El Nino sets temperature record in key Pacific zone: EU monitor

Global forecasters have been warning for months that this El Nino would likely become the strongest ever observed and the latest record has tumbled even before the episode’s expected peak later this yearAn intensifying El Nino broke a temperature record in a key zone of the Pacific in September, the EU’s climate monitor said on Monday (October 12, 2026), in another sign the weather pattern is gaining exceptional strength.