TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — As the 2023 hurricane season enters its final stretch, the El Niño weather pattern has shown up in full force. El Niño is one of the two phases in the El Niño-Southern Oscillation ...

As of January 2026, the sea surface temperatures along the equatorial Pacific are right at -.5 degrees celcuis cooler than ...

The current El Niño climate pattern has now attained "historically strong" status, federal scientists announced. They also predict that its counterpart, La Niña, will develop in its place later this ...

A map showing the sea surface temperature anomalies across the Pacific Ocean. Areas of yellow, orange, red and pink are areas where the water is warmer than the historical average. The warm waters ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — As the 2023 hurricane ...