# IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society | August Climate Briefing: No Niño or Niña on Horizon

> The IRI's August briefing reports that sea-surface temperatures in the Nino3.4 region have cooled to the cool side of neutral. Its ENSO alert system is not active, with no El Niño or La Niña signal expected in coming months.

- Date: 2017-08-24 · published 2017-08-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69373-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-august-climate
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

With no El Niño or La Niña developing, there is no clear large-scale weather threat to South American or Australian crops, so the ENSO driver adds little price pressure to grains and oilseeds.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-04-30 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| April Climate Briefing: La Niña Transitions Out, Neutral Next](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65444-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-april-climate.md) | -1.7% | -0.3% |
| SOY | 2019-08-19 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| 2019 August Quick Look](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57496-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-2019-august-quick.md) | -2.8% | +3.8% |
| SOY | 2025-11-19 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| November 2025 Quick Look](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21854-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-november-2025.md) | -2.5% | -8.3% |
| SOY | 2019-11-19 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| 2019 November Quick Look](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55979-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-2019-november.md) | -2.0% | +2.0% |
| SOY | 2020-05-19 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| 2020 May Quick Look](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53046-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-2020-may-quick-look.md) | +0.2% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2017-05-25 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| May Climate Briefing: El Niño Odds Down Slightly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70913-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-may-climate.md) | -0.2% | -1.2% |
| CORN | 2018-04-30 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| April Climate Briefing: La Niña Transitions Out, Neutral Next](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65444-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-april-climate.md) | +1.4% | +3.8% |
| CORN | 2019-08-19 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| 2019 August Quick Look](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57496-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-2019-august-quick.md) | -1.9% | -3.6% |

## Sources

- iri.columbia.edu: https://iri.columbia.edu/news/august-climate-briefing-no-nino-or-nina-on-horizon/

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