WMO Projects La NiƱa Resurgence in 2025 | 09 Sep 2025

Source: WTO

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has projected that the La Niña weather phenomenon may return between September and November 2025.

  • La Niña: La Niña is a natural climate phenomenon that occurs when the surface waters of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become unusually cold due to stronger-than-normal trade winds pushing warm water towards the Western Pacific (near Asia and Australia).
    • It is opposite to El Niño, which is characterized by unusually warm sea surface temperatures in the same region.
  • Effects of La Niña on India’s Monsoon: La Niña boosts southwest monsoon rainfall, benefiting Kharif crops and replenishing rivers, lakes, and groundwater. 
    • However, excessive or uneven rain can cause flooding and waterlogging in low-lying regions like Assam and Bihar. 
    • It also often brings colder-than-normal winters to northern states such as Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.

La Niña and El Niño

Feature

El Niño 

La Niña 

Oceanic Condition

Sea surface temperatures rise in central & eastern tropical Pacific

Sea surface temperatures drop in central & eastern tropical Pacific

Trade Winds

Weaken or reverse, allowing warm water to move eastward

Strengthen, pushing warm water westward toward Asia

Global Weather Effects

Floods in western South America & southern North America.
Droughts in Australia, Southeast Asia, and parts of India.

Floods in India, Southeast Asia & Australia.
Droughts in Western South America and Southern US

World Meteorological Organization (WMO): WMO is a UN specialized agency for weather, climate, hydrology, and related geophysical sciences. 

  • It originated from the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was founded in 1873 to standardize global weather observations. 
  • IMO became WMO in 1950, and in 1951, it was designated a UN specialized agency.

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