Videos · October 1, 2026 · 35 seconds
El Niño 2026: A Record in Sight and What It Could Mean
NOAA says this year's El Niño has a 75 percent chance of becoming the strongest observed since 1950 by the end of 2026. The event is already unusually powerful, but its eventual peak, duration, and regional effects remain matters of probability rather than certainty, with implications ranging from a wetter winter in parts of the Southeast and reduced Atlantic hurricane activity to weaker Asian monsoon rainfall and potentially another record-setting year for global temperatures in 2027.
Read the full articleby Adam Canissario
Transcript
EL NIÑO GOES BIG
[EL NIÑO] The Pacific is running hot.
- El Niño is a warming of the tropical Pacific that shifts weather worldwide.
- US forecasters give this year's El Niño a 75% chance of becoming the strongest since 1950.
[THE ODDS] A record tilts the odds.
- Forecasters give northern Florida a 70 to 80 percent chance of a wetter winter.
- El Niño also tilts northern states toward a warmer winter, but these are odds, not guarantees.
Read the full article at noozify.com. Images: Images: NASA, NOAA (public domain). Music: an original score for Noozify.