The two strongest El Niños of the 20th century were those of 1982/83 and 1997/98, each of which was considered at the time a 'once-in-a-century' event. The El Niño of 2015/16 is in the same class as those of 1982/83 and 1997/98, and it set new records in the NINO4 and NINO3.
https://www.ecmwf.int › meteorology
The 2015/2016 El Niño and beyond | ECMWF
2016 was hot due to el nino
Stop cherry picking