# Southwest Climate Outlook - El Niño Tracker - April 2020 | CLIMAS

> The CLIMAS Southwest Climate Outlook El Niño Tracker for April 2020, published April 30, 2020, provides an update on El Niño conditions affecting the American Southwest. The page is mainly a regional climate briefing with a contributor profile.

- Date: 2020-04-30 · published 2020-04-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53555-southwest-climate-outlook-el-nino-tracker-april-2020-climas
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Regional climate updates like this have little direct effect on feed commodity prices, since the Southwest is a small share of US grain and oilseed output.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-06-14 | [Southwest Climate Outlook - El Niño Tracker - June 2020 \| CLIMAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52530-southwest-climate-outlook-el-nino-tracker-june-2020-climas.md) | +0.4% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2018-10-19 | [Southwest Climate Outlook El Niño Tracker - October 2018 \| CLIMAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62474-southwest-climate-outlook-el-nino-tracker-october-2018-climas.md) | -2.9% | -6.2% |
| CORN | 2019-10-16 | [Southwest Climate Outlook - El Niño Tracker - October 2019 \| CLIMAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56494-southwest-climate-outlook-el-nino-tracker-october-2019-climas.md) | -1.2% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2017-04-06 | [El Niño Outlook for April 2017 \| WeatherTiger](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71427-el-nino-outlook-for-april-2017-weathertiger.md) | +0.6% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2017-07-12 | [El Niño Outlook for July 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69876-el-nino-outlook-for-july-2017.md) | -4.1% | -5.2% |
| SOY | 2020-06-14 | [Southwest Climate Outlook - El Niño Tracker - June 2020 \| CLIMAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52530-southwest-climate-outlook-el-nino-tracker-june-2020-climas.md) | +0.6% | +0.6% |
| SOY | 2018-10-19 | [Southwest Climate Outlook El Niño Tracker - October 2018 \| CLIMAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62474-southwest-climate-outlook-el-nino-tracker-october-2018-climas.md) | -2.5% | +2.9% |
| SOY | 2019-10-16 | [Southwest Climate Outlook - El Niño Tracker - October 2019 \| CLIMAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56494-southwest-climate-outlook-el-nino-tracker-october-2019-climas.md) | +0.0% | -3.0% |

## Sources

- legacy.climas.arizona.edu: https://legacy.climas.arizona.edu/blog/southwest-climate-outlook-el-ni%c3%b1o-tracker-april-2020.html

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