Four La Niñas In A Row Has Never Happened, But BOM Says We ‘Can’t Rule It Out’ For Next Year

The third consecutive La Niña has barely begun but she is so sopping wet Sydney broke its record for the wettest year yet… in October. It’s been so soggy there’s already talk of a possible fourth La Niña weather event next year, which has never happened before and would be extremely not good.

This summer is the third time since 1900 Australia has seen three La Niñas in a row, the others being 1954-57, 1973-76, and 1998-2001. Four in a row is unheard of, but some scientists suggest La Niña and La Niña-like conditions could be getting worse and more frequent thanks to human-induced climate change.