NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting the La Nina we are currently in should last through the winter and on into next spring with the strongest effects likely happening in Florida, South Georgia, and Alabama. This includes warmer sunnier than normal conditions as well as drier than normal precipitation. La Nina is not linked to late frosts but if it returns to neutral conditions earlier in 2021, late spring frosts are more likely in neutral years. We also know that summers after a La Nina are more likely to experience drought because of the lack of soil moisture recharge over the cool winter months.

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