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What is the primary effect of El Niño on global weather patterns?

El Niño leads to more stable weather conditions worldwide.

El Niño alters typical weather patterns, increasing rainfall in some areas and drought in others.

El Niño decreases global temperatures.

El Niño triggers colder winters across the Northern Hemisphere.

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El Niño alters typical weather patterns, increasing rainfall in some areas and drought in others.

(It's driven by a warming of the central/eastern tropical Pacific that shifts atmospheric circulation, producing regional changes in precipitation and temperature.)