La Niña

By Keziah Inon
According to Wikipedia, La Niña is an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that is
the colder counterpart of El Niño, as part of the broader El Niño–Southern
Oscillation (ENSO) climate pattern. The name La Niña originates from Spanish for "the girl",
by analogy to El Niño, meaning "the boy". In the past, it was also called an anti-
El Niño and El Viejo, meaning "the old man."
They also mentioned that during a La Niña period, the sea surface temperature across
the eastern equatorial part of the central Pacific Ocean will be lower than normal by 3–5 °C
(5.4–9 °F). An appearance of La Niña often persists for longer than five months. El Niño and
La Niña can be indicators of weather changes across the globe. Atlantic and Pacific
hurricanes can have different characteristics due to lower or higher wind shear and cooler or
warmer sea surface temperatures.