This year's El Niño launched with incredible intensity on the coast of South America.
— Dr. Robert Rohde (@RARohde) September 14, 2023
In adjacent Ecuador, the national average temperature for the month of August broke the previous record – set during the start of the extreme 1997/98 El Niño – by an enormous 1.4 °C (2.5 °F). pic.twitter.com/1U5AwAckOM