# How El Niño and La Niña affect the winter jet stream and U.S. climate | NOAA Climate.gov

> NOAA Climate.gov explains how El Niño and La Niña shift the mid-latitude jet stream and alter US winter weather patterns. The article includes maps illustrating typical impacts on US winter climate.

- Date: 2017-09-18 · published 2017-09-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68878-how-el-nino-and-la-nina-affect-the-winter-jet-stream-and-u-s-climate-noaa
- 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

This is general background on ENSO teleconnections and does not report a new event, so it has little direct effect on feed commodity prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-10-23 | [The Rise of El Niño and La Niña \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50568-the-rise-of-el-nino-and-la-nina-noaa-climate-gov.md) | +0.8% | +10.6% |
| CORN | 2021-06-01 | [Climate.gov tweet chat: Talk El Niño and La Niña with the ENSO bloggers \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46480-climate-gov-tweet-chat-talk-el-nino-and-la-nina-with-the-enso-bloggers-noaa.md) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2018-10-06 | [How to prepare for an El Niño winter \| Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62472-how-to-prepare-for-an-el-nino-winter-climate-and-agriculture-in-the-southeast.md) | -0.3% | -0.4% |
| CORN | 2017-11-08 | [November 2017 La Niña update: She’s back! \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67913-november-2017-la-nina-update-she-s-back-noaa-climate-gov.md) | -1.8% | -0.6% |
| CORN | 2018-02-01 | [More U.S. drought in a second-year La Niña? \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66419-more-u-s-drought-in-a-second-year-la-nina-noaa-climate-gov.md) | +0.6% | +2.1% |
| SOY | 2020-10-23 | [The Rise of El Niño and La Niña \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50568-the-rise-of-el-nino-and-la-nina-noaa-climate-gov.md) | -2.0% | +9.7% |
| SOY | 2021-06-01 | [Climate.gov tweet chat: Talk El Niño and La Niña with the ENSO bloggers \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46480-climate-gov-tweet-chat-talk-el-nino-and-la-nina-with-the-enso-bloggers-noaa.md) | +1.9% | -11.3% |
| SOY | 2017-11-08 | [November 2017 La Niña update: She’s back! \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67913-november-2017-la-nina-update-she-s-back-noaa-climate-gov.md) | -2.7% | +1.7% |

## Sources

- climate.gov: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/featured-images/how-el-ni%C3%B1o-and-la-ni%C3%B1a-affect-winter-jet-stream-and-us-climate

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