Here is my news story dispatched May 13:
La Niña has ended. That is the headline issued in a final La Niña advisory today from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center.

The CPC's statement said that the ocean and atmosphere system reflected a return to ENSO-neutral where there is a 67% likelihood it will stay that way through meteorological summer June-August.

La Niña was only a limiting factor in North Texas weather since December and winter in Dallas-Fort Worth ended with near- to slightly below-normal temperatures. The current spring average temperature at DFW through May 12 is 63.93 degrees, compared to the season's normal average of 65.936.

Much of the influence in our weather in North Texas since December has been governed by the Arctic Oscillation, Pacific/North American teleconnection pattern and the Madden–Julian Oscillation. La Niña typically has yielded our warmest and driest winters as well as leading to among the hottest summers on record here.

Paul Ruekberg
NewsWatch Dallas