(FOX40.COM) — Entering into fall and winter, people in the Sacramento region and across the Western United States will begin wondering if it is going to be an El Niño year or a La Niña year, … ...

Life on Earth runs on cycles,day and night, seasons, and tides. But one of the most powerful and far-reaching climate cycles ...

One of the biggest misconceptions is that every El Niño will be like 1997-98 when downtown LA picked up 30.57 inches of rain. Some El Niño seasons have been dry, some wet, and others are closer ...

El Nino is a Spanish word that means "little boy" or "Christ Child." The phenomenon was named El Niño because South American fishermen first observed it in the early 17th century.

The current El Niño climate pattern has now attained "historically strong" status, federal scientists announced. They also predict that its counterpart, La Niña, will develop in its place later this ...

El Niño – and its sister pattern La Niña – is part of a climate pattern known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO.

The last three transition years where we went from an El Niño Winter to a La Niña Summer were 2007, 2010, and 2016. Rain amounts during those years were either near normal, or well above normal ...

This pattern is known as El Niño, and it can affect weather around the world. The box shows the Niño 3.4 region as El Niño begins to develop in the tropical Pacific, from January to June 2023.

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

Summary A strong El Niño, followed by a strong La Niña, will result in severe weather anomalies around the global that can be predicted to affect the production of various commodities. Current ...

As the transition to La Niña occurs, El Niño will weaken, but its impacts on U.S. weather are expected to persist through April, the Climate Prediction Center said in a statement Thursday.

The current El Niño has now attained "super" El Nino status, but its counterpart, La Niña, is expected later this year.