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 ...

When the polar vortex stretches, North America feels the chill. New research reveals some of the stratospheric patterns ...

Early signs of a possible La Niña fall and winter are emerging in some climate models, federal forecasters announced Thursday July 10.

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’s way more likely ...

With a weak La Niña returning in the equatorial Pacific, our weather across the Great Lakes could turn more active for the remainder of winter.

The Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for January through March is shaping up to be a typical La Niña weather pattern, with wetter-than-normal conditions possible for Northern California and ...

La Nina is the opposing end of the spectrum from El Nino, an oscillation between cooler and warmer than normal waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.

La Niña has arrived, and its global ripple effects are already taking shape. Cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific, combined with stronger trade winds, are influencing ...

By the latter part of January and into early February, models are suggesting a strong ridge of high pressure over the Pacific to weaken and stormy weather to return.

La Niña has finally emerged after months of anticipation, but there’s a catch. The climate pattern — which typically has an outsized influence on winter weather in the US — is rather weak ...