NOAA has declared that a La Niña is underway. This cool weather event is likely to be shorter and weaker than usual, but will still affect global weather and climate.
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La Niña has finally emerged after months of anticipation, but there’s a catch, and it could impact its influence on the weather.
La Niña reared its head in the tropical Pacific in December 2024 and it's likely to linger for a few more months. What does that mean? In short, colossal climatic forces are set to drive lower average temperatures,
With below-average temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, the Climate Prediction Center says La Niña is here to stay this winter.
La Niña has finally materialized. Here’s what that means for South Carolina weather and snow during the rest of the winter.
After months of waiting, La Niña conditions finally emerged in the tropical Pacific last month, according to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center.
Historically, about 75% of the time, this pattern produces below-average rainfall for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. This rain season, spanning July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, has followed a classic La Niña pattern, where the storm track shifts northward into the Pacific Northwest.
Weather patterns across the U.S. and the world from October through December resembled patterns from previous La Niña events. La Niña is considered to be the cool phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and is characterized by lower-than-average sea-surface temperatures,
La Niña Definition La Niña is one half of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle—when the east-central tropical Pacific turns cooler than average and the Walker circulation (the prevailing atmospheric pattern over the Pacific) strengthens.
Minot residents have been experiencing temperature whiplash with relatively warm temperatures dropping precipitously below zero in stretches at the beginning of the year. Megan Jones, a meteorologist and Climate Services lead with the National Weather Services in Bismarck,
The planet-cooling climate pattern known as La Niña is here, scientists said Thursday, but it cannot prevent 2025 from being one of the hottest years on record.