# Are we having El Nino this winter, or not?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-having-el-nino-this-winter-or-not/275543
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 18, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-having-el-nino-this-winter-or-not/275543 "2004-11-18T21:15:03Z")
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### Author: ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-having-el-nino-this-winter-or-not/275543/1 "2004-11-18T21:15:03Z")

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The title seems pretty self explantory. (BTW - I’ve checked google and gotten conflicting reports - I’m just wondering if anyone has actually decided yet.) 🙂

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### Author: ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-having-el-nino-this-winter-or-not/275543/2 "2004-11-18T22:50:37Z")

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Yep, that we are. It’s supposed to be pretty mild this year, but judging from the amount of storms we’ve received early this season, I’m not buying into that just yet. 😉

[Here’s what NOAA has to say.](http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2317.htm)