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El Niño southern oscillation

irregularly periodic variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean
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Summary

El Niño southern oscillation is a meteorological phenomenon[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of meteorological phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,822 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: teleconnection[3]
  • Commons category: El Niño/La Niña–Southern Oscillation[4]
  • Has part(s): El Niño[5], La Niña[6], Southern Oscillation[7]
  • Located in/on physical feature: South Pacific Ocean[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:El Niño-Southern Oscillation events[9]
  • Short name: ENOS[10], ENSO[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Climate change[12]
  • P14541: VlHAm[13]

Why It Matters

El Niño southern oscillation has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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MLA “El Niño southern oscillation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/el-ni-o-southern-oscillation.
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 169992213
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  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → VlHAm
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 22w ago · Horcrux · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia della scienza e della tecnica id → el-nino
    Library of congress authority id → —
    National library of israel j9u id → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: El Niño, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779097984573"
  4. 24w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → teleconnection
    Has part(s) → El Niño, La Niña, Southern Oscillation
    Instance of → —
    The guardian topic id → environment/elnino
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Treccani id: el-nino"
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