La Niña

lanina La Nina English Etymology Spanish feminine of en El Niño. Pronunciation en /lə ˈniːn.jə/ Proper noun s Las Niñas 1 en sometimes attributive A sustained negative sea-surface temperature anomaly of more than 0.5°C across the equatorial zone of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean; the negative phase of the multi-year ENSO cycle, which causes variations in local and regional weather patterns. en May 23 2007 Houston Chronicle Climate scientists think a La Niña event may develop this summer, meaning water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean will be cooler that normal. Although the relationship is not fully understood, historically there tends to be more hurricane activity during a La Niña event. en Soumya Karlamangla What La Niña Means for California’s Drought The New York Times 2021-11-16 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/us/la-nina-california-drought.html 0362-4331 Scientists predict that La Niña this winter will lead to below average precipitation in a large swath of California, stretching from the Bay Area to the state’s southern border. They expect warmer than average temperatures for Southern California and eastern parts of Central California. https://web.archive.org/web/20250112172202/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/us/la-nina-california-drought.html 12 January 2025 Antonyms en El Niño Translations temperature anomaly Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 拉尼娜 Lānínà, cmn 拉尼娜現象 Lānínà xiànxiàng Esperanto: eo La-Ninja Finnish: fi La Niña French: fr La Niña f German: de La Niña n Japanese: ja ラニーニャ Ra Nīnya Kankanaey: kne lod-ey Polish: pl La Niña f Russian: ru Ла-Ни́нья f Spanish: es La Niña f Tagalog: tl La Niña Thai: th ลานีญา Turkish: tr La Niña Anagrams en aailnn alanin Nalani Alinan en Weather Dutch Etymology Borrowed from nl es La Niña. Pronunciation nl /laːˈninjaː/ Proper noun 1 n nl meteorology en La Niña Related terms nl El Niño Spanish Pronunciation Proper noun f La Niña en La Niña Tagalog Etymology tl :bor es:La Niña + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun 1 + en La Niña sustained negative sea-surface temperature anomaly Related terms tl El Niño Further reading tl Weather Turkish Proper noun La Niña'yı La Niña'lar La Niña tr meteorology La Niña sustained sea-surface temperature anomaly