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Alternate Text: A pair of stacked maps showing the common impacts of El Nino and La Nina on winter (December through February) climate across the globe. Different colors indicate if an area is more likely to be cool, warm, wet, dry, cool and dry, warm and dry, cool and wet, or warm and wet, compared to average.
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A pair of stacked maps showing the common impacts of El Nino and La Nina on winter (December through February) climate across the globe. Different colors indicate if an area is more likely to be cool, warm, wet, dry, cool and dry, warm and dry, cool and wet, or warm and wet, compared to average.

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Temperature and precipitation patterns that are typical of El Niño (top) and La Niña (bottom) during Northern Hemisphere winters (December-February). Map by NOAA Climate.gov, based on originals from the Climate Prediction Center.