El Nino (Spanish name for the male child)
- initially referred to a weak, warm
current appearing annually around Christmas time
along the coast of Ecuador and Peru (not good for
their fishing industry and quano birds!)
- can produce significant economic
and atmospheric consequences worldwide
- occur every 3-7 years, lasting
about one year
- Recent major events:
1982-1983 and 1997-1998
- The 97-98 event was the strongest ever recorded!!
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| Previous El Niņo
Years |
| 1902-1903 |
1905-1906 |
1911-1912 |
1914-1915 |
| 1918-1919 |
1923-1924 |
1925-1926 |
1930-1931 |
| 1932-1933 |
1939-1940 |
1941-1942 |
1951-1952 |
| 1953-1954 |
1957-1958 |
1965-1966 |
1969-1970 |
| 1972-1973 |
1976-1977 |
1982-1983 |
1986-1987 |
| 1991-1992 |
1994-1995 |
1997-1998 |
2002-2003 |
| 2006-2007 |
2009- |
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