El Nino looms large over U.S. Winter Outlook

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports the following. ENC is republishing it as an attributed briefing, not as independently confirmed fact. If this item is false or incomplete, the responsibility sits with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which released it. El Nino looms large over U.S. Winter Outlook Expected impacts include warmer North, wetter South and East October 15, 2026 A car drives through a snowstorm in Broomfield, Colorado, in 2024. (Image credit: Bob Hyatt/NOAA) Download Image NOAA’s U.S. Winter Outlook, released today, shows how El Nino will likely influence the upcoming winter months (December 2026 to February 2027), with warmer-than-average temperatures expected across the northern U.S.; wetter-than-average conditions likely across the southern U.S., from California to Florida, and along the Eastern Seaboard; and drought improving for the majority of the country, including areas in the East, Southern Great Plains and Southwest. “As we know from decades of observations, a very strong El Nino will likely bring a southward and ea… Original link: https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/el-nino-looms-large-over-us-winter-outlook