1988–1989 La Niña event

Meteorological event in the Pacific Ocean An extremely strong La Niña developed during early 1988 and lasted until 1989.What are La Ninas El Nino Theme Page https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/elnino/what-is-la-nina August 29, 2025 The La Niña was preceded by moderate-or-strong El Niño conditions from 1986 to very early 1988.La Nina National Geographic https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/la-nina August 29, 2025 The North American droughts of 1988 to 1990 and strongly linked heat waves killed 4,000 to almost 17,000 people across the United States and Canada although other estimates vary on death estimates. Also, damage from this drought had been estimated next to originally $40 billion.Historical Perspective of the La Nina The Research Gates https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359605854_A_Historical_Perspective_of_the_La_Nina_Event_in_20202021 August 29, 2025 Modern estimates, however, indicate the drought (more likely than not) caused closer to around $60 billion in the Western United States, the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States.Impacts of Recent Climate Anomalies The Illinois State University https://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/DCS/ISWSDCS2007-01.pdf August 29, 2025 January 14, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210114125223/https://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/DCS/ISWSDCS2007-01.pdf dead During 1989 and 1990, though, most droughts were focused west of the Mississippi River in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Colorado. The first year of this drought (1988) was all throughout the country.The Fear for Double-Dip La Ninas The International Research Institute of Columbia Climate School https://iri.columbia.edu/news/fears-of-a-double-dipla-nina August 29, 2025 The 1988–89 La Niña events might have influenced the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season. The North American drought was officially marked over in certain parts of the United States: August 1990 was extremely wet for Iowa, for which State the drought then ended.The August 1990 Climate at a Glance The National Centers for Environmental Information https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/rankings/13/pmdi/199008 August 29, 2025 There were similar results for Illinois during that same month and year.The August 1990 Climate at a Glance The National Centers for Environmental Information https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/rankings/11/pmdi/199008 August 29, 2025 In Minnesota,December 1990 Drought Indexes in Minnesota Palmer Modified Drought Index and NOAA https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/statewide/rankings/21/pmdi/199012 January 6, 2022 Nebraska,The September 1990 Drought Index in Nebraska The Palmer Modified Drought Index https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/statewide/rankings/25/pmdi/199009 January 6, 2022November 1990 Drought Indexes in Nebraska The Palmer Modified Drought Index https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/statewide/rankings/25/pmdi/199011 January 6, 2022 MissouriDrought Mitigation University of Nebraska http://www.bre.orst.edu/Faculty/selker/Oregon%20Water%20Policy%20and%20Law%20Website/Report%20of%20the%20WWPRAC/DROUGHT.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20100615002101/http://www.bre.orst.edu/Faculty/selker/Oregon%20Water%20Policy%20and%20Law%20Website/Report%20of%20the%20WWPRAC/DROUGHT.PDF January 12, 2021 2010-06-15 and Kansas, however, the dry conditions continued into Fall 1990. References Category:1988 natural disasters Category:1989 natural disasters Category:1990 natural disasters Category:Meteorological events in 1988 Category:Meteorological events in 1989 Category:Meteorological events in 1990 Category:El Niño–Southern Oscillation events