What could happen to the weather in the coming months without La Niña and El Niño is less clear-cut, but forecasters are already making predictions. How hurricanes and temperatures could respond ...

La Niña’s arrival was a long time coming Long-range forecasters at the CPC first raised the possibility of a switch to La Niña back in February 2024 when El Niño was still very strong.

That’s why La Niña is almost guaranteed to feel like a “bust” somewhere in the country, L’Heureux acknowledges. It would be amazingly rare to see a “perfect” La Niña outcome. There ...

La Niña years are associated with more, stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic basin. Once La Niña does form, there’s a 74% chance it lasts through winter, according to the latest climate modeling.

La Niña typically leads to a much more active hurricane season while El Niño is more prone to suppressing hurricane activity – except for in 2023. Forecasters need to factor in other ...

La Niña is partly defined by periods of below-average surface temperatures in the Pacific, as well as a northward shift of the jet stream — the atmosphere’s racetrack for storms from the Pacific.