Impacts of La Nina on Global Climate

La Nina is connected to abnormal patterns of temperature, rainfall and storms around the world. The Pacific Ocean is an important body of water. Abnormal temperatures in the Pacific Ocean can affect the whole world. La Nina causes cooling in the central and eastern part of the Pacific Ocean. Because of the uneven cooling La Nina affects global climate a lot. La Nina particularly affects rainfall. La Nina creates greater chances of severe storms. La Nina increases ocean temperature In the South eastern part of Asia (specifically Papua New Guinea and Indonesia) there is more chance of a lot of rainfall and storms. The latest La Nina was in 1998. Meteorologists believe that La Nina might have influenced the string of powerful hurricanes that hit the Atlantic coast in 1998. Meteorologists also believe that this influenced the major temperature swings in central and eastern United States. Whenever there is a La Nina the likelihood of a drought in Southeast and Southwest of the United States rises greatly. The temperatures in the Southeast of the United States get warmer than usual and in the Northeast they get colder than usual.