You can thank La Niña. La Niña, which means ‘small girl’ in Spanish, is a climatic condition occurring when the Pacific Ocean cools near the equator, pushing the high-altitude jet stream north.

(NEXSTAR) – After months of teasing, a La Niña winter has finally started – but we don’t blame you if you haven’t noticed. This year’s La Niña is looking short and weak. That makes it ...

Copernicus assesses that La Nina has not yet fully developed, and the world is currently in neutral conditions between the two phases. Other data models can vary, with U.S. scientists indicating ...

If many climate-watchers expected the world to cool slightly this year thanks to the natural La Niña phenomenon, the climate itself didn’t seem to get the memo. In fact, January 2025’s record ...

Many wonder why, but the lack of snow potential is mainly due to a weak La Niña. This means sea-surface temperatures over the Pacific Ocean are slightly cooler than average. This affects jet ...

BRUSSELS -January 2025 was the world’s warmest January on record, continuing a streak of extreme global temperatures despite a shift towards the cooling La Nina weather pattern, European Union ...

Entering 2025 with the influence of La Nina, last month unexpectedly was recorded as the hottest January on record, according to Levent Kurnaz, director of the Climate Change and Policy ...

Year Begins With Warmest January Despite Shift Towards Cooling La Nina By Kate Abnett and Alison Withers BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Last month was the world's warmest January on record, continuing a ...

Some New Mexican basins, like the Gila-San Francisco, have reached as low as 16%, indicating that a typical La Niña pattern is playing out, at least in the American Southwest. La Niña typically leads ...