Japan forecasts El Niño peak by early winter

Japan's weather bureau said on Tuesday that there was a 100% chance of the El Niño weather pattern peaking by early winter before persisting through the Northern hemisphere spring of 2027.

An El Niño is a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific. The weather bureau said this latest occurrence has been observed since the spring of 2026.

-Reporting by Tokyo NewsroomEditing by Chang-Ran Kim