El Niño breaks temperature records months before peak

Latest data shows the temperature at the center of El Niño in the Pacific reached 3.05°C above the 1991–2020 average, surpassing the previous record of 3.02°C set in November 2015 — and this several months before the phenomenon's expected peak. Scientists describe this year's El Niño as a "Godzilla"-scale event, intensifying the climate crisis and affecting communities worldwide.

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