NOAA Says ‘Chances Increase for El Niño’: That May Be Good for U.S. in Short Term, but Would Lead to Rapid Warming
It’s looking increasingly likely we’ll see an El Niño starting this summer. If so, next year will almost certainly be the hottest year on record.
The silver lining is that climatologist Kevin Trenberth says an El Niño would probably be a change “for the better” for the U.S. “in the short term” since it might mean a weaker hurricane season and some relief for the devastating drought that is slamming the Southwest.