El Niño’s sister La Niña has arrived in the Atlantic — here’s what that means for summer weather

An Atlantic Niña is rearing its head and could potentially help mitigate the number of hurricanes this season. Getty Images Will these meteorological siblings shelter us from the summer storms? The extremely strong El Niño brewing in the South Pacific isn’t the only unusual weather pattern on the horizon. Meteorological experts warn that the oceanic anomaly’s sister — Atlantic Niña — could be rearing its head in the tropical part of The Pond, potentially helping curtail the number of storms we’ll see this season, according to Severe Weather Europe. A map of global sea surface temperature anomalies on July 15, 2026, shows a significant region of below-average sea surface temperatures off the western coast of Africa. This climate pattern is similar to La Niña — the cold phase of the El Niño