A La Niña climate pattern has officially arrived, meteorologists said Thursday, which is linked to weather trends characterized by warmer, drier conditions across most southern states with ...

First predicted to form last summer, climate troublemaker La Niña has developed at last, federal climate scientists announced Thursday morning. However, the pattern is a weak one, and isn't ...

NOAA forecasters have been expecting La Niña for months. The previous La Niña concluded in 2023 after an abnormal three-year stretch. Michelle L'Heureux, head of NOAA's El Niño team ...