# La Niña, did you orchestrate this? | NOAA Climate.gov

> A NOAA Climate.gov guest post examines how the weak La Niña modified typical rainfall patterns in South America during December 2016. It notes above-normal rain in northern South America and explains how other climate drivers can override ENSO effects.

- Date: 2017-01-26 · published 2017-01-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region South America · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72927-la-nina-did-you-orchestrate-this-noaa-climate-gov
- 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

Regional rainfall anomalies in South America affect expected soybean and corn output from Brazil and Argentina, but this commentary describes the pattern without a new production estimate.

## 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 | 2022-07-14 | [July 2022 La Niña update: comic timing \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40391-july-2022-la-nina-update-comic-timing-noaa-climate-gov.md) | -12.5% | -12.4% |
| CORN | 2021-10-14 | [October 2021 ENSO update: La Niña is here! \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44467-october-2021-enso-update-la-nina-is-here-noaa-climate-gov.md) | +3.2% | +13.8% |
| CORN | 2022-10-13 | [October 2022 La Niña update: snack size \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39022-october-2022-la-nina-update-snack-size-noaa-climate-gov.md) | +1.6% | -1.2% |
| 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 | 2022-07-14 | [July 2022 La Niña update: comic timing \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40391-july-2022-la-nina-update-comic-timing-noaa-climate-gov.md) | -8.8% | +6.3% |
| SOY | 2021-10-14 | [October 2021 ENSO update: La Niña is here! \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44467-october-2021-enso-update-la-nina-is-here-noaa-climate-gov.md) | +4.2% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- climate.gov: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/la-ni%C3%B1a-did-you-orchestrate

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