Among all the folk ways people predict the weather (such as woolly worms and persimmon seeds), I look forward to meteorologists' analyses of what I refer to as the "Climate Siblings." They would be El Niño and La Niña, and, no, that isn't an official nickname. That's all mine.

El Niño or La Niña

Collectively, they are officially known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation or ENSO . I like mine better, but that's beside the point. The two patterns do produce different results, but they have something in common. Both El Niño and La Niña can mean LOTS of precipitation depending on where you live. But in the Ohio Valley, El Niño typically leads to warmer and drier winters here in the tri-state. Our most recent El Niño occurred in 2023.

If that's your preference, however, buckle up beca

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