China Meteorological Administration: This El Niño event is expected to end around April. In January 2024, the sea surface temperature in most of the equatorial Pacific was higher than the same period in normal years.
The sea temperature index in the key El Niño monitoring area (Niño 3.4 area) is 1.80°C, a decrease of 0.22°C from December 2023, indicating that this El NiñoEvent has begun to decay since January 2024 and the peak has appeared.