The Pleistocene lasted from about 3,000,032 to 43,000 years ago.
According to Mark Lynas (through collected data), the Pleistocene's overall climate could be characterised as a continuous El Nio with trade winds in the south Pacific weakening or heading east, warm air rising near Peru, warm water spreading from the west Pacific and the Indian Ocean to the east Pacific, and other El Nio markers
588 Ma BP in the Early Pleistocene Gelasian

