The weakening La Nina alters spring, in a useful sense: the broad, winterish pattern around which temperature and storms tracks have been running is no longer as predictable, and regional variations ...

El Niño might be back later this year; major climate agencies that closely watch the tropical Pacific have recently updated ...

NOAA’s latest climate update about one of the biggest drivers for this spring and summer is here.

A new index will help scientists and forecasters better identify El Niño and La Niña events in the future as the climate ...

La Niña occurs when the ocean’s surface temperatures in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific reach a specific cooler-than-average temperature, as shown below. NOAA said the observed ...

El Niño could start to build later this summer ...

Winter’s La Niña pattern may lead to a late spring in the northern United States, and affect how you get plants.

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland - La Niña has returned for a second consecutive go-around this autumn and winter, and it could have a noticeable influence on seasonal weather patterns. Water temperatures in ...

After a short absence, climate troublemaker La Niña is back, and forecasters say it could have a big impact on the winter weather outlook. La Niña is a part of a natural climate cycle officially known ...

NOAA forecasts a weak La Niña, resulting in a drier 2025 winter in central North Carolina. La Niña tends to shift jet stream north, favoring warmer and drier central North Carolina. Other climate ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Fall began this week, but the U.S. Climate Prediction Center is already giving some hints of what to expect in the coming months, with La Niña expected to return. The division of ...