Winter forecast calls for continued El Niño influence

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The weather phenomenon known as El Niño is credited with contributing to a quiet 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, and it will likely also influence the coming winter months, according to a recently released winter outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA’s forecast for the months of December to February predicts warmer-than-average temperatures across the northern U.S.; wetter-than-average conditions likely across the s