2009–2010 El Niño event

Meteorological event in the Pacific Ocean A moderate or strong El Niño event took place in the Central Pacific Ocean and was one of the strongest such events.A Unique 2009-10 El Nino Event AGU Journal https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2011GL048521 September 2, 2025 This event had the highest anomaly in the Pacific.A Unique 2009-10 El Nino Event AGU Journal https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2011GL048521 September 2, 2025 Because of the location in the Pacific, the 2009 and 2010 El Niño was classified as warm pool. This El Niño had a hard influence on the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season in which there were only nine named storms from Ana to Ida. Furthermore, in 2009 no hurricanes struck the United States. In the Western Caribbean Sea, however, Hurricane Ida struck eastern Nicaragua, Belize and the Mexican Yucatán Peninsula as a Category 1 or 2 cyclone.Hurricane Ida 2009 Reports The National Hurricane Center https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL112009_Ida.pdf September 2, 2025 The storm later became a nor'easter and pounded the East Coast of the United States, causing $300 million to $500 million in actual damage..Hurricane Ida 2009 Reports The National Hurricane Center https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL112009_Ida.pdf September 2, 2025 Other effects in the 2009 and 2010 eventThe 2009 and 2010 El Nino Report NASA https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/node/594 September 2, 2025 were record snowfalls across the Great Lakes states, Mid-Atlantic and New England.Northern Snow 2009-2010 The Earth's Institute at the Columbia University https://ocp.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/div/ocp/drought/snow.shtml September 2, 2025 The Southeastern United States recorded very wet conditions during the 2009–10 events.Historical Perspective NCEI https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/dyk/el-nino September 2, 2025 References Category:2009 natural disasters Category:2010 natural disasters Category:El Niño–Southern Oscillation events