What El Niño means in Lima (and northwestern Peru)

Analog language only: not a local forecast.

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What this usually means here

El Niño Dec–Feb periods have more often brought wetter-than-average conditions along coastal Ecuador and northwestern Peru: the classic namesake coastal corridor.

Official CPC composites name that northwestern / northern coastal band, not Lima metro on Peru’s central coast. This page is an educational hub about the regional namesake signal, with clear geography caveats: not a city-precise precip outlook.

Honesty: These composites describe northwestern / northern coastal Peru + coastal Ecuador, not a Lima-city official ENSO meter.

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