{"id":48977,"date":"2026-04-24T12:04:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48977"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:04:36","slug":"warming-el-nino-set-to-return-in-mid-2026-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48977","title":{"rendered":"Warming El Nino set to return in mid-2026: UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The warming El Nino weather phenomenon, which pushed global temperatures to record highs during its last cycle, is expected to return by mid-2026, the United Nations said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The UN\u2019s weather and climate agency said El Nino conditions could emerge as early as the May\u2013July period. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said early indicators suggest the event could be strong.<\/p>\n<p>An El Ni\u00f1o event is expected from mid-2026, impacting global temperature &amp; rainfall patterns, according to WMO&#8217;s global seasonal climate update. Models indicate that this may be a strong one!<br \/>\nMore details \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/t.co\/zQDJ6uWGJE pic.twitter.com\/bqdt9uIaRr<br \/>\n\u2014 World Meteorological Organization (@WMO) April 24, 2026<\/p>\n<p>El Nino is a naturally occurring climate pattern that warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, altering winds, pressure and rainfall patterns. These conditions alternate with La Nina, its cooler counterpart, with neutral phases in between.<\/p>\n<p>The previous El Nino contributed to making 2023 the second-hottest year on record and 2024 the hottest ever recorded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a period of neutral conditions at the start of the year&#8230; there is high confidence in the onset of El Nino, followed by further intensification,\u201d said Wilfran Moufouma Okia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cModels indicate that this may be a strong event \u2014 but forecast confidence generally improves after April,\u201d he added. El Nino typically occurs every two to seven years and lasts around nine to 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>The WMO said its latest Global Seasonal Climate Update showed a clear shift in the equatorial Pacific, with sea surface temperatures rising rapidly \u2014 \u201cpointing to a likely return of El Nino conditions as early as May\u2013July\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasts also indicate a \u201cnearly global dominance of above-normal land surface temperatures\u201d over the next three months. \u201cThere is no evidence that climate change increases the frequency or intensity of El Nino events,\u201d the Geneva-based agency said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it can amplify associated impacts, because a warmer ocean and atmosphere increases the availability of energy and moisture for extreme weather events such as heatwaves and heavy rainfall.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The warming El Nino weather phenomenon, which pushed global temperatures to record highs during its last cycle, is expected to return by mid-2026, the United Nations said on Friday. The UN\u2019s weather and climate agency said El Nino conditions could emerge as early as the May\u2013July period. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said early indicators [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}