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.

In fact, 2022 was the warmest La Niña on record, and adding the additional heat of El Niño means the next year or two will likely climb even higher on the list of hottest years on record.

WASHINGTON — After three nasty years, the La Niña weather phenomenon that increases Atlantic hurricane activity and worsens western drought is gone, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

It's official: El Niño is gone. We're now under ENSO conditions. And get ready, because chances are high La Niña will be here during the peak of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Let's explain ...

Episodes of El Niño and La Niña typically last nine to 12 months but can sometimes last for years. According to Xia, the incidence of hurricanes is higher during the neutral phase, or when ...

Following the powerful El Niño of 2023–2024, one of the most intense in recent memory, climate scientists are now turning ...

The black box is the Nino 3.4 Region, the area scientists monitor to gauge the strength of an El Niño or La Niña. Of course, neutral is somewhere between these warm (El Niño) and cold (La Niña ...

The strong El Nino weather condition that added a bit of extra heat to already record warm global temperatures is gone. It’s cool flip side, La Nina, is likely to breeze in just in time for peak ...

The strong El Nino weather condition that added a bit of extra heat to already record warm global temperatures is gone. It's cool flip side, La Nina, is likely to breeze in just in time for peak ...

Episodes of El Niño and La Niña typically last nine to 12 months but can sometimes last for years. According to Xia, the incidence of hurricanes is higher during the neutral phase, or when ...