El Niño typically diminishes Atlantic hurricane activity. ENSO-neutral is an intermediate phase between El Niño and La Niña when water temperatures are neither unusually cold or warm.

Weather patterns during ENSO-Neutral conditions are often pretty close to normal for that particular season. However, La Niña and El Niño can start to develop during neutral periods.

While it's still mid-summer, snow lovers across Utah are already speculating about the kind of winter the 2025–26 season ...

NOAA expects neutral ENSO conditions to continue in the Pacific through late 2025, with only a brief, weak La Niña possible later in the winter. A neutral pattern typically makes winter weather ...

(WJAR) The Pacific Ocean is currently in an ENSO-neutral phase, with no La Niña or El Niño. There are nearly equal chances of ENSO-neutral continuing into the winter vs. La Niña developing.

A neutral phase of the ENSO is characterized by sea surface temperature anomalies in the central and eastern Pacific ranging from -0.5 °C to 0.5 °C, meaning neither warm nor cool conditions ...

Earlier this month, the Powderchasers— POWDER ’s forecast providers—explained that the most likely outcome this winter would involve an ENSO‑neutral phase.

NOAA expects neutral ENSO conditions to continue in the Pacific through late 2025, with only a brief, weak La Niña possible later in the winter. A neutral pattern typically makes winter weather ...