La Niña conditions forecast to end soon

March 13, 2025

"La Niña conditions persisted through February, but forecasters expect ENSO-neutral conditions to develop in the next month and persist through the Northern Hemisphere summer." That's the latest from the March 2025 ENSO update.

This chart shows sea surface temperature anomalies in the east-central tropical Pacific Ocean. There were El Niño conditions up to May of 2024, then neutral until December 2024, and there has been a brief dip into La Niña conditions since then, with a forecast for the sea…