The short-lived reign of La Niña has come to an end. La Niña – a natural climate pattern that can influence weather worldwide – arrived at the start of this year but had a very short and odd ...

The climate pattern had been anticipated for months but didn’t fully emerge until late December, and even then, it arrived at minimal strength and faded quickly. As of mid-April, more than ...

La Niña isn’t here yet, but has a 60% chance of emerging through November, according to the Climate Prediction Center. Once it arrives, it’ll stick around all winter and likely persist into ...

Both of these cycles have longstanding climate patterns. Scientists stunned after satellite data unveils new information about El Niño and La Niña: 'We've learned a great deal' first appeared on The ...

El Niño hasn't even grown cold, but national forecasters say its counterpart, La Niña, is already waiting in the wings to take over. Here's what that means for weather around the U.S. this year.

This situation, affectionately nicknamed La Nada, means neither La Niña nor El Niño is present. Neutral “La Nada” times can make predicting seasonal weather a bit more challenging.

La Niña has ended and that’s a meteorological fact. The forecasts for ocean temperatures now show a possible El Niño developing this summer. El Niño is the opposite of La Niña.

El Niño helped drive global average temperatures to new records over the last year. Forecasters say it's waning, but that 2024 may still be one for the record books.

La Niña has officially ended, and now we are transitioning to a neutral phase characterized by neither El Niño nor La Niña, but rather a state lying in the middle. La Nina ends: How could that ...

Item 1 of 3 A chaja opens its wings near teros standing in the Navarro lagoon, which dried up due to the climate phenomenon La Nina, in Navarro, in Buenos Aires province, Argentina December 5, 2022.

After a long wait, NOAA says La Nina is officially here. That's when the sea surface temperatures along the equator in the Pacific Ocean drop below average.

“If La Niña is playing a consistent role, where we’re seeing colder air, it does increase the chance that we see more cold air outbreaks and possibly more chances for heavier snow,” he said.