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Midwest could see La Niña weather conditions this winter
La Niña weather conditions could develop in winter months, according to Ohio State University Extension Climate Specialist Aaron Wilson.
“As of right now, I think eastern corn belt region will be wetter than average and the rest of the Midwest is probably kind of a toss up at this point,” he says.
He tells Brownfield a La Niña typically changes weather patterns in the U.S. in November or December and continues through January and February.
“It usually means wetter conditions in the Ohio Valley, so the eastern corn belt region from Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio,” he says. “Could that mean really wet conditions heading into spring? Perhaps but we’ll have to see. As far as temperatures, the trends are not in favor of cooler than average temperatures, but we always have to see what the Arctic is doing. There is always some extreme variability that can be expected.”
A La Niña climate pattern develops in the Pacific Ocean and can impact weather conditions worldwide.
Brownfield interviewed Wilson during the Farm Science Review in London, Ohio.
