Northwest potentially in for ‘one of the strongest El Niños we’ve had,’ climatologists say ^7%

KUOW - By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle - 6/23/2026, 10:10 PM

Recency Bias 12.6% - Negativity Bias 7.5% - Anchoring Bias 6.5%

Warming temperatures at the equator could paradoxically bring the Northwest a wet fall and high winter snowpack, according to climatologists. The West could be in for “one of the strongest El Niños we’ve had,” Larry O’Neill, Oregon’s state climatologist, said Monday. The ocean and atmospheric weather pattern that occurs every few years... more