In the 2012 President's Budget Request, the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is terminated. As a result, all resources, databases, tools, and applications within this web site will be removed on January 15, 2012. For more information, please refer to the NBII Program Termination page.
In the Pacific Northwest, El Nino causes a drier-than-normal fall and winter. In the northern Great Plains, a warmer-than-normal late fall and winter are associated with El Nino years.
Learn more about El Nino, La Nina, and the Western United States from the Western Regional Climate Center. For more information on El Nino, visit the resources below.
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