Medium Happiness

I guess I haven’t noticed the last 4 El Nino cycles because the one in 1993-94 is the last one I remember. During those years, upstate New York got a few epic dumper snow storms. And as the all-around snow fan that I am, I remember it well. Anyhow, El Nino, aka the southern oscillation, has returned, which means we’re probably in for some wetter than usual weather over the next year. Let’s hope there’s some cold weather to match so the precip arrives as snow and not rain or it’s nasty close relative, sleet.

Here’s the official el nino definition: El Niño, the periodic warming of central and eastern tropical Pacific waters, occurs on average every two to five years and typically lasts about 12 months.

See if you can spot the differences between El Nino and La Nina, the related, but opposite, oceanic temperature/trade wind phenomenon.