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Justin Mankin predicts the current El Niño will be warmer than the 2016 El Niño event.

Reported on Odd Lots · Odd Lots · Aug 14, 2026

“Every forecast right now, I believe, puts the forthcoming the unfolding El Nio because we are in a in a in an advisory, and we have been since June according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center. Essentially, you're looking at every forecast being, having a warmer El Nino than the twenty sixteen El Nino”

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Sea surface temperature anomaly indices (Niño 3.4 or RONI) for the 2026-2027 El Niño event exceed those recorded during the 2015-2016 El Niño event.

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