# U.S. forecaster sees 60% chance of neutral weather conditions during spring

> Reuters reports that a US forecaster sees a 60% chance of neutral weather conditions during spring. The report notes that El Niño has been linked to crop damage, fires and flash floods in past events.

- Date: 2020-02-13 · published 2020-02-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54519-u-s-forecaster-sees-60-chance-of-neutral-weather-conditions-during-spring
- 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

A neutral spring outlook reduces the risk of major weather disruption to US crops, so it has little direct effect on feed grain prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-03-13 | [U.S. forecaster sees neutral weather conditions persisting through summer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25497-u-s-forecaster-sees-neutral-weather-conditions-persisting-through-summer.md) | +6.5% | +5.2% |
| CORN | 2024-10-10 | [US forecaster sees 60% chance of La Niña weather in September-November](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27778-us-forecaster-sees-60-chance-of-la-nina-weather-in-september-november.md) | -2.6% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2020-05-14 | [U.S. forecaster sees 65% chance for no El Nino, La Nina during summer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53048-u-s-forecaster-sees-65-chance-for-no-el-nino-la-nina-during-summer.md) | -0.0% | +1.8% |
| CORN | 2020-03-12 | [U.S. forecaster sees 65 per cent chance of no spring El Nino, La Nina \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54060-u-s-forecaster-sees-65-per-cent-chance-of-no-spring-el-nino-la-nina-farmtario.md) | -7.4% | -3.7% |
| CORN | 2025-05-08 | [US CPC sees 74% chance of ENSO Neutral conditions through June-August \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24587-us-cpc-sees-74-chance-of-enso-neutral-conditions-through-june-august-reuters.md) | -0.6% | +1.5% |
| SOY | 2024-10-10 | [US forecaster sees 60% chance of La Niña weather in September-November](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27778-us-forecaster-sees-60-chance-of-la-nina-weather-in-september-november.md) | -3.9% | -2.5% |
| SOY | 2020-05-14 | [U.S. forecaster sees 65% chance for no El Nino, La Nina during summer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53048-u-s-forecaster-sees-65-chance-for-no-el-nino-la-nina-during-summer.md) | +1.3% | +3.6% |
| SOY | 2020-03-12 | [U.S. forecaster sees 65 per cent chance of no spring El Nino, La Nina \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54060-u-s-forecaster-sees-65-per-cent-chance-of-no-spring-el-nino-la-nina-farmtario.md) | -4.9% | -1.5% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-weather-elnino/u-s-forecaster-sees-60-chance-of-neutral-weather-conditions-during-spring-idUSKBN20721J/?feedName=domesticNews&feedType=RSS

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