El Nino and La Nina

What are El Nino and La Nina?

  • El Nino - (El Nee-nyo) is the warming of water in the Pacific Ocean.
  • La Nina - (Lah Nee-Nyah) is the cooling of water in the Pacific Ocean.

 

El Nino Weather

La Nina Weather

  • Snow and rain on the west coast
  • Unusually cold weather in Alaska
  • Unusually warm weather in the rest of the USA
  • Drought in the southwest
  • Higher than normal number of hurricanes in the Atlantic

 

Satellite Image of El Nino

Years of El Nino

1902-1903

1905-1906

1911-1912

1914-1915

1918-1919

1923-1924

1925-1926

1930-1931

1932-1933

1939-1940

1941-1942

1951-1952

1953-1954

1957-1958

1965-1966

1969-1970

1972-1973

1976-1977

1982-1983

1986-1987

1991-1992

1994-1995

1997-1998

????

 

Satellite Image of La Nina

Years of La Nina

1904-1905

1909-1910

1910-1911

1915-1916

1917-1918

1924-1925

1928-1929

1938-1939

1950-1951

1955-1956

1956-1957

1964-1965

1970-1971

1971-1972

1973-1974

1975-1976

1988-1989

1995-1996

1998-1999

????

Interesting Facts

  • El Nino was first discovered hundreds of years ago by fishermen off the coast of Peru.
  • El Nino means "Little Boy" and was named after the Christ child, because it usually starts around Christmas.
  • El Nino is officially called ENSO - El Nino Southern Oscillation.

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Posted by Webster, Ma Conrad Allen, Realtor on 06/13/2011 08:01 AM   Comments (8)  
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8 Comments on WHAT IS WITH THIS CRAZY WEATHER? EL NINO AND LA NINA AT WORK?

JUN
13
2011
526,187 Points 54 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Conrad - I had to slow down to read this one and glad I did!  Interesting information.  One thing I know for sure is that things are heating up around my hometown and I think it is going to be a HOT summer, likely hitting 100 again this week!
8:21am • #1
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"El Nino was first discovered hundreds of years ago by fishermen off the coast of Peru."

Discovered, huh???  AGGGHHHHH!!! PADDLE FASTER!!!
8:52am • #2
562,183 Points 17 Featured Posts Called Shot Master

Conrad - interesting information; as we have all been observing bizarre weather throughout the world.
8:53am • #3
647,190 Points 68 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp

Hi Barbara - We will be in the 50's and rainy for 4 days.

They only paddled half fast Keith.

Strange Carol.
9:26am • #4
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All I know is it is cold and rainy here in the Pacific Northwest!  I'm going to have to go out of state to get some sun again...
9:51pm • #5
JUN
14
2011
647,190 Points 68 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp

Same here Debbie.
6:15am • #6
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half fast!  Good one!

 
2:22pm • #7
647,190 Points 68 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp

I knew you would catch that one:)
2:38pm • #8


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