Will El Niño make the coming months wetter in western Europe?

The ongoing El Niño episode is already strong now at the beginning of August, 2026. Here’s a picture of the current sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies: To gauge the strength of El Niño or La Niña, we use a time series based on the SST anomalies in the eastern Equatorial Pacific. The most widely usedFortsett å lese «Will El Niño make the coming months wetter in western Europe?»

Boreal Summer Predictions for 2024

In Climate Futures, we’ve tried something new this year. Rather than comparing the seasonal predictions for the boreal summer to a normal period – which seems to be a very abstract concept to most people – we’ve compared it to the last nine years. When we include 2024, this gives us a nice 10-year periodFortsett å lese «Boreal Summer Predictions for 2024»