After months of teasing, a La Niña winter has finally started – but we don't blame you if you haven't noticed.

Its delayed arrival may have been influenced — or masked — by the world's oceans being much warmer the last few years, said Michelle L'Heureux, head of NOAA's El Nino team. “It’s totally ...

La Niña is usually associated with drier conditions across the southern part of the U.S. and wetter conditions to the north.

The previous La Niña concluded in 2023 after an abnormal three-year stretch. Michelle L'Heureux, head of NOAA's El Niño team, told The Associated Press (AP), that the warming of the world's ...

Its delayed arrival may have been influenced by the world's oceans being much warmer the last few years, said Michelle L'Heureux, head of NOAA's El Niño team. "La Niña has finally emerged.

Ocean surface temperatures dropped to 0.9F of a degree (0.5C) below normal across the parts of the Pacific tracked by the US, said Michelle L’Heureux, a forecaster at the Climate Prediction Center.

Its delayed arrival may have been influenced — or masked — by the world’s oceans being much warmer the last few years, said Michelle L’Heureux, head of NOAA’s El Niño team.