Year | Length | Effects | 1988 | 2 years | Extreme southern US drought, severe weather further north, more Atlantic hurricanes | 1995 | 1 year | Weaker than the 1988-89 La Nina. Colder and wetter Pacific Northwest, drought in southern US | 1998 | 3 years | Hot, dry summers in southern states, snowy winters in the Pacific, increased hurricane activity |
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Click here for a list of additional La Nina years, going back to 1950. El Ninos and La Ninas are believed to have occurred even thousands of years ago, perhaps millions.
Generally, La Ninas have the following effects:
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