# Odds are El Niño, precipitation will return

> The Journal reports NOAA's 70% chance of El Niño forming this fall, which could bring return of moisture to Southwest Colorado after a severe La Niña-driven drought. The region has been in exceptional drought since April.

- Date: 2018-07-25 · published 2018-07-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63942-odds-are-el-nino-precipitation-will-return
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

This is a regional drought story with limited direct effect on feed-grain prices, since the affected area is small and the outlook remains a forecast.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-03-01 | [Return of El Niño \| RNZ](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71914-return-of-el-nino-rnz.md) | -0.7% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2024-10-17 | [Corn Belt Precipitation Outlook Through Early November](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13147-corn-belt-precipitation-outlook-through-early-november.md) | +2.1% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2019-05-02 | [Agroclimatic information helps prepare for El Niño in Central America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59010-agroclimatic-information-helps-prepare-for-el-nino-in-central-america.md) | -0.5% | +9.7% |
| CORN | 2024-01-31 | [Will La Niña return this fall? The tea leaves are unusually strong » Yale Climate Connections](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32044-will-la-nina-return-this-fall-the-tea-leaves-are-unusually-strong-yale-climate.md) | -4.0% | -7.3% |
| CORN | 2018-04-02 | [WMO El Niño/La Niña Update – March 2018 \| La Niña Ready Nations](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65446-wmo-el-nino-la-nina-update-march-2018-la-nina-ready-nations.md) | +2.3% | +3.1% |

## Sources

- the-journal.com: https://www.the-journal.com/articles/news/odds-are-el-nino-precipitation-will-return/

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