If you’re wondering why scientists and weather forecasters are talking about these phenomena, we have some answers, including how they got their names. By The New York Times El Niño is back. In ...

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 ...

El Niño lasts about 9 to 12 months, with La Niña lasting upwards of 3 years. They are opposite extremes of one another, as El Niño causes SST in the Pacific to become warmer than normal.

A massive heat wave is putting nearly 100 million people under intense triple-digit heat in the coming days. Here's how El Niño is contributing to the high temperatures.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The last three years we have been a La Niña pattern, but it looks like that is going to start to change soon with El Niño conditions in the forecast through the end of 2023.

While the phenomena are not on a set schedule they typically happen every two to seven years, with El Niños more common than La Niñas. However, the last El Niño came in 2018.

La Niña has historically increased tropical activity in the Atlantic while its weather-extreme counterpart, El Niño, does the opposite. La Niña is gone. What does that mean for Florida and ...

Scientists thought La Niña was coming. It didn't — at least for now. What could that mean for this year's hurricane season, and how might long-term climate change affect El Niño and La Niña ...

Last year saw the strongest El Niño winter since 2015 and it ended up being the 5 th warmest winter on record in Chicago. The impacts on the winter forecast remain to be seen.

A winter El Niño pattern typically bring wetter and colder conditions in the southern US while the northern areas are warmer. Forecasters don't expect El Niño for winter 2024.

La Niña may end soon. What that may mean for temperatures and hurricanes. A climate phenomenon known as El Niño Costero may be developing near Peru, potentially spelling an early end to a ...