How Could El Niño Impact Minnesota's Upcoming Winter?

By Kirsten Mitchell, CBS Minnesota

September 8, 2023

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Just as 2023 is on track to be one of — if not the hottest year — on record, El Niño is threatening to heat things up even more.

WCCO spoke with Dr. Kenneth Blumenfeld, a senior climatologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

"El Niño is a warming of the ocean waters in the Equatorial Pacific," Blumenfeld said. "As those waters warm, it actually changes winds and it changes the current that blows from east to west."

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