The cooling La Niña weather phenomenon may return between September and November, but even if it does, global temperatures are expected to be above average, the United Nations has said.
La Niña is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that cools surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. It brings changes in winds, pressure and rainfall patterns.
Conditions oscillate between La Niña and its opposite, El Niño, with neutral conditions in between.
After a brief spell of weak La Niña conditions, neutral conditions have persisted since March, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said.
Global temperatures to remain above average despite return of La Niña, says UN
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