NOAA Climate.govThe map above depicts how much snow differs from average across all El Niño winters, regardless of El Niño’s strength.
Snowfall during all stronger El Niño winters (January-March) compared to the 1991-2020 average (after the long-term trend has been removed).
The number of years with below-average snowfall during the 13 moderate-to-strong El Niño winters (January-March average) since 1959.
Red shows locations where more than half the years had below-average snowfall; gray shows locations where below-average snowfall happened in less than half the years studied.
On the map above, darker reds indicate areas that have experienced more years of below-average snowfall during moderate-to-strong El Niño winters.
Persons:
Niño, There’s, “ El Niño, ” Michelle L’Heureux, Jon Gottschalck, Snow, El Niño
Organizations:
CNN, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, El, Northeast
Locations:
El, California, Texas, Southwest, Washington, Baltimore, Northwest, Midwest, Northeast