Water temperatures near the ocean surface reached their highest positive anomalies on record in the zone of the equatorial Pacific Ocean defining either El Niño or its opposite, La Niña, in November. This means the sea-surface water temperature was farther above average for the time of year than any previous month in reliable records dating to 1950.
Specifically, the water temperature in this region was about 2.35 degrees Celsius above average in November 2015, topping the previous record monthly anomaly from November 1997 by 0.02 degrees Celsius, in reliable records dating to 1950
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