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 ...

For instance, El Niño usually brings with it hotter, dryer conditions to the northwestern US and unusually high levels of rain to the southern US. In contrast, La Niña produces dryer conditions ...

catapulting it into rare “super El Niño” territory, but forecasters believe that La Niña is likely to develop in the coming months. One of the main ways scientists determine whether El Niño ...

The 2025 hurricane season is off to a brisk start in the eastern Pacific with three named storms forming before the Atlantic ...

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 ...

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 ...

(NEXSTAR) – You may have heard La Niña is over, and El Niño is getting ready to move in. It’s one thing to understand what that means for our weather, but what do the words “El Niño ...

After three consecutive years of an unusually stubborn pattern, La Niña has officially ended ... is generally much more impacted with El Nino conditions bringing higher than normal precipitation ...