# March 2019 El Niño Update: Think spring

> NOAA Climate.gov's March 2019 update says the weak El Niño persisted into March, with forecasters giving it an 80% chance to last through spring and 60% through summer. Atmospheric responses such as altered cloud patterns over the Pacific have now appeared alongside the warm ocean.

- Date: 2019-04-01 · published 2019-04-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60008-march-2019-el-nino-update-think-spring
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent El Niño raises the odds of favorable US summer growing conditions for corn and soybeans, while adding risk of drier conditions for Australian and Southeast Asian crops.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-05-13 | [El Niño/La Niña Update (May 2021)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46985-el-nino-la-nina-update-may-2021.md) | -7.7% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2019-05-27 | [WMO El Niño/La Niña Update (May 2019) - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59008-wmo-el-nino-la-nina-update-may-2019-world-reliefweb.md) | +3.4% | +6.5% |
| CORN | 2022-03-01 | [El Niño / La Niña Update - February 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42192-el-nino-la-nina-update-february-2022.md) | +4.7% | +12.1% |
| CORN | 2016-06-23 | [UT Crop Market Update 6/23/2016 \| UT Crops News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10241-ut-crop-market-update-6-23-2016-ut-crops-news.md) | -3.5% | -5.7% |
| CORN | 2019-05-24 | [Strong El Niño this year appears unlikely](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59007-strong-el-nino-this-year-appears-unlikely.md) | +7.1% | +10.0% |
| SOY | 2021-05-13 | [El Niño/La Niña Update (May 2021)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46985-el-nino-la-nina-update-may-2021.md) | -7.4% | -7.0% |
| SOY | 2019-05-27 | [WMO El Niño/La Niña Update (May 2019) - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59008-wmo-el-nino-la-nina-update-may-2019-world-reliefweb.md) | +5.9% | +9.6% |
| SOY | 2022-03-01 | [El Niño / La Niña Update - February 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42192-el-nino-la-nina-update-february-2022.md) | +1.8% | +1.2% |

## Sources

- climate.gov: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/march-2019-el-ni%C3%B1o-update-think-spring

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