Has El Nino Affected Your Area?
By Dalane
@Dalane (691)
United States
November 14, 2015 11:14am CST
It's almost Thanksgiving and the grass is still green! In my area, we had an unusual amount of rain this summer and early fall keeping the grass as green as it was in June. It's an odd site to see-- bare trees and brown leaves whirling on the ground against a bright green background of lush lawns. This is very unusual for a city in the northern Midwest.
They say it is because of El Nino. It's kind of amazing that water surface temperature at the equator in the Pacific Ocean can have such effects all over the world for so many months. El Nino effects weather patterns in much of the US.
El Nino is cyclical. After El Nino, the pattern returns to neutral and then goes into the La Nina cycle. La Nina mostly effect South America.
How has El Nino affected your area?
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
15 Nov 15
In a way it has affected our water supply already, the irony of it all is we need more typhoons to fill our depleted dams after the last strong one was not enough, so it's a choice between water supply for drinking and irrigation vs more typhoons
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@ricki_911 (21625)
• Toronto, Ontario
24 Jan 16
No, I don't think affected my area. We had a little mild but then winter came at all force.
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@sallypup (69210)
• Centralia, Washington
15 Nov 15
Having snow tires on a car is legal on the first of November where I live. The temps continue on above freezing during the day. El Nino is giving us another mild autumn. I am frankly worried about more bugs and fleas cause so far its not been cold enough to freeze them out.
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