- Published: 2026-10-13T11:18:44.877+00:00
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- Topics: el niño, ocean temperatures, climate change, pacific ocean, weather patterns, global warming, hurricane season, news, world
## Record ocean warmth weeks before peak
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology says average weekly sea-surface temperatures in the central Pacific have reached their highest level on record, weeks before El Niño's expected December peak.
## September broke daily temperature record
Scientists declared a new record for daily sea surface temperatures in the central-eastern Pacific in September, exceeding the previous record set during the very strong El Niño of twenty fifteen.
## Tropical Pacific hits thirty degrees
Temperatures above thirty degrees Celsius have been recorded for the first time in parts of the tropical Pacific, while record sea-surface temperature anomalies and exceptional subsurface warmth have been observed.
## Climate change masks natural warming
The Pacific is warming due to human-induced climate change, which is starting to mask the strength of natural warming during El Niño.
## Unprecedented warmth, says climate scientist
Dr Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist at Berkeley Earth, told the BBC: we are currently witnessing an El Niño event that is unprecedented in the historical record.

> We are currently witnessing an El Niño event that is unprecedented in the historical record.
## Warmth spreading beyond normal region
The warmth across the Pacific now extends well beyond the tropical region normally used to monitor El Niño.
## Drought and floods already emerging
El Niño's influence is already being felt across parts of the world. The World Meteorological Organisation says drought and flood-related disruption is already being reported in several regions, with growing concerns over food security in…
## Record warmth expected through twenty twenty-seven
El Niño releases additional heat from the oceans into the atmosphere. Combined with human-driven climate change, that extra heat is expected to help make twenty twenty-six one of the warmest years on record, with unusually…
## Key takeaway

El Niño has reached unprecedented ocean temperature records weeks ahead of its expected December peak, with global temperatures expected to remain unusually high into twenty twenty-seven.