After three consecutive years of an unusually stubborn pattern, La Niña has officially ended and El Niño is on the way, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.

The strong El Niño is rapidly ending, and we may see the opposite condition called La Niña developing. The switch from El Niño to La Niña will probably impact our summer weather.

While it’s too early to guarantee El Niño won’t return next winter (2025-2026), if we ruled it out, then parts of the country that are continuing to see expanding drought like the Southwest ...

The latest forecast indicates La Niña conditions could return just in time for winter despite El Niño-Southern Oscillation-neutral conditions well past the end of summer, according to the National ...

The SST anomaly patterns in peak phase can be classified into EP, EP-like, and CP types for El Niño, and EP, mixed (MIX), and CP types for La Niña. The general type of each El Niño or La Niña event is ...

India awaits monsoon forecast with anxiety, pondering El Niño or La Niña impact on 2025-2026 weather patterns.

El Nino and La Nina Warming sea surfaces in the tropical Pacific, in an image released July 5th, 2012.

The strong El Niño is rapidly ending, and we may see the opposite condition called La Niña developing. The switch from El Niño to La Niña will probably impact our summer weather.

While it’s too early to guarantee El Niño won’t return next winter (2025-2026), if we ruled it out, then parts of the country that are continuing to see expanding drought like the Southwest ...