# La Niña Outlook, Impacts for Winter 2016–17 | News | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

> NOAA's Climate Prediction Center outlined expected winter 2016-17 impacts of the current La Niña pattern on the central US. Northern Rockies, Dakotas and Great Lakes may see wetter, colder weather, while southern Plains may be warmer and drier, stressing already dry winter wheat in western Kansas.

- Date: 2016-11-30 · published 2016-11-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73772-la-nina-outlook-impacts-for-winter-2016-17-news-national-centers-for
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Dry southern Plains conditions could cut hard red winter wheat yields and cold Great Lakes spells could raise livestock costs, supporting wheat and feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2017-05-18 | [Poor Winter Wheat - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10220-poor-winter-wheat-ag-information-network-of-the-west.md) | +1.5% | +9.1% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-06-01 | [Even with lower HRW Outlook, U.S. Wheat Production called up for 2018/](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64557-even-with-lower-hrw-outlook-u-s-wheat-production-called-up-for-2018.md) | +0.4% | -16.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2024-10-17 | [La Niña-like extended weather outlook - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27783-la-nina-like-extended-weather-outlook-pro-farmer.md) | -0.6% | -8.2% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-12-15 | [La Niña expected to continue through winter - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67402-la-nina-expected-to-continue-through-winter-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +5.4% | +4.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2025-08-14 | [Brief La Niña expected in fall 2025 before ENSO neutral returns, says US CPC \| GMA News Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23243-brief-la-nina-expected-in-fall-2025-before-enso-neutral-returns-says-us-cpc-gma.md) | -1.2% | -3.9% |
| 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 | 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 | 2017-04-06 | [El Niño Outlook for April 2017 \| WeatherTiger](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71427-el-nino-outlook-for-april-2017-weathertiger.md) | +0.6% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- ncei.noaa.gov: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/la-nina-outlook-impacts-winter-2016-17

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