The 2025 hurricane season is off to a busy start in the Eastern Pacific, with three tropical cyclones already having ...

When sea-surface temperatures are above average by about 1 degree Fahrenheit or more, El Niño can develop. When temperatures are below average, La Niña can form. When temperatures are at or near ...

catapulting it into rare “super El Niño” territory, but forecasters believe that La Niña is likely to develop in the coming months. But this so-called super El Niño’s strength won’t ...

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Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say conditions will likely switch to a La Niña pattern by the end of the summer. El Niño is marked by warmer than normal ...

El Niño and La Niña are parts of an oscillation in the ocean-atmosphere system (called the El Niño Southern Oscillation, or ENSO cycle) that can impact weather and climate conditions across the ...

Now let us compare that to La Niña. La Niña is essentially the opposite of El Niño, meaning cooler than normal ocean waters, leading to stronger winds and usually less hurricane activity for ...

The climate pattern that tends to bring drier, warmer conditions to the southern half of the United States and wetter weather to the northern half has ended, NOAA said Thursday. By Livia Albeck ...

El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally ... The team analyzed more than 70 years of weather data, comparing expected rainfall patterns based on ENSO with precipitation ...

The planet is officially on alert for La Niña, the foil to the El Niño climate pattern, scientists declared Thursday. It could have a cooling effect on the ongoing stretch of record global heat ...