How to Use La Niña in a Sentence

La Niña

noun
  • This episode of La Nina left many parts of the world under extreme conditions, fatal for human life.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 12 May 2023
  • Many of those ups and downs are caused by the natural El Nino and La Nina cycle.
    — CBS News, 17 July 2023
  • Its counterpart, La Nina, is marked by waters that are cooler than average.
    — ABC News, 8 May 2026
  • Meanwhile, La Nina, one of the main reasons that forecasters thought the season would a bit busier, is still out there and going strong.
    — Katharine Jose, Chron, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Last year, for the first time, bleaching occurred during rainy and cooler La Nina conditions, even while some corals were gaining ground.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • With a La Nina climate system in effect, though, Chicago has been warmer than average — which means snow has been scarce.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
  • There is no end in sight for this pattern -- this is a classic La Nina pattern, and this is a La Nina winter.
    — Max Golembo, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2025
  • The upcoming La Nina looks to be on the weaker end of the spectrum, which could also affect how clear-cut its influence becomes.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
  • For the previous three years El Nino’s cool flip side, La Nina, dampened a bit of the heat humans are causing.
    — Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
  • Those were also La Nina winters, which featured a mild February before a chilly March featuring some snow.
    — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The snow could be ice instead due to warmer temperatures caused by a La Nina weather pattern that is expected to last through February.
    — Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2021
  • For the East, big snowstorms or blizzards aren't usually associated with La Nina.
    — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2020
  • However, the weather and climate impacts that result from La Nina can certainly be dangerous.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The combination of a coming La Nina and an already warm ocean likely spells an active season, McNoldy said.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
  • And the storm-brewing conditions are still there --- warmer ocean waters and a cool La Nina weather pattern that results in weaker vertical wind shear needed to cut down storm winds.
    — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • El Niño has been somewhat more frequent than La Nina in past observations, but both phases vary in timing and intensity from one cycle to the next.
    — Dan Peck, ABC News, 14 May 2026
  • Currently, the climate pattern La Nina has almost half of the continental United States in a drought.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Earth had a La Nina for the past three years, which generally increase Atlantic hurricane activity.
    — Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
  • The recovery comes after the fourth mass bleaching in seven years and the first during a La Nina event, which typically brings cooler temperatures.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The La Nina climate pattern tends to boost Atlantic hurricane activity.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Additionally, La Nina, the weather phenomenon that causes high heat and drought, is letting up slightly — allowing tides of cold and rain to move in.
    — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Aug. 2022
  • El Nino has been somewhat more frequent than La Nina in past observations, but both phases vary in timing and intensity from one cycle to the next.
    — Daniel Peck, ABC News, 11 June 2026
  • El Nino has been somewhat more frequent than La Nina in past observations, but both phases vary in timing and intensity from one cycle to the next.
    — Dan Peck, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The La Nina weather pattern is expected to arrive soon, which is likely to fuel storms in the Atlantic during this year’s hurricane season.
    — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
  • Forecasters said there are favorable atmospheric conditions in the Atlantic due to La Nina.
    — Carlie Wells, NOLA.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The predictions are based, in part, on a climatological phenomenon known as La Nina, which can limit vertical wind shear in the atmosphere.
    — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2022
  • Global surface temperatures tend to be somewhat cooler during La Nina years and somewhat hotter during El Nino years.
    — Brad Plumer, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • Usually a warm El Nino spikes temperatures and its cool La Nina flip side depresses temperatures.
    — Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Experts believe some of this improvement can be attributed to the La Nina climate cycle, which generally brings cooler temperatures and less rainfall.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
  • The cooler-than-average phase is called La Nina, while near-average conditions are known as ENSO-neutral.
    — Dan Peck, ABC News, 14 May 2026

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