June 11, 2026
El Nino conditions are present and expected to strengthen into the Northern Hemisphere winter of 2026–27, the US Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday.
The US government forecaster added that El Nino conditions developed over the past month.
● The El Nino is a phenomenon that occurs naturally, when weakening trade winds cause warmer ocean waters to build up in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. This typically leads to higher global temperatures and altered weather patterns, bringing drought to some regions and heavy rainfall to others.
● "El Nino is likely to have a negative impact on crop yields in Southeast Asia and India, where El Nino is typically associated with below-normal rainfall," said Kyle Tapley, enterprise sales executive at Vaisala Xweather's WeatherDesk.
