IF you are old enough you will most likely remember the 1997-1998 El Niño event. One of the strongest El Niños on record, it brought severe droughts, haze, crop failures, and water rationing.

2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook: Here’s How Active This Year Could Be Without El Nino, La Nina Patterns Tropical Depression One-E is expected to reach cooler waters by Friday and quickly ...

For the fourth consecutive year, the Atlantic hurricane season kicks off without a named storm forming before June 1, and there are no immediate signs of formation. The Atlantic Basin hurricane ...

El Niño and La Niña are two phases of the naturally occurring climate phenomenon called the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which leads to the most dramatic year-to-year variation of Earth’s ...

Australia's weather is influenced by many climate drivers. El Niño and La Niña have the strongest influence on year-to-year climate variability for most of the country. They are part of a natural ...

For the fourth consecutive year, the Atlantic hurricane season kicks off without a named storm forming before June 1, and there are no immediate signs of formation. The Atlantic Basin hurricane season ...

To monitor the Pacific Ocean for signs of El Niño or La Niña, climatologists use several SST indices. These indices measure the difference between the current sea surface temperature and its long-term ...

Corbosiero said there are three main factors: Water temperature, the El Nino/La Nina cycle of natural ocean warming and cooling, and “seeds” of storms coming off Africa as thunderstorms.