Lately, it's been cold and wet, but La Niña's cooler Pacific Ocean waters near the equator foretell a warmer, drier winter ...

La Niña is the cool phase of ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) that is marked by sea-surface water temperatures 0. ... The last La Nina ended in 2023 after an unusual three-year stretch.

La Niña is marked by cooler-than-average ocean water in the region. "We finally got to La Niña!" National Weather Service meteorologist Erica Grow Cei said in an email to USA TODAY.

After a record hot year on the planet due to the El Nino phenomenon, it will be replaced for several months by a phenomenon with the opposite effect - La Niña.

who is also one of the main authors of NOAA’s La Niña/El Niño blog, explained. The phenomenon is marked by cooler than average water temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, along with ...

During El Niño events, trade winds weaken and warm water is pushed toward the west coast of the Americas. La Niña events are when stronger-than-usual trade winds push warm water toward Asia.

When we’re in a La Niña, water along the Pacific coast is also colder and more nutrient dense, according the National Ocean Service. That’s also good news for marine life, like salmon and ...

La Niña, which typically brings dryness to Argentina, is suddenly on the lips of farmers across the prime growing belt. “All I’m reading in the messaging groups are cries for water,” said ...

La Niña is the cool phase of ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) that is marked by sea-surface water temperatures 0.5ºC below the climatological average in a key area of the eastern Pacific.

Those water temperatures reached that key metric ... by cooler and wetter weather for the southern states. The last La Nina ended in 2023 after an unusual three-year stretch.

La Niña is the cool phase of ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) that is marked by sea-surface water temperatures ... NOAA says La Nina ocean cooling has finally arrived, but it’s weak and ...