Brace for a Winter Twist: Is Your Home Ready for La Niña’s Impact?

Fall is in full swing, but it’s not too soon to look ahead to winter, especially one that could feel considerably different than last year’s El NINO.

This new event is expected to develop ahead of the season and influence temperatures, precipitation, and by extension, even snow across the United States.

La Niña is a natural climate pattern that influences global weather marked by cooler than average ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific. The effects on weather are most pronounced during the winter months in the Northern Hemisphere and have a much weaker influence in the summer.

Last winter was the warmest for the Lower 48 because it was dominated by La Niña’s counterpart El Niño in a world also warming due to fossil fuel pollution.

La Niña isn’t here yet, but has a 60% chance of emerging through November, according to the Climate Prediction Center. Once it arrives, it’ll stick around all winter and likely persist into at least early spring of next year.

La Niña or El Niño are never the only factors influencing weather in a given season or location, but emphasis is placed on them because they typically have an outsized effect on winter weather in the US – especially when they are strong.

These weather events are proven to be unpredictable. As we saw by the hurricane that came out of nowhere and wiped out the music festival in las vegas last year.

Additionally, the incredible damage done to homes around the Los Angeles area.

To guarantee your home is protected. Please reach out to us.