The planet-cooling climate pattern known as La Niña is here, scientists said Thursday, but it cannot prevent 2025 from being one of the hottest years on record.

La Niña has officially arrived. Here's what that means for western Washington Story by George Waldenberger, KOMO News Meteorologist • 10h ...

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A "wimpy La Niña" has been slated for winter 2024-25 in the Pacific Northwest, with normal temperatures, but also maybe cooler-than-normal temperatures. What does all this even mean?

The climate phenomenon is expected to bring rain and cold temperatures to Washington this winter, but some scientists are getting antsy.

The latest projections from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center show a weak La Niña is expected to return to western Washington this upcoming winter. As of August, El Niño neutral conditions ...

Chances looking good for a weak La Niña pattern to influence Western Washington;s winter weather, according to the new three-month forecast from the National Weather Service. In its forecast for ...

In addition, La Nina winters also frequently result in lowland snow across Western Washington. The La Niña winters of 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 resulted in lowland snow events across the region.

La Nina is the opposing end of the spectrum from El Nino, an oscillation between cooler and warmer than normal waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.

How will La Niña affect WA this winter? While Washington is already known for its gray winters, La Niña years tend to bring more rain and cooler temperatures than usual to the state, according ...

The climate phenomenon is expected to bring rain and cold temperatures to Washington this winter, but some scientists are getting antsy.