El Niño by US city
Fifty metro areas, one page each: how wet and how warm December–February was in the three super El Niño winters on record — 1982–83, 1997–98 and 2015–16 — measured at that city’s own NOAA station, against its 1991–2020 normal. Three winters are a small sample; this is history, not a forecast. Each page also shows where NOAA’s current winter outlook places the city.
Station data downloaded November 11, 2026 from NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance. Looking for a whole state? State-by-state winters.
50 of 50 cities
Northeast
- Baltimore, MDIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Baltimore was wetter than normal.
- Boston, MAIn all 3 past super El Niño winters, Boston was wetter than normal.
- New York, NYIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, New York was wetter than normal.
- Philadelphia, PAIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Philadelphia was wetter than normal.
- Pittsburgh, PAIn none of the 3 past super El Niño winters, Pittsburgh was wetter than normal.
- Providence, RIIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Providence was wetter than normal.
Northern Rockies and Plains
Northwest
Ohio Valley
- Chicago, ILIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Chicago was wetter than normal.
- Cincinnati, OHIn 1 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Cincinnati was wetter than normal.
- Cleveland, OHIn none of the 3 past super El Niño winters, Cleveland was wetter than normal.
- Columbus, OHIn 1 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Columbus was wetter than normal.
- Indianapolis, INIn 1 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Indianapolis was wetter than normal.
- Kansas City, MOIn all 3 past super El Niño winters, Kansas City was wetter than normal.
- Louisville, KYIn 1 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Louisville was wetter than normal.
- Nashville, TNIn none of the 3 past super El Niño winters, Nashville was wetter than normal.
- St. Louis, MOIn all 3 past super El Niño winters, St. Louis was wetter than normal.
South
- Austin, TXIn 1 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Austin was wetter than normal.
- Dallas, TXIn 1 of 2 past super El Niño winters with data, Dallas was wetter than normal.
- Houston, TXIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Houston was wetter than normal.
- Oklahoma City, OKIn all 3 past super El Niño winters, Oklahoma City was wetter than normal.
- San Antonio, TXIn 1 of 3 past super El Niño winters, San Antonio was wetter than normal.
Southeast
- Atlanta, GAIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Atlanta was wetter than normal.
- Charlotte, NCIn all 3 past super El Niño winters, Charlotte was wetter than normal.
- Jacksonville, FLIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Jacksonville was wetter than normal.
- Miami, FLIn all 3 past super El Niño winters, Miami was wetter than normal.
- Orlando, FLIn all 3 past super El Niño winters, Orlando was wetter than normal.
- Raleigh, NCIn all 3 past super El Niño winters, Raleigh was wetter than normal.
- Richmond, VAIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Richmond was wetter than normal.
- Tampa, FLIn all 3 past super El Niño winters, Tampa was wetter than normal.
- Virginia Beach–Norfolk, VAIn all 3 past super El Niño winters, Virginia Beach–Norfolk was wetter than normal.
- Washington, DCIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Washington was wetter than normal.
Southwest
- Denver, COIn 1 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Denver was wetter than normal.
- Phoenix, AZIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Phoenix was wetter than normal.
- Salt Lake City, UTIn all 3 past super El Niño winters, Salt Lake City was wetter than normal.
- Tucson, AZIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Tucson was wetter than normal.
Upper Midwest
West
- Las Vegas, NVIn 1 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Las Vegas was wetter than normal.
- Los Angeles, CAIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Los Angeles was wetter than normal.
- Riverside–San Bernardino, CAIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Riverside–San Bernardino was wetter than normal.
- Sacramento, CAIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, Sacramento was wetter than normal.
- San Diego, CAIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, San Diego was wetter than normal.
- San Francisco, CAIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, San Francisco was wetter than normal.
- San Jose, CAIn 2 of 3 past super El Niño winters, San Jose was wetter than normal.