When the area warms by 3.6°F above average, scientists classify the El Niño event as extreme. Since the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began collecting data in the 1950s, the ...

Life on Earth runs on cycles,day and night, seasons, and tides. But one of the most powerful and far-reaching climate cycles is the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which alternates between El ...

El Niño is creeping into “strong” territory, the National Weather Service’s latest advisory indicated Thursday, and the phenomenon is forecast to remain at least at this strength into the ...

El Niño likely had a hand in hot and dry conditions in northern South America that brought the Amazon River to record-low levels in October, the US Lower 48’s hottest ever winter and severe ...

Forecasters say El Niño, a climate pattern known for warmer ocean temperatures and increased rain and snow, is likely here to stay until early 2024.

The El Niño that impacted the Northern Hemisphere between Dec. 2009 and Feb. 2010 was moderate, and while temperatures were still 3 degrees above average, there was plenty of snow.

El Niño is part of a natural, cyclical phenomenon, but climate change heightens the stakes by raising baseline temperatures before El Niño swoops in to push the mercury up even higher.

El Niño’s cooler counterpart, La Niña, played a huge role in the past three winters across the US, keeping the South dry while parts of the West received a lot of much-needed snow.

The 1997 to 1998 El Niño peaked at +2.4 degrees. The experimental NCAR El Niño forecast was created to more thoroughly explore what phenomena in the Earth system might be predictable from a ...

El Nino developing around the Pacific equator in 2023 (NOAA) In December 1997, 7 inches of rain fell in parts of Orange County in one day. February 1998 brought more than 13 inches of rain to ...