A transition into neutral and even an El Niño status in 2026 will have significant climate impacts across the U.S. and around ...

The Climate Prediction Center is eyeing a transition to ENSO-neutral in 2026. What does that mean for winter weather?

Planning a winter getaway this year? You might want to pay closer attention to something happening thousands of miles away in ...

With the polar vortex catching all the buzz in recent weeks, federal forecasters say our old friend La Niña is still a major ...

El Niño and La Niña periods often last nine to 12 months, but can go on for years and don’t occur on a regular schedule.

A new La Niña was declared by forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) in October and by the Australian Bureau of ...

December 16, 2025 - By Kathryn Hansen - After a several-month hiatus, La Niña returned to the equatorial Pacific Ocean in September 2025 and has continued into December. However, this occurrence of El ...

NOAA has officially declared the La Niña event has developed. Will this last the winter, and what are the key characteristics ...

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 the coming ...

After three consecutive years of an unusually stubborn pattern, La Niña has officially ended and El Niño is on the way, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. That could ...

Weather’s most popular twins, El Niño and La Niña, are both naturally occurring events associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) — a climate cycle having to do with changes in sea ...