Read More: Forecasters predict a classic El Niño winter this year This is where the new maps come in. They show where snow is more or less likely during El Niño winters compared to average.

Life on Earth runs on cycles,day and night, seasons, and tides. But one of the most powerful and far-reaching climate cycles ...

El Niño,the infamous “child of the climate,” has returned, and with it comes a wave of global weather disruptions. As 2024 ...

Map shows how El Nino conditions will affect food production in different parts of the world. Purple represents positive impacts on crop yields, while orange represents severe negative impacts.

A map of the U.S. showing areas that have seen higher amounts of snowfall during El Niño years, denoted in blue, and those that have tended to see less snow, in yellow.

This is partially due to El Niño's influence, but there were also abnormally warm temperatures elsewhere in the Pacific, the Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean building up, largely due to the impact ...

The current forecast for this winter brings the El Niño to somewhere between 1.5 degrees and 2.0 degrees warmer than normal, putting it well into the strong category.

The map below shows the same data for stronger El Niño winters. The pronounced darker hues represent more extreme shifts in snowfall during a strong El Niño compared to an average one.

The current El Niño is now one of the strongest on record, new data shows, catapulting it into rare “super El Niño” territory, but forecasters believe that La Niña is likely to develop in ...

As is expected in an El Niño year, it’s the southern states that look most likely to get hit with rain. The Gulf states have especially high chances – 60% to 70% – of a wet winter.

The map below shows the same data for stronger El Niño winters. The pronounced darker hues represent more extreme shifts in snowfall during a strong El Niño compared to an average one.