Lanina 2024. La niña is a natural climate pattern that influences global weather marked by cooler than average ocean temperatures in the equatorial pacific. The strong chance of la niña later this summer is one of the factors leading noaa forecasters to predict a much more active atlantic hurricane season than usual in 2024.
Forecasters at noaa expect la niña to form as early as. For australia, la niña would increase the prospects of a wet spring and summer, and to a lesser degree, potentially subdue extreme summer heat.