#ElNiño is a warming of sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, caused when trade winds weaken. The pattern has been re recognized since at least the 1600's when Peruvian fishermen realized it would often peak in December. Because of the timing around Christmas, they dubbed it El Niño, or "the Christ child" in Spanish. Modern meteorologists refer to it as the El Niño Southern Oscillation.
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