After a year of record warm global temperatures caused by climate change and an El Niño weather pattern, “a weak La Niña” is expected to form ahead of the arrival of winter, the National Weather Service said,

Earlier this month, experts at the World Meteorological Organisation Predicted a high chance of La Niña conditions emerging between October and February. Scientists say this winter will likely see a weak to moderate strength event, with the phenomenon ...

L’Heurex said that La Nina’s tend to last longer and be more recurrent than El Niño events. “It’s unusual although it’s not unprecedented,” said Ben Cook, climate scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies affiliated with ...