We're currently at the highest likelihood for ENSO-neutral conditions to persist through August and dropping to 48 percent in November through January.

Predicting the weather is a hard job. So hard that it is a common joke to make about meteorologists being wrong more than ...

Now, neither La Niña nor its counterpart El Niño are present and a so-called neutral phase has begun, according to a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report.

El Niño and La Niña drive seasonal weather patterns over Canada and across the world. Explore these high-impact events and how they affect weather here at home.

La Niña is simply the opposite of El Niño. correction A previous version of this article incorrectly referred to Nathan Lenssen as a climate scientist at the University of Colorado.

La Niña and its opposing climate pattern El Niño can impact weather, wildfires, ecosystems and economies worldwide, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). What ...

Learn how El Nino and La Nina can contribute to severe weather leading to heavy storms in some regions and droughts in others. Read about the causes and effects of El Nino and La Nina.

La Nina is opposite of El Nino in that the water is cooling off the coast of South America. Stronger trade winds cool sea surface temperatures. As a result, storm tracks in the Northern Hemisphere ...

El Niño brings warm waters to the eastern Pacific; La Niña brings cool waters there. These changes disrupt rainfall, storms, and temperatures worldwide—causing floods, droughts, and shifts in ...

La Niña typically leads to a much more active hurricane season while El Niño is more prone to suppressing hurricane activity – except for in 2023. Forecasters need to factor in other ...