Weather

More hot weather is expected for much of the United States in the coming months, federal forecasters warn, driven by a combination of human-caused climate change and the El Ni?o climate pattern.

El Ni?o is a cyclic climate phenomenon that brings warm water to the equatorial Pacific Ocean, and leads to higher average global temperatures. El Ni?o started in June. Today, officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that El Ni?o will continue through March 2024.

"We do expect the El Ni?o to at least continue through the northern hemisphere winter. There's a 90% chance or greater of that," explains NOAA meteorologist Matthew Rosencrans.