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

The lingering effects of El Niño are still being felt in the U.S. The deluge of rains that fell across the mid-south, southeast and eastern U.S. are a reminder of that. However, one agricultural ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Last year's El Nino brought a variety of weather-related woes, but this year's La Nina may stir up double trouble during the tornado season for a number of states, including ...

An El Niño weather pattern—La Niña’s counterpart—brought the warmest winter on record last year. La Niña conditions emerged in December and will likely persist through April, though the ...

El Niño and La Niña are two opposing climate conditions in the Pacific Ocean that affect the weather across the globe. Trade winds in the Pacific tend to blow from east to west, pushing warm ...