STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — El Niño is drawing to a close and stands in position to be replaced by La Niña. While it may sound like a substitution in a kids game, in reality, the changeover in ...

Following the powerful El Niño of 2023–2024, one of the most intense in recent memory, climate scientists are now turning their eyes toward La Niña, which may shape Earth’s fate in 2025. With NOAA ...

What to expect ahead: The demise of El Niño is expected to occur by early summer, according to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. NOAA gives a 60% chance of La Niña developing between June and ...

El Niño and La Niña are opposing climate patterns that shift where rainfall occurs in tropics, said Michelle L’Heureux, a climate scientist at the NOAA Climate Prediction Center.

Life on Earth runs on cycles,day and night, seasons, and tides. But one of the most powerful and far-reaching climate cycles ...

The cycle revolves around two phases: El Niño warm phases and La Niña cold phases. An El Niño is declared when sea temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific rise 0.5 °C (0.9 °F) above average.

The current El Niño is now one of the strongest on record, new data shows, catapulting it into rare “super El Niño” territory, but forecasters believe that La Niña is likely to develop in ...

Rippey says just like the impacts of El Niño are still being felt four months after its peak, the claws of La Niña may not come until fall. “Even if we make that transition into La Niña by ...

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 ...

El Niño is gone. La Niña expected soon. Here's why Florida, hurricane-prone areas should care Cheryl McCloud, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida Thu, June 13, 2024 at 5:14 PM UTC 6 min read ...

While currently in a La Niña pattern, we’re expected to return to ENSO Neutral (neither La Niña or El Niño) within the next month as sea surface temperatures in the Niño Zones return to near … ...

Early outlook for next winter: See the odds of El Niño, La Niña by: Nick Bannin Posted: Mar 18, 2025 / 04:26 PM PDT Updated: Mar 18, 2025 / 04:26 PM PDT ...