El Niño temperatures in Pacific Ocean break 25-year record

Temperatures in a key location of the Pacific Ocean are now far hotter than normal than ever were in the record 1997 El Niño.
Some scientists say the readings show that this year’s El Niño could be among the most powerful on record -- and even topple the 1997 El Niño from its pedestal.  http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-el-nino-temperatures-new-record-20151117-story.html
Story courtesy of the Los Angeles Times by Rong-Gong Lin II and Rosanna Xia