There's a 50-60 percent chance of a much warmer than average May in parts of the Pacific Northwest, and a 50-60 percent chance of a much wetter than average May in parts of California.
With a 62% chance that El Niño conditions will develop by May–July, NOAA is issuing an El Niño Watch.
NOAA's network of moored buoys in the tropical Pacific is getting an upgrade that will help scientists better understand and predict El Niño and La Nina.
NOAA predicts moderate to major spring flooding along the upper Mississippi River from Minneapolis to St. Louis.
More often than not, La Niña brings dry winters to the U.S. Southwest. Was there something unusual about our current La Niña that would explain why the area got soaked instead?
Poster-sized collection of global temperature maps since 1850 makes it easy to spot the influence of global warming.
For the last 40 years, the tropical Pacific has been trending toward a La Nina-like pattern. Will this trend continue into the future? What are the implications? Three experts dig into these questions and more.
No, your eyes are not deceiving you. The latest ENSO Outlook does in fact favor the end of La Niña with a slightly over 80% chance that ENSO-Neutral conditions will reign supreme by springtime. For more on that and another look at how daily temperatures vary during winter, click below.
Despite the cooling influence of La Niña, 2022 was the sixth-warmest year on record.
The January 2023 climate outlook favors a wetter-than-average start to the new year for the western US, northern Plains, Great Lakes and Tennessee Valley, and a warmer-than-average month for the central and eastern United States.