How to Use El Niño in a Sentence

El Niño

noun

• El Nino acts to heat up the planet, and could make 2027 the hottest year on record.
  — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
• El Nino’s effects have already been noticed in other parts of the world.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026
• The effects of El Nino are felt differently around the world, says Roundy.
  — Simmone Shah, Time, 10 Apr. 2026
• And the next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth even more, as some forecasts predict a brewing El Nino will reach superstrength.
  — Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
• This could be exacerbated in 2026 with a strong El Nino.
  — ABC News, 8 May 2026
• Forecasters caution that El Nino predictions tend to be less accurate at this time of year and could change in the coming months.
  — Dan Peck, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
• If El Nino forms, its potential strength remains highly uncertain.
  — Dan Peck, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
• However, Ehsan’s team forecasts that this El Nino will peak a month or two earlier based on strong early signs from recent weeks.
  — Seth Borenstein, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
• There is very high confidence that El Nino will continue through early spring 2027.
  — ABC News, 9 July 2026
• Fire activity is likely to get worse in the coming months because of the developing super strong El Nino.
  — Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 29 July 2026
• Sentian warns that the frequency of Super El Nino could double over the coming century, thanks to climate change.
  — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 28 May 2026
• El Nino typically occurs every two to seven years and lasts around nine to 12 months, WMO said.
  — ABC News, 8 May 2026
• The team predicts that total economic losses from El Nino this century could reach $84 trillion.
  — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 28 May 2026
• Berardelli said an El Nino event essentially redistributes heat on Earth.
  — ABC News, 8 May 2026
• And among those areas that could face a lengthening drought is the Pacific Northwest because of the way the jet stream moves during El Nino.
  — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
• The excess heat brought to the surface by El Nino, combined with the planet's warming due to climate change, will lead to record-breaking global warmth, Swain said.
  — ABC News, 8 May 2026
• The last one, a mild El Nino, happened from summer 2023 into early spring 2024.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
• The intensity of any upcoming El Nino will play a major role in whether global temperature records could be challenged in the near future.
  — Dan Peck, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
• And Schmidt said there is a weak correlation between an El Nino and a significant snowpack in the Rockies.
  — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
• Forecasters have called for below normal activity due to the presence of El Nino, but such information shouldn’t prompt anyone to let their guard down.
  — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
• The intensity of the developing El Nino will play a major role in whether global temperature records could be challenged in the near future.
  — Dan Peck, ABC News, 14 May 2026
• El Nino is a cyclical and natural warming of patches of the equatorial Pacific that then alters the world’s weather patterns.
  — ABC News, 8 May 2026
• El Nino has been somewhat more frequent than La Nina in past observations, but both phases vary in timing and intensity from one cycle to the next.
  — Daniel Peck, ABC News, 11 June 2026
• El Nino typically increases the odds of above-average snowfall in the mid-Atlantic and coastal areas of the Northeast as storms often move up the coast.
  — ABC News, 9 July 2026
• Currently, the subsurface heat in the Pacific is moving east across the ocean and ascending to the surface from the deep waters, the initial stages of El Nino.
  — ABC News, 8 May 2026
• The agency is now highly confident there will be a very strong El Nino during the upcoming Northern Hemisphere fall and winter seasons.
  — Dan Peck, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
• Forecasters blame the weather patter on a strengthening El Nino, which is suppressing tropical waves that typically bring heavy rains to the island.
  — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
• But then Hurricane Andrew which devastated Florida became what that El Nino year was known for.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
• However, with El Nino conditions expected to return in the coming months, global temperature records could be challenged again.
  — Dan Peck, ABC News, 14 May 2026
• Those reasons included a strengthening El Nino, the presence of Saharan dust, and timing to reach peak activity.
  — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026