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Our El Niņo Timeline:

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There was an El Niņo during 1567-68. This is the first El Niņo event for which historical evidence is available.

There was an El Niņo during 1630-31.

There was an El Niņo in 1641.

There was an El Niņo in 1650.

There was a very strong El Niņo in 1661.

There was an El Niņo during 1694-95.

There was an El Niņo during 1715-16.

There was a very strong El Niņo during 1782-83.

There was a very strong El Niņo during 1790-93.

There was an El Niņo during 1802-04.

There was a Multiple Year El Niņo during 1823-33.

There was a very strong El Niņo during 1844-46.

There was an El Niņo during 1951-52.

There was an El Niņo during 1957-58. This was the first El Niņo event to receive recognition of the name by the scientific community outside of Peru.

There was an El Niņo during 1963-64.

There was an El Niņo during 1965-66. This El Niņo had a devastating effect on the guano bird population of Peru.

There was an El Niņo during 1969-70.

There was a very strong El Niņo during 1972-73. This El Niņo contributed in a large part to the decline of the Peruvian anchovy population. It also caused drought and other climatic effects worldwide.

There was an El Niņo during 1976-77.

There was an El Niņo during 1982-83. This was the largest El Niņo on known record.

There was an El Niņo during 1990-95. This was one of the few mutiple year El Niņo events this century. This El Niņo event was also one of the strongest, along with the 1982-83 El Niņo event this century. This El Niņo caused the warmest winter on record for the USA.