El Niño year, or neither is determined by sea surface temperatures near the equator over the Pacific Ocean. The temperature of the water and air above it can shift the position of the jet stream ...

During El Niño years, when water temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator are warmer than average, the Pacific jet stream shifts south, often bringing wetter conditions to the ...

Climate scientists study El Niño, a giant patch of unusually warm water on either side of the equator in the eastern Pacific Ocean, because it can alter the jet stream, drying out the U.S. northwest ...

After much of the world experienced the hottest year on record in 2024, the U.S. has seen a lot of cold and snow for January. This warmth was partly fueled by a strong El Nino that peaked last year ...

An El Niño weather pattern—La Niña’s counterpart ... Because of cooler sea surface temperatures, the jet stream—a current of air flowing from west to east—is pushed to the north ...

La Niña is the cool phase of ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation ... on the Northern Hemisphere in the winter season as the jet stream or storm track is pushed farther north, keeping it cooler ...

According to National Weather Service data, Milwaukee had an average temperature of 52.8 degrees in 2024, 3.5 degrees warmer than normal.

La Niña has arrived and is likely to be impacting the winter season, including how much snow and rain New England might see ...

During El Nino, warmer Pacific water helps form thunderstorms ... El Niño causes the Pacific jet stream to move south and spread further east. During winter, this leads to wetter than normal ...