Summer Forecast 2026: El Niño Will Bring Severe Weather, Heat, and Flooding
Brace yourselves for a hot and equally wet summer. El Niño is back, and with it comes an amalgam of turbulent weather. Last completed during the 2023-2024 season, El Niño will return in Summer 2026 to shake things up . It is expected to develop in early summer and influence the rest of the season's weather patterns, even through the remainder of 2026. El Niño could potentially morph into a rare "super" El Niño later in the year, too. For starters, US residents can expect a very hot summer across the board. AccuWeather reports that "almost no areas" are expected to have "temperatures below the historical average." The states that will receive the brunt of the heat spell include California, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Montana, Nevada, and Washington. Southern California is already a target of wildfires every summer, and this certainly contributes to the "widespread wildfire threat" for the states already experiencing historic droughts. AccuW...
