# El Niño Outlook for April 2017 | WeatherTiger

> WeatherTiger's April outlook says the equatorial Pacific is currently neutral, with a strong warm anomaly off South America. Most dynamical models forecast a moderate El Niño within three months, but the author's own model expects a slow drift toward only weak El Niño through fall.

- Date: 2017-04-06 · published 2017-04-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71427-el-nino-outlook-for-april-2017-weathertiger
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The disagreement over El Niño strength makes the seasonal weather risk uncertain, so the price effect on corn and soybeans is hard to size until forecasts converge.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-07-12 | [El Niño Outlook for July 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69876-el-nino-outlook-for-july-2017.md) | -4.1% | -5.2% |
| CORN | 2024-01-11 | [Regional US Weather Outlook for 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32046-regional-us-weather-outlook-for-2024.md) | -1.3% | -5.6% |
| CORN | 2019-11-04 | [Winter Weather Outlook for 2019-2020 \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55982-winter-weather-outlook-for-2019-2020-integrated-crop-management.md) | +0.9% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2023-05-01 | [April 2023 ENSO update: El Niño Watch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36314-april-2023-enso-update-el-nino-watch.md) | +0.3% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2021-10-25 | [November and Winter Weather Outlooks for 2021 \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44468-november-and-winter-weather-outlooks-for-2021-integrated-crop-management.md) | +3.5% | +9.0% |
| SOY | 2017-07-12 | [El Niño Outlook for July 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69876-el-nino-outlook-for-july-2017.md) | -3.5% | -6.1% |
| SOY | 2024-01-11 | [Regional US Weather Outlook for 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32046-regional-us-weather-outlook-for-2024.md) | -1.2% | -2.9% |
| SOY | 2023-06-08 | [Hello, El Niño – What To Expect for the 2023 Crop - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35411-hello-el-nino-what-to-expect-for-the-2023-crop-agweb.md) | +2.0% | +9.2% |

## Sources

- weathertiger.com: https://weathertiger.com/enso/el-nino-outlook-for-april-2017/

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