Washington Post Analysis Gives 2027 a 95 Percent Chance of Record Warmth as a Very Strong El Niño Tilts U.S. Weather Odds
Nature World News | 24.09.2026 03:00
A single pattern in the tropical Pacific now sits behind several of the biggest weather stories in the United States: a record-quiet Atlantic hurricane season, a hyperactive eastern Pacific, rising sea levels along California's coast, and a winter outlook that leans wet across the South. In its latest monthly discussion, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center said El Niño is strengthening, with a greater than 90 percent chance of a very strong event through the Northern Hemisphere fall and winter.
