El Nino Is Officially Underway As The Heat Temperature Rises Along The Coastal Areas

Pedestrians cross a street in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on June 1, 2023. Japan experienced its warmest spring on record this year, the national weather agency said June 1, as greenhouse gasses and El Niño combine to send temperatures soaring worldwide. PHILLIP FONG/ACCUWEATHER

After months of anticipation, El Niño has officially developed and will have a heavy hand in shaping the weather patterns around the world into 2024.

On Thursday morning, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center announced that “El Niño conditions are present and are expected to gradually strengthen into the Northern Hemisphere for the winter of 2023-24.”