La Niña is a part of the El Niño southern oscillation, a climate fluctuation that slowly sloshes vast bodies of water and ...

(NEXSTAR) – After months of teasing, a La Niña winter has finally started – but we don’t blame you if you haven’t noticed. This year’s La Niña is looking short and weak. That makes it ...

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

You can thank La Niña. La Niña, which means ‘small girl’ in Spanish, is a climatic condition occurring when the Pacific Ocean cools near the equator, pushing the high-altitude jet stream north.

January’s average surface air temperature reached 13.23°C, soaring 1.75°C above pre-industrial levels, according to data ...

This is what we often see during winters with La Niña conditions. Meanwhile, a much warmer pattern is expected to dominate across the eastern U.S.—and at times this warmer weather will surge north ...