Weather & Science
La Niña’s End Threatens to Unleash an Active Atlantic Hurricane Season
People visit the beach before Hurricane Milton's arrival in Fort Myers, Florida, on Oct. 8.
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The weather-roiling La Niña weather pattern has ended, returning equatorial Pacific temperatures to a neutral state that could portend an active Atlantic hurricane season.
Now that La Niña — a cooling of Pacific temperatures near the equator — is officially over, the ocean’s surface is forecast to remain in a neutral condition through June, July, August and beyond, the US Climate Prediction Center said.