The national Climate Prediction Center is predicting the development of another El Nino, which could impact much of North America later this year into the spring.
South Dakota State Climatologist Laura Edwards says the percentages are increasing…
An El Nino occurs when Pacific Ocean surface temperatures warm. That has a major impact on North American weather.

Edwards says those warmer temperatures in the winter could lead to more ice…

Edwards says longer range forecasts don’t indicate an early frost..

Edwards says forecasts for the last months of the year show warmer and drier conditions.