As the US gears up for a winter heavily influenced by the first strong El Niño in years, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have released maps that offer insight ...

Newly released maps from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provide a clue. While they aren't forecasts, they show where and how much snow has fallen during previous El Niño winters.

Early signs of a possible La Niña fall and winter are emerging in some climate models, federal forecasters announced Thursday ...

(NEXSTAR) – El Niño is back with a vengeance.After years of back to back La Niña, this winter will be the first in five years with an El Niño pattern in place. The last time we saw El Niño ...

The end of the strong El Niño winter is in sight. National forecasters announced Thursday that El Niño is likely to fade away between April and June.

The influence of El Niño or La Niña on US weather isn’t as clear-cut in the summer as it is in the winter, especially during a transition between the two phases, said Michelle L’Heureux, a ...

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Previous El Niño winters since 1980 (December-February) Looking back at the sea-surface temperature departure from normal we can rank previous El Niño events from Weak (+0.5ºC) to Strong (+1.5ºC).