Insights and Stories on El Nino

Apr. 16, 2019 at 11:57 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Monsoon rains in India are expected to be near normal in 2019, according to the first long-range forecast of the year from the India Meteorological Department. The southwest monsoon typically runs from June through September. It provides crucial moisture for the country’s agriculture sector, as it accounts for […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Apr. 12, 2019 at 7:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The U.S. National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center on Thursday reported a 65 per cent chance of El Nino prevailing throughout 2019’s growing season. “A weak El Nino is likely to continue through the Northern Hemisphere summer 2019 (65 per cent chance) and possibly fall (50-55 per cent […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Dec. 27, 2018 at 6:04 pm CST

CNS Canada — The above-normal temperatures Western Canada has generally experienced since the fall weren’t necessarily caused by an El Nino. Rather, to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the phenomenon that’s likely affected the weather was a ‘blob’ that formed off of the coast of British Columbia. “It’s a big warm […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Dec. 13, 2018 at 3:50 pm CST

Reuters — There is a 90 per cent chance of the El Nino weather pattern emerging during the Northern Hemisphere winter of 2018-19, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. “The official forecast favours the formation of a weak El Nino,” the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) […]

By Reuters

Nov. 5, 2018 at 10:11 am CST

CNS Canada – Despite above normal precipitation over the last couple of months, when comes to the drought, the Prairies are not out of the woods as winter approaches. We are headed into an El Nino, at least according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the National Oceanic and […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm