{"id":7781,"date":"2016-07-29T12:58:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T16:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=7781"},"modified":"2016-07-29T12:58:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T16:58:33","slug":"the-impacts-of-el-nino-and-la-nina-on-southeastern-winters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2016\/07\/the-impacts-of-el-nino-and-la-nina-on-southeastern-winters\/","title":{"rendered":"The impacts of El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a on Southeastern winters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re tired of hot summer weather, you might enjoy a chance to think about cool winters. \u00a0<em>North Georgia Weather<\/em> published a blog article on the relationship between ENSO phase and the likelihood of getting a cold winter in the Southeast back in September 2015. \u00a0You can read it at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northgeorgiawx.com\/weather-blog\/category\/el-nino\">https:\/\/www.northgeorgiawx.com\/weather-blog\/category\/el-nino<\/a>. \u00a0The statistics show that about 25 percent of the coldest winters come when we are in a weak or moderate La Ni\u00f1a. \u00a0The stronger the La Ni\u00f1a, the less likely a cold winter is. \u00a0So those of you who like cold weather should cheer for a weak La Ni\u00f1a this year, since there is virtually no chance of a really cold winter if the La Ni\u00f1a is strong. \u00a0Of course, daily values can be different than the average, and it will still be winter, so some cold temperatures are likely regardless of ENSO phase.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re welcome.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1746\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1746\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/mn-dot-corn-snow-fence.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1746\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/mn-dot-corn-snow-fence-300x185.png\" alt=\"Source: Minnesota Dept of Transportation\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/mn-dot-corn-snow-fence-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/mn-dot-corn-snow-fence-224x138.png 224w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/mn-dot-corn-snow-fence.png 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Minnesota Dept of Transportation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re tired of hot summer weather, you might enjoy a chance to think about cool winters. \u00a0North Georgia Weather published a blog article on the relationship between ENSO phase and the likelihood of getting a cold winter in the Southeast back in September 2015. \u00a0You can read it at\u00a0https:\/\/www.northgeorgiawx.com\/weather-blog\/category\/el-nino. \u00a0The statistics show that about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":1746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-and-ag-in-the-news","category-climate-science","category-el-nino-and-la-nina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7782,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7781\/revisions\/7782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}