A Climate Phenomenon El Niño is a term that pops up in weather forecasts and climate discussions quite frequently. But what exactly is it? Simply put, El Niño is a climate phenomenon where the ocean ...

While currently in a La Niña pattern, we're expected to return to ENSO Neutral (neither La Niña or El Niño) within the next month as sea surface temperatures in the Niño Zones return to near average.

It’s been the talk of the coffee shop – scientists have been forecasting the development of El Niño for months and issued the first El Niño Watch on April 13. In the National Oceanic and ...

The lingering effects of El Niño are still being felt in the U.S. The deluge of rains that fell across the mid-south, southeast and eastern U.S. are a reminder of that. However, one agricultural ...

India awaits monsoon forecast with anxiety, pondering El Niño or La Niña impact on 2025-2026 weather patterns.

The El Niño event is spawned by warmer than average temperatures in the Central Pacific called the "Nino 3.4" region. When sea surface temperatures are warm here by more than 0.5C or higher for a few ...

El Niño is on its way out just as summer is approaching. The weather phenomenon was heavily responsible for the extreme heat of last summer, so summer 2024 has the potential to look different.

Modeling experiments show Pacific warm and cold patches persisted even when continents were in different places The El Niño event, a huge blob of warm ocean water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that ...

This page contains information on El Niño, La Niña, and how these important patterns influence your weather here in Canada. Browse our video and news galleries and feel free to share this ...

Predicting the onset and intensity of the weather-roiling El Niño and La Niña events is crucial for global markets, and meteorologists need to get the messaging right or risk sparking confusion ...

After a period of persistent La Niña conditions, the equatorial Pacific Ocean is showing strong signs of a shift toward the ...